Dr. Daniela Alberghina is a Professor of Animal Welfare and Veterinary Ethology at the Department of Veterinary Sciences, Messina University. She completed her PhD in Equine Physiology at the University of Messina. Dr. Alberghina has published approximately seventy papers in various journals and actively contributes to professional societies and research projects. Her research interests include management factors that affect the welfare of domestic species, the development of stereotypic behaviour in domestic animals, and dog behaviour and cognition.