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    • A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of European local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits 

      Poklukar, Klavdija; Mestre, Camille; Škrlep, Martin; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca; Riquet, Juliette; Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Ribani, Anisa; Muñoz, Maria; Gallo, Maurizio; Bozzi, Ricardo; Charneca, Rui; Quintanilla, Raquel; Kušec, Goran; Mercat, Marie-José; Zimmer, Christoph; Razmaite, Violeta; Araujo, Jose P.; Radović, Čedomir; Savić, Radomir; Karolyi, Danijel; Servin, Bertrand (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2023-12-07) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background Intense selection of modern pig breeds has resulted in genetic improvement of production traits while the performance of local pig breeds has remained lower. As local pig breeds have been ...
    • Admixture and breed traceability in European indigenous pig breeds and wild boar using genome-wide SNP data 

      Dadousis, Christos; Muñoz, Maria; Óvilo, Cristina; Fabbri, Maria Chiara; Araújo, José Pedro; Bovo, Samuele; Čandek Potokar, Marjeta; Charneca, Rui; Crovetti, Alessandro; Gallo, Maurizio; García-Casco, Juan María; Karolyi, Danijel; Kušec, Goran; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie-José; Pugliese, Carolina; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Ribani, Anisa; Riquet, Juliet; Savić, Radomir; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Škrlep, Martin; Tinarelli, Silvia; Usai, Graziano; Zimmer, Christoph; Fontanesi, Luca; Bozzi, Riccardo (Scientific Reports, 2022-05-05) Genètica i Millora Animal
      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 the production of high-quality branded products, (ii) ...
    • Describing variability in pig genes involved in coronavirus infections for a One Health perspective in conservation of animal genetic resources 

      Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Ribani, Anisa; Utzeri, Valerio J.; Taurisano, Valeria; Ballan, Mohamad; Muñoz, Maria; Alves, Estefania; Araujo, Jose P.; Bozzi, Riccardo; Charneca, Rui; Di Palma, Federica; Djurkin Kušec, Ivona; Etherington, Graham; Fernandez, Ana I.; García, Fabián; García-Casco, Juan; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie-José; Núñez, Yolanda; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Riquet, Juliette; Savić, Radomir; Škrlep, Martin; Usai, Graziano; Zimmer, Christoph; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca (Scientific Reports, 2021-02-09) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Coronaviruses silently circulate in human and animal populations, causing mild to severe diseases. Therefore, livestock are important components of a “One Health” perspective aimed to control these viral ...
    • Diversity across major and candidate genes in European local pig breeds 

      Muñoz, María; Bozzi, Riccardo; García, Fabián; Núñez, Yolanda; Geraci, Claudia; Crovetti, Alessandro; García-Casco, Juan; Alves, Estefania; Skrlep, Martin; Charneca, Rui; Martins, Jose M.; Quintanilla, Raquel; Tibau, Joan; Kusec, Goran; Djurkin-Kusec, Ivona; Mercat, Marie J.; Riquet, Juliette; Estelle, Jordi; Zimmer, Christoph; Razmaite, Violeta; Araujo, Jose P.; Radović, Čedomir; Savić, Radomir; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Fontanesi, Luca; Fernández, Ana I.; Óvilo, Cristina (PLoS ONE, 2018-11-20) Genètica i Millora Animal
      The aim of this work was to analyse the distribution of causal and candidate mutations associated to relevant productive traits in twenty local European pig breeds. Also, the potential of the SNP panel ...
    • Exploratory survey on European consumer and Stakeholder attitudes towards alternatives for surgical castration of piglets 

      Aluwé, Marijke; Heyrman, Evert; Almeida, João M.; Babol, Jakub; Battacone, Gianni; Čítek, Jaroslav; Font i Furnols, Maria; Getya, Andriy; Karolyi, Danijel; Kostyra, Eliza; Kress, Kevin; Kušec, Goran; Mörlein, Daniel; Semenova, Anastasia; Škrlep, Martin; Stoyanchev, Todor; Tomašević, Igor; Tudoreanu, Liliana; Van Son, Maren; Żakowska-Biemans, Sylwia; Zamaratskaia, Galia; Van den Broeke, Alice; Egea, Macarena (Animals, 2020-09-28) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical castration are application of pain relief or anaesthesia or production ...
    • Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Café technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process 

      Rivera-Toapanta, Evelyn; Kallas, Zein; Čandek-Potokar, Meta; Gonzalez, Joel; Gil, Marta; Varela, Elsa; Faure, Justine; Cerjak, Marija; Urška, Tomažin; Aquilani, Chiara; Lebret, Bénédicte; Karolyi, Danijel; Pugliese, Carolina; Gil, José Maria (Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2021-09-02) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      Extensive and semi-extensive production based on local swine breeds such as Majorcan Black Pig, Cinta Senese, Gascon, Krškopolje and Turopolje is becoming extremely rare and on the verge of disappearing ...
    • Potential Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Predict Fatty Acid Profile of Meat from Different European Autochthonous Pig Breeds 

      Ortiz, Alberto; Parrini, Silvia; Tejerina, David; Pinto de Araújo, José Pedro; Candek-Potokar, Marjeta; Crovetti, Alessandro; Garcia-Casco, Juan Maria; González, Joel; Hernández-García, Francisco Ignacio; Karolyi, Danijel; Margeta, Vladimir; Martins, José Manuel; Nieto, Rosa; Petig, Matthias; Razmaite, Violeta; Sirtori, Francesco; Lebret, Bénédicte; Bozzi, Riccardo (Applied Sciences, 2020-08-21) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      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 ...
    • Prediction of fatty acid composition in intact and minced fat of European autochthonous pigs breeds by near infrared spectroscopy 

      Parrini, Silvia; Sirtori, Francesco; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Charneca, Rui; Crovetti, Alessandro; Kušec, Ivona Djurkin; González Sanchez, Elena; Izquierdo Cebrian, Mercedes Maria; Garcia, Ana Haro; Karolyi, Danijel; Lebret, Benedicte; Ortiz, Alberto; Panella-Riera, Nuria; Petig, Matthias; Jesus da Costa Pires, Preciosa; Tejerina, David; Razmaite, Violeta; Aquilani, Chiara; Bozzi, Riccardo (Scientific Reports, 2023-05-15) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      The fatty acids profile has been playing a decisive role in recent years, thanks to technological, sensory and health demands from producers and consumers. The application of NIRS technique on fat ...
    • Whole-genome sequencing of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds allows the detection of signatures of selection for adaptation of genetic resources to different breeding and production systems 

      Bovo, Samuele; Ribani, Anisa; Muñoz, Maria; Alves, Estefania; Araujo, Jose P.; Bozzi, Riccardo; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Charneca, Rui; Di Palma, Federica; Etherington, Graham; Fernandez, Ana I.; García, Fabián; García-Casco, Juan; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Margeta, Vladimir; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie J.; Moscatelli, Giulia; Núñez, Yolanda; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Riquet, Juliette; Savić, Radomir; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Usai, Graziano; Utzeri, Valerio J.; Zimmer, Christoph; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020-06-26) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background Natural and artificial directional selection in cosmopolitan and autochthonous pig breeds and wild boars have shaped their genomes and resulted in a reservoir of animal genetic diversity. ...