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View article: Microbial and Quality Changes of Seabream Fillets Processed with Cold Plasma During Refrigerated Storage
Microbial and Quality Changes of Seabream Fillets Processed with Cold Plasma During Refrigerated Storage Open
Cold plasma (CP) is a non-thermal technology, successfully used to decontaminate and extend the shelf-life of various foods. However, CP can cause quality deterioration in sensitive matrices, such as fish products. This research aimed to e…
View article: Integrated health and nutrition approaches to school feeding: maximising future human capital in Latin America and the Caribbean
Integrated health and nutrition approaches to school feeding: maximising future human capital in Latin America and the Caribbean Open
Integrated health and nutrition packages in schools have been shown to be a cost-effective approach to support children’s well-being and academic achievement; yet few countries adequately invest in promoting such integration. School feedin…
View article: Impact of chronic heat stress on behavior, oxidative status and meat quality traits of fast-growing broiler chickens
Impact of chronic heat stress on behavior, oxidative status and meat quality traits of fast-growing broiler chickens Open
This research aimed to investigate, through a multifactorial approach, the relationship among some in-vivo parameters (i.e., behavior and blood traits) in broilers exposed to chronic HS, and their implications on proximate composition, tec…
View article: Effect of different inclusion levels of defatted Hermetia illucens larvae meal on fillet quality of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)
Effect of different inclusion levels of defatted Hermetia illucens larvae meal on fillet quality of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) Open
In recent years, insect meal has attracted increasing interest as an innovative protein source to replace fish meal in feed formulation due to its valuable nutritional profile. This research aimed to compare the effects of different dietar…
View article: Toward Sustainable and Healthy Fish Products—The Role of Feeding and Preservation Techniques
Toward Sustainable and Healthy Fish Products—The Role of Feeding and Preservation Techniques Open
Fish is a fundamental component of the human diet, and in the near future the proportion of aquatic foods originating from aquaculture production is expected to increase to over 56%. The sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector involve…
View article: High-Intensity Ultrasonication as an Innovative Approach for the Softening of Wooden Breast Meat in Broilers
High-Intensity Ultrasonication as an Innovative Approach for the Softening of Wooden Breast Meat in Broilers Open
Considering the remarkable implications exerted by the occurrence of wooden breast (WB) abnormality on meat tenderness and marketability, the poultry processing industry demands the implementation of postmortem procedures that can improve …
View article: Update on activity of dalbavancin and comparators against clinical isolates of Gram-positive pathogens from Europe and Russia (2017–2018), and on clonal distribution of MRSA
Update on activity of dalbavancin and comparators against clinical isolates of Gram-positive pathogens from Europe and Russia (2017–2018), and on clonal distribution of MRSA Open
These data support the potential efficacy of dalbavancin against Gram-positive bacteria and uncommon Gram-positive pathogens in patients with ABSSSIs. Of note, few coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolates were resistant to dalbavan…
View article: Spaghetti Meat Abnormality in Broilers: Current Understanding and Future Research Directions
Spaghetti Meat Abnormality in Broilers: Current Understanding and Future Research Directions Open
Spaghetti meat (SM) is a recent muscular abnormality that affects the Pectoralis major muscle of fast-growing broilers. As the appellative suggests, this condition phenotypically manifests as a loss of integrity of the breast muscle, which…
View article: Lysine Depletion during Different Feeding Phases: Effects on Growth Performances and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens
Lysine Depletion during Different Feeding Phases: Effects on Growth Performances and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens Open
The present study aimed at assessing the impact of lysine restriction performed during different feeding phases on growth performances, meat quality traits and technological properties as well as on the incidence and severity of breast mus…
View article: Exploring the Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on the Technological Properties of Chicken Meat
Exploring the Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on the Technological Properties of Chicken Meat Open
Pulsed electric field (PEF) is a non-thermal technology which is increasingly drawing the interest of the meat industry. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of PEF on the main technological properties of chicken meat, by investigatin…
View article: The difficulty of meeting recommended nutrient intakes for adolescent girls
The difficulty of meeting recommended nutrient intakes for adolescent girls Open
Adolescent girls have been recognised as a key group requiring nutritional support. This study compares the findings of Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses in El Salvador, Ghana, Madagascar and Lao PDR, on the cost of meeting the nutrient…
View article: Effect of the exposure to oxidation and malondialdehyde on turkey and rabbit meat protein oxidative stability
Effect of the exposure to oxidation and malondialdehyde on turkey and rabbit meat protein oxidative stability Open
The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of the exposure to a strong oxidative environment (100 mM NaClO) and the concurrent incubation with different malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations (0 to 5 mM) on protein carbonylation, free …
View article: Erratum for Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities
Erratum for Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities Open
This erratum corrects a minor error in the manuscript, "Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities."
View article: Use of Essential Oils to Increase the Safety and the Quality of Marinated Pork Loin
Use of Essential Oils to Increase the Safety and the Quality of Marinated Pork Loin Open
This study aimed at evaluating the effects of the addition of an oil/beer/lemon marinade solution with or without the inclusion of oregano, rosemary and juniper essential oils on the quality, the technological properties as well as the she…
View article: Muscle Abnormalities and Meat Quality Consequences in Modern Turkey Hybrids
Muscle Abnormalities and Meat Quality Consequences in Modern Turkey Hybrids Open
Turkey meat is the second most consumed poultry meat worldwide and represents an economic source of high-quality protein for human consumption. To fulfill the increasing demand for turkey meat, breeding companies have been selecting geneti…
View article: Exploring the Factors Contributing to the High Ultimate pH of Broiler Pectoralis Major Muscles Affected by Wooden Breast Condition
Exploring the Factors Contributing to the High Ultimate pH of Broiler Pectoralis Major Muscles Affected by Wooden Breast Condition Open
The elevated ultimate pH (pH u ) found in wooden breast (WB) meat suggests an altered muscular energetic status in WB but also could be related to a prematurely terminated post-mortem pH decline. The aims of this study were to explore the …
View article: Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities
Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities Open
Over the past decade, the poultry industry has faced an increasing occurrence of growth-related muscular abnormalities that mainly affect fast-growing genotypes selected for their production performances (high growth rate and breast yield)…
View article: Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality
Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality Open
The Research Topic Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality is the first comprehensive treatise associating the basic biology of muscle growth with the incidence of breast muscle m…
View article: The “Fill the Nutrient Gap” analysis: An approach to strengthen nutrition situation analysis and decision making towards multisectoral policies and systems change
The “Fill the Nutrient Gap” analysis: An approach to strengthen nutrition situation analysis and decision making towards multisectoral policies and systems change Open
Improved nutrition situation analysis can increase the understanding of the likely magnitude and main causes of the nutrient gap among a particular target group, for example, children under 2 or pregnant and lactating women, in a particula…
View article: Technical note: Estimation of real rabbit meat consumption in Italy
Technical note: Estimation of real rabbit meat consumption in Italy Open
As in other livestock species, the annual per capita consumption of rabbit meat is currently estimated as the ratio of the total weight of carcasses available for consumption to the number of inhabitants of a certain region. The aim of thi…
View article: A comparison of water distribution and protein oxidation between poultry and rabbit meat
A comparison of water distribution and protein oxidation between poultry and rabbit meat Open
In the last years, proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxometry has been successfully applied to study water mobility and distribution in porcine meat. In addition, although neglected for decades, the impact of protein oxidation on …