A5026019911- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Animal Nutrition and Health
- Agriculture and Biological Studies
- Regional Development and Management Studies
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Livestock Farming and Management
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Pharmacological Effects and Assays
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Helminth infection and control
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Biochemical effects in animals
University of Zagreb
2016-2025
Hong Kong Tourism Board
2018
Ministarstvo Gospodarstva
2004
Genetic characterization of local breeds is essential to preserve their genomic variability, advance conservation policies and contribute promotion sustainability. Genomic diversity twenty European pig a small sample Spanish wild pigs was assessed using high density SNP chips. A total 992 DNA samples were analyzed with the GeneSeek Profiler (GGP) 70 K HD porcine genotyping chip. Genotype data employed compute genetic diversity, population differentiation structure, distances, linkage...
The aim of this work was to analyse the distribution causal and candidate mutations associated relevant productive traits in twenty local European pig breeds. Also, potential SNP panel employed for elucidating genetic structure relationships among breeds evaluated. Most genes with morphological, productive, meat quality, reproductive disease resistance were prioritized analyzed a maximum 47 blood samples from each (Alentejana, Apulo-Calabrese, Basque, Bísara, Majorcan Black, Black Slavonian...
Natural and artificial directional selection in cosmopolitan autochthonous pig breeds wild boars have shaped their genomes resulted a reservoir of animal genetic diversity. Signatures are the result these events that contributed to adaptation different environments production systems. In this study, we analysed genome variability 19 European (Alentejana, Bísara, Majorcan Black, Basque, Gascon, Apulo-Calabrese, Casertana, Cinta Senese, Mora Romagnola, Nero Siciliano, Sarda, Krškopolje pig,...
Abstract Background The importance of local breeds as genetic reservoirs valuable variation is well established. Pig breeding in Central and South-Eastern Europe has a long tradition that led to the formation several pig breeds. In present study, diversity parameters were analysed six autochthonous from Slovenia, Croatia Serbia (Banija spotted, Black Slavonian, Turopolje pig, Swallow-bellied Mangalitsa, Moravka Krskopolje pig). Animals each these genotyped using microsatellites single...
Genetski uvjetovana stresna osjetljivost svinja jedan je od najpoznatijih problema koji se javlja u proizvodnji i preradi svinjskog mesa. Imajući vidu ekonomsku važnost proizvodnje mesa ova pojava nastoji izbjeći budući da može povećati mortalitet završnoj fazi uslijed razvoja maligne hipertermije te uzrokovati probleme za mesnu industriju zbog loše kvalitete koje manje pogodno tržište ili preradu nepovoljnih fizikalno-kemijskih karakteristika. Cilj ovog rada bio prikazati mehanizam nastanka...
Biosynthesis of lipids and fatty acids (FAs) is a tightly regulated complex process essential for the normal functioning various cellular processes as sufficient lipid availability progression several malignant tumor types. Despite its importance, roles individual steps in biosynthesis during growth their subsequent interaction with intracellular signaling pathways are still not well understood. In our study, we used RasV12, Scribble deficient carcinoma model Drosophila to demonstrate that...
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs, leading to high mortality rates significant economic losses. Local pig breeds, such as the Black Slavonian pig, are particularly vulnerable due increased contact with boar. This study aimed assess genetic diversity parameters of pigs in Eastern Croatia following recent ASF outbreak using pedigree-based analyses. Pedigree data comprising 13,306 animals were analyzed, reference population 1,658...
The inclusion of linseed in cattle diets can improve the fatty acid (FA) profile meat, but effects supplementation at different ages have been insufficiently studied. Hence, this study examined and slaughter age on beef carcass meat quality, FA profile, lipid oxidation. Eighty Simmental bulls (initial 221 ± 9 days) were evenly allocated experimental treatments, consisting a control diet linseed-enriched (around 1% whole linseed) fed to until 13 or 17 months age, 2 × factorial design. After...
Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical are application or anaesthesia production boars (entire males) and immunocastrates. Each these faces advantages disadvantages which may result different citizen attitudes consumers acceptability. Understanding acceptable to whom why further stimulate implementation. Consumer (n = 3251) stakeholder 1027) towards relief, with anaesthesia, immunocastration, were...
