A5063536976- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Agriculture and Biological Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Natural Products and Biological Research
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Digestive system and related health
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2012-2025
Cereal Research Centre
2021
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
2009-2017
Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura
2016
Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia
2004-2014
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
2013-2014
This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with extruded linseed (ELS) and Padina pavonica algae extract (PP) on rabbit carcass meat quality. Ninety-six carcasses from two production cycles were analyzed. In first cycle (C1), rabbits fed a control diet (1CNT), same supplemented 5% ELS (1ELS5%), 3.5% 0.2% PP (1LPP3.5%). second (C2), diets varied in composition levels: different (2CNT), (2ELS5%), (2LPP5%). Meat analyses performed Longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL)...
This study examines the variability of sialic acids, specifically N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and N-glycolylneuraminic (Neu5Gc), in beef from seven cattle breeds (Holstein Friesian, Red Pied, Maremmana, Chianina, Charolais, Limousin, Piemontese). Neu5Gc, a non-human linked to inflammation disease risk, showed significant breed differences (p < 0.001), with highest concentration Holstein Friesian (61.02 µg/g) lowest Piemontese (20.87 µg/g). Neu5Ac, known for its neuroprotective...
Our objectives for this study were to understand the biological basis of meat tenderness and provide an overview gene expression profiles related quality as a tool selection. Through deep mRNA sequencing, we analyzed in muscle tissues two Italian cattle breeds: Maremmana Chianina. We uncovered several differentially expressed genes that encode proteins belonging family tripartite motif proteins, which are involved growth, cell differentiation apoptosis, such TRIM45, or play essential role...
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an efficient, non-destructive method for evaluating the chemical composition of various compounds. This study aimed to assess both proximate composition, fibres, and fatty acid (FA) content Total Mixed Rations (TMRs) in dairy buffalo nutrition. A total 240 TMR samples were collected from ten farms across four seasons develop predictive models using Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Calibration dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract...
This study evaluated the efficacy of an active absorbent pad (aPAD) in reducing microbial growth and enhancing shelf life rabbit meat stored modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). Thigh muscles from 60 rabbits were used, divided into three dietary groups: a control group (CNT), supplemented with 5% extruded flaxseed (ELS5%), 3.5% 0.2% Padina pavonica algae (LPP3.5%). Samples packaged MAP (70% O2, 30% CO2) either conventional (nPAD) or aPAD analyzed at 1, 4, 7, 14, 21 days. Microbiological...
The digestible energy and protein content of two novel linseed-based ingredients were measured in growing rabbits: a high-fat extruded linseed meal cooked (ELM) mixture (70:30) chaff wheat flour (LCW). Digestible (DE, MJ/kg dry matter - DM) (DP, g/kg values obtained from regression analysis with three dietary incorporation levels ELM or LCW: basal diet (0%) diets 8 16% LCW, respectively. curves data collected faecal digestibility trial (n=10 rabbits per diet, 1:1 sex ratio, 42 to 46 d old)...
This study evaluated the effect of two levels extruded linseed (EL) in diet on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality growing rabbits. Sixty-nine New Zealand White male rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were assigned after weaning to three dietary groups: control (C), 2.5% EL (L2.5%), 5% (L5%). At end fattening period (from 37 93 days age), slaughtered. supplementation significantly reduced average daily weight gain (ADG) L5% group (p < 0.05), while other performance parameters...
Abstract The current study examines the effect of different finishing diets (hay‐ vs. maize‐silage on meal ration) carcass quality, physical, chemical and sensory properties, fatty acid profiles buffalo meat. Twenty male Italian Mediterranean buffaloes (246 ± 9.00 kg live weight) were distributed at random into two groups beginning period (368 20 days). offered diets: a maize silage ( MS ) or an alfalfa hay AH diet. No significant differences found between dietary treatments for weight. Meat...
The aim of the current study was to identify quality indicators fat (14.50 ± 0.75%) and low-fat (4.79 0.63%) raw ground beef by monitoring changes in physicochemical microbiological parameters during aerobic refrigerated storage, such as water-holding capacity, pH, thiols, carbonyl compounds, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), metmyoglobin, deoxymyoglobin, oxymyoglobin color indices, pseudomonads, Brochothrix thermosphacta, total viable counts. Meat packaged air-permeable...