Maeva CREMILLEUX

Research professor in animal science

Expertise

Agroecological dairy systems

Research unit

Agroecology and the environment

Keywords

Livestock farming system, pasture, agroecology, mountain dairy farming system, transdisciplinary approaches

Ongoing or recently completed projects

  • ADAOPT (Casdar) : Supporting dairy PDOs and PGIs in adapting to climate change
  • REACTIFFS : Renewal of assets and attractiveness within the PDO/PGI sectors
  • AVEENIR : (Funding (DRAAF, Maxim’herbe call for proposals): Providing a scientific perspective on innovative management practices within grassland systems. Highlighting technical, economic, and sociological references on grassland systems.

Teaching activities

Teaching in the 3rd and 5th years of the engineering program:

  • Animal husbandry systems: operation and diagnosis of livestock systems
  • Forage system
  • Design of agroecological farming systems
  • Livestock farming and the environment

Professional experience and education

  • Since 2023 : Lecturer and researcher at ISARA (Agroecology and Environment Unit)
  • 2022 : Doctoral thesis, specializing in agricultural sciences and environmental management, at VetAgro Sup – UMR 1213 Herbivores: “Developing a method for characterizing the overall health of farms: the case of agroecological dairy farms.”
  • 2018-2019 : Project manager for grassland farming at the Normandy CIVAM network
  • 2018 : Agricultural engineer

Latest publications

Article in a journal

2025

Andrea Ceppatelli, Maeva Cremilleux, Audrey A. Michaud, Enrico Sturaro. Indicators for animal health on agroecological dairy farms in mountain areas. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2025, 24 (1), pp.2013-2028.

2023

Maeva Cremilleux, Audrey A. Michaud, Patrice Cayre, Bruno Martin, Cyrille Rigolot, et al.. Combining systemic and pragmatic approaches for the holistic diagnosis of a farm in agroecological transition in a health context. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023, 7, pp.875820 

S. Raniolo, L. Maretto, E. Benedetti del Rio, Sylvie Cournut, M. Cremilleux, et al.. Soil pH dominance over livestock management in determining bacterial assemblages through a latitudinal gradient of european meadows and pastures. Ecological Indicators, 2023, 155, pp.111063. 

2022

Maëva Cremilleux, M. Coppa, Matthieu Bouchon, Luc Delaby, G. Beaure, et al.. Effects of forage quantity and access-time restriction on feeding behaviour, feed efficiency, nutritional status, and dairy performance of dairy cows fed indoors. Animal, 2022, 16 (9), pp.100608.

2019

Audrey A. Michaud, M. Cremilleux, G. Beaure, A. Védrine, C. Rigolot. Un diagnostic d’alimentation de ruminants « qui parle aux éleveurs ». Comparaison avec un protocole classique. Fourrages, 2019, 240, pp.321-328.

Communication at a conference

2024

Maeva Cremilleux, Christophe Berthelot, Yulia Bitkova, Hélène Brives. What strategies should be adopted, for water management, to ensure the sustainability of mountain cheese production in the face of climate change?. 3rd Mountain Livestock Farming Systems Meeting, EAAP-European Federation of Animal Science, Jun 2024, Clermont – Ferrand, France.

Maeva Cremilleux, Camille, M.C. Raoult, Caroline Constancis. L’élevage des jeunes sous les mères ou avec des nourrices chez les ruminants laitiers : Comment est-il réalisé et avec quelle évaluation technico-économique ?. 3R2024 : 27èmes Rencontres autour des Recherches sur les Ruminants, Institut de l’élevage [IDELE], INRAE, Dec 2024, Paris, France.

2023

Maëva Cremilleux, Bruno Martin, Audrey A. Michaud. Can studying the health of livestock systems be a way to improve their resilience?. Book of Abstracts of the 74. Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP, Aug 2023, Lyon, France.

2022

A. Ceppatelli, M. Cremilleux, B. Gourdon, Bruno Martin, Audrey A. Michaud. The order of forage distribution seems to affect the fermentability of the milk. 26. Rencontres autour des Recherches sur les Ruminants (3R 2022), Institut de l’Elevage; INRAE, Dec 2022, Paris, France. pp.550.

Maeva Cremilleux, M. Quandalle, Bruno Martin, Audrey A. Michaud. How farmers define the health of their grassland?. 29th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation (EGF), Jun 2022, Caen, France.

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