Search Results - "Marchitelli, C."

Genetic parameters and genome-wide associations of twinning rate in a local breed, the Maremmana cattle by Moioli, B., Steri, R., Marchitelli, C., Catillo, G., Buttazzoni, L.

“…This study seeks to verify the feasibility of increasing twinning in a herd of the Italian autochtonous Maremmana breed. The data set included 1260 individuals…”
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Between- and within-herd variation in blood and milk biomarkers in Holstein cows in early lactation by Krogh, M A, Hostens, M, Salavati, M, Grelet, C, Sorensen, M T, Wathes, D C, Ferris, C P, Marchitelli, C, Signorelli, F, Napolitano, F, Becker, F, Larsen, T, Matthews, E, Carter, F, Vanlierde, A, Opsomer, G, Gengler, N, Dehareng, F, Crowe, M A, Ingvartsen, K L, Foldager, L

“…Both blood- and milk-based biomarkers have been analysed for decades in research settings, although often only in one herd, and without focus on the variation…”
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Prediction of key milk biomarkers in dairy cows through milk mid-infrared spectra and international collaborations by Grelet, C., Larsen, T., Crowe, M.A., Wathes, D.C., Ferris, C.P., Ingvartsen, K.L., Marchitelli, C., Becker, F., Vanlierde, A., Leblois, J., Schuler, U., Auer, F.J., Köck, A., Dale, L., Sölkner, J., Christophe, O., Hummel, J., Mensching, A., Fernández Pierna, J.A., Soyeurt, H., Calmels, M., Reding, R., Gelé, M., Chen, Y., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F.

“…At the individual cow level, suboptimum fertility, mastitis, negative energy balance, and ketosis are major issues in dairy farming. These problems are…”
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Potential of milk mid-IR spectra to predict metabolic status of cows through blood components and an innovative clustering approach by Grelet, C., Vanlierde, A., Hostens, M., Foldager, L., Salavati, M., Ingvartsen, K. L., Crowe, M., Sorensen, M. T., Froidmont, E., Ferris, C. P., Marchitelli, C., Becker, F., Larsen, T., Carter, F., Dehareng, F.

“…Unbalanced metabolic status in the weeks after calving predisposes dairy cows to metabolic and infectious diseases. Blood glucose, IGF-I, non-esterified fatty…”
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Gelsolin expression in sheep milk somatic cells during lactation by Napolitano, F., Grandoni, F., Signorelli, F., Annicchiarico, G., Catillo, G., Moioli, B., Crisà, A., Marchitelli, C.

“…The identification of genes involved in phenotypes related to milk quality is important for both economic and health aspects in livestock production. The aim…”
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Exploring polymorphisms and effects of candidate genes on milk fat quality in dairy sheep by Crisà, A, Marchitelli, C, Pariset, L, Contarini, G, Signorelli, F, Napolitano, F, Catillo, G, Valentini, A, