Prof Maria Cristina VERONESI, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECAR, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan. She deals with all aspects of reproduction in domestic animals, particularly interested in small animal neonatology. Teacher of many courses relating to reproduction and neonatology for Veterinary Medicine undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Italian and international universities, and invited speaker on small animals neonatology, in Italian and international conferences mainly targeted to veterinarians, but also to canine breeders. She authored many publications in peer-reviewed, international scientific journals and the “Small Animal Neonatology” section in a comparative textbook on Veterinary Neonatology.