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Morphology and ultrastructure of the midgut gland ("hepatopancreas") during ontogeny in the common spider crab Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 (Brachyura, Majidae)
(Elsevier, 2019-01-09)
We studied the anatomy and cytology of the midgut gland (MGl) of the common spider crab Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 at several life stages (zoea, megalopa, first juvenile, and adult) using dissection, ...
Addition of arginine and leucine to low or normal protein diets: performance, carcass characteristics and intramuscular fat of finishing pigs
(Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 2017-01-20)
The effect of dietary crude protein (CP) reduction, supplementation with arginine or leucine on intramuscular fat (IMF) content was evaluated in (Landrace × Duroc) × Pietrain pigs. One-hundred and eight ...
Effect of sex and RYR1 gene mutation on the muscle proteomic profile and main physiological biomarkers in pigs at slaughter
(Elsevier, 2018-03-27)
Gender and RYR1 gene mutation might have an effect on the muscle metabolic characteristics and on the animal's stress at slaughter, which could influence the process of muscle-to-meat conversion. ...
Domestic refrigerator temperatures in Spain: Assessment of its impact on the safety and shelf-life of cooked meat products
(Elsevier, 2019-07-22)
Temperature is one of the main factors governing the growth of microorganisms. The aim of the present study was to provide temperature conditions representative of the food products stored in domestic ...
Evaluating environmental impacts of contrasting pig farming systems with life cycle assessment
(Elsevier, 2014-08-29)
Environmental impacts of 15 European pig farming systems were evaluated in the European Union Q-PorkChains project using life cycle assessment. One conventional and two non-conventional systems were ...
Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: development of a market conformity tool for pork products based on technological quality traits
(Elsevier, 2014-09-08)
A market conformity tool, based on technological meat quality parameters, was developed within the Q-PorkChains project, to be included in a global sustainability evaluation of pig farming systems. The ...
Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: the procedure, the evaluated systems and the evaluation tools
(Elsevier, 2014-08-28)
Although a few studies consider the sustainability of animal farming systems along the three classical main pillars (economy, environment and society), most studies on pig farming systems address only ...
Performance, behaviour and meat quality of beef heifers fed concentrate and straw offered as total mixed ration or free-choice
(Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, 2015-12-02)
Eighteen Simmental heifers were fed concentrate and barley straw offered as a total mixed ration (TMR) or separately as a free choice (FCH) to compare performance, behaviour, and meat quality. The heifers ...
Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: economy
(Elsevier, 2014-09-15)
The aim of this paper is to present an efficient tool for evaluating the economy part of the sustainability of pig farming systems. The selected tool IDEA was tested on a sample of farms from 15 contrasted ...
Stability of phenolic compounds in dry fermented sausages added with cocoa and grape seed extracts
(Elsevier, 2014-01-04)
The level of eleven target phenolic compounds was evaluated in dry fermented sausages added with
vegetable extracts. Grape seed (GSE1 and GSE2) and cocoa extracts, rich in phenolic compounds, were
added ...