Summary ROHs are long stretches of DNA homozygous at each polymorphic position. The proportion genome covered by and their length indicators the level origin inbreeding. Frequent common within same population define ROH islands indicate hotspots selection. In this work, we investigated in a total 1131 pigs from 20 European local pig breeds three cosmopolitan breeds, genotyped with GGP Porcine HD Genomic Profiler. plink software was used to identify ROHs. Size classes genomic inbreeding...
Preserving diversity of indigenous pig (Sus scrofa) breeds is a key factor to (i) sustain the pork chain (both at local and global scales) including production high-quality branded products, (ii) enrich animal biobanking (iii) progress conservation policies. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips offer opportunity for whole-genome comparisons among individuals breeds. Animals from twenty European pigs breeds, reared in nine countries (Croatia: Black Slavonian, Turopolje; France: Basque,...
Autochthonous pig breeds are usually reared in extensive or semi-extensive production systems that might facilitate contact with wild boars and, thus, reciprocal genetic exchanges. In this study, we analysed variants the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene (which cause different coat colour phenotypes) and nuclear subfamily 6 group A member (NR6A1) (associated increased vertebral number) 712 pigs of 12 local raised Italy (Apulo-Calabrese, Casertana, Cinta Senese, Mora Romagnola, Nero...
Summary In this study, we identified copy number variants (CNVs) in 19 European autochthonous pig breeds and two commercial (Italian Large White Italian Duroc) that represent important genetic resources for species. The genome of 725 pigs was sequenced using a breed‐specific DNA pooling approach (30–35 animals per pool) obtaining an average depth pool 42×. This maximised CNV discovery as well the related states characterising, on average, analysed breeds. By mining more than 17.5 billion...
The Turopolje pig (TP) is a local Croatian breed that almost became extinct in the second half of 20th century. Today, TP still endangered, and new conservation strategy based on products with higher added value needed to preserve breed. There little information quality meat such as smoked dry-cured ham, including impact natural feeds or processing innovations smoke reduction. This study, therefore, investigated effects animal’s diet (either conventionally fed acorn-supplemented) method...
ABSTRACT This research examined the influence of information about a particular pig breed (Black Slavonian [BSB], compared to modern white breeds [MWB]), with respect consumer acceptability traditional kulen sausage. Hedonic evaluations two samples were elicited from 100 consumers, under both blind and informed tasting conditions. Additionally, consumers reported their quality expectations BSB MWB kulen. An expectancy test revealed higher The share respondents preferring in was significantly...
Croatian traditional cheese, which ripens in a lamb skin sack, was studied to determine compositional, biochemical and sensory changes over 60 days of ripening. The ripening time had significant effect on the chemical, parameters, particularly medium‐ long‐chain free fatty acids ( P < 0.05) total FFA s 0.001). At end palmitic, oleic stearic were predominant s. Cheese ripened for more than 45 less acceptable consumers as consequence extensive proteolysis lipolysis. Therefore, days, is...
Autochthonous pig breeds provide products of differentiated quality, among which quality control is difficult to perform and insufficient for current market requirements. The present research evaluates the predictive ability near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, combined with chemometric methods as a rapid affordable tool assure traceability control. Thus, NIR technology was assessed intact minced muscle Longissimus thoracis et lumborum samples collected from 12 European autochthonous...
The aim of this study was to determine the variability birth weight and growth piglets in hyper prolific sow line. Data collected from 25 litters Pen Ar Lan Naima line were used evaluate piglets' its consequences on subsequent performances. All individually weighted five times until end nursery period. Pre-weaning mortality highest with less than 1,000 g. difference final live at period between lightest heaviest more 10 kg. Birth had a significant influence pre-weaning In large produced by...
Abstract The fatty acids profile has been playing a decisive role in recent years, thanks to technological, sensory and health demands from producers consumers. application of NIRS technique on fat tissues, could lead more efficient, practical, economical the quality control. study aim was assess accuracy Fourier Transformed Near Infrared Spectroscopy determine composition 12 European local pig breeds. A total 439 spectra backfat were collected both intact minced tissue then analyzed using...