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Preweaning piglet survival on commercial farms
(Journal of Animal Science, 2023-12-12)Preweaning piglet mortality (PWM), a trait highly related to litter size, is one of the main concerns associated with productive efficiency and animal welfare in commercial pig farms. The objectives of ... -
Prey preference in a kleptoplastic dinoflagellate is linked to photosynthetic performance
(The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, 2023-06-30)Dinoflagellates of the family Kryptoperidiniaceae, known as “dinotoms”, possess diatom-derived endosymbionts and contain individuals at three successive evolutionary stages: a transiently maintained ... -
Prey size and species preferences in the invasive blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: Potential effects in marine and freshwater ecosystems
(Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020-08-29)The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus is an invasive species in the Mediterranean region. In Ebro Delta bays, it poses an important risk for the cultivation of Mediterranean mussel (Mytillus galloprovincialis) ... -
Price transmission dynamics for quality‐certified food products: A comparison between conventional and organic fluid milk in Italy
(Agribusiness, 2018-06-25)Despite the vast number of works investigating price transmission (PT) processes in diverse agrifood markets, very little has been said about quality‐differentiated products. In this paper, we compare ... -
Primers registres de Culex laticinctus Edwards, 1913 (Diptera: Culicidae) per a Catalunya
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Priming for welfare: gut microbiota is associated with equitation conditions and behavior in horse athletes
(Scientific Reports, 2020-05-20)We simultaneously measured the fecal microbiota and multiple environmental and host-related variables in a cohort of 185 healthy horses reared in similar conditions during a period of eight months. The ... -
PrISM at Operational Scale: Monitoring Irrigation District Water Use during Droughts
(Remote Sensing, 2024-03-22)Efficient water management strategies are of utmost importance in drought-prone regions, given the fundamental role irrigation plays in avoiding yield losses and food shortages. Traditional methodologies ... -
Prism substructures in the shell of Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Mollusca – Evidence for a three-dimensional pulsed-growth model
(Heliyon, 2020-07-20)In the shells of the Pelecypods belonging to the Pinnidae family, the calcareous prismatic units of the outer layer are long-standing references for biomineralization studies. To elucidate how the ... -
Pristine vs. human-altered Ebro Delta habitats display contrasting resilience to RSLR
(Science of the Total Environment, 2018-11-23)River deltas are ecologically and economically valuable coastal ecosystems but low elevations make them extremely sensitive to relative sea level rise (RSLR), i.e. the combined effects of sea level rise ... -
Processing factors that affect the balance of alcohols and alkyl esters during ‘Arbequina’ olive oil production: Separation and clarification steps
(LWT - Food Science and Technology, 2021-06-03)The aim of this study was to assess how different conditions used on the centrifugation step during olive oil extraction affect its quality by considering the balance of fatty acid alkyl esters (FAAEs) ... -
Processing parameters involved in the development of texture and tyrosine precipitates in dry-cured ham: Modelisation of texture development
(Meat Science, 2020-10-30)The aim of this study was to quantify the effects of different processing parameters on texture development and the incidence of white film and tyrosine crystals in dry-cured ham. Hams were dry-salted ... -
Processing, Valorization and Application of Bio-Waste Derived Compounds from Potato, Tomato, Olive and Cereals: A Review
(Sustainability, 2017-08-22)The vast and ever-growing amount of agricultural and food wastes has become a major concern throughout the whole world. Therefore, strategies for their processing and value-added reuse are needed to ... -
Production of Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus) and Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in a Coupled Aquaponic System under Suboptimal Water Temperatures
(Fishes, 2024-05-21)The combined production of three varieties of lettuce (romaine, iceberg, and red leaf) with flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) was tested in triplicate in three independent coupled aquaponic units ... -
Productive performance and in vivo body composition across the growing and finishing period and carcass traits in pigs of four sex types
(Meat Science, 2022-07-14)This study compares performance, body and carcass composition among castrated (CM), immunocastrated (IM) and entire males (EM), and females (FE) at 30, 70, 100 and 120 kg of body weight (total of n = ... -
Progress in the Spanish National Barley Breeding Program
(Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2012-06-11)The Spanish Barley Breeding Program is carried out by four public research organizations, located at the most representative barley growing regions of Spain. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ... -
Promoting a circular economy by developing new gastronomic products from brassica non-edible leaves
(International Journal of Food Science + Technology, 2023-12-15)This study aims to apply circular economy principles by reintroducing discarded Brassica leaves into the value chain as innovative products. Non-edible leaves of three Brassica varieties were used to ... -
Promoting biodiversity values of small forest patches in agricultural landscapes: Ecological drivers and social demand
(Science of The Total Environment, 2017-11-23)Small forest patches embedded in agricultural (and peri-urban) landscapes in Western Europe play a key role for biodiversity conservation with a recognized capacity of delivering a wide suite of ecosystem ... -
Proposed bursa of fabricius weight to body weight ratio standard in commercial broilers
(Poultry Science, 2015-09-01)Several causes may induce change and atrophy in the bursa of Fabricius (BF). Databases on BF standards are available from published studies, however, updated references are needed to adjust the BF ... -
Prospective application of melanized fungi for the biofiltration of indoor air in closed bioregenerative systems
(Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2018-08-19)Cultures of melanized fungi representative of the black yeast orders Capnodiales (Cladosporium cladosporioides and Neohortaea acidophila) and Chaetothyriales (Cladophialophora psammophila) were confined ... -
Prospective exploration of hazelnut’s unsaponifiable fraction for geographical and varietal authentication: A comparative study of advanced fingerprinting and untargeted profiling techniques
(Food Chemistry, 2024-01-04)This study compares two data processing techniques (fingerprinting and untargeted profiling) to authenticate hazelnut cultivar and provenance based on its unsaponifiable fraction by GC–MS. PLS-DA ...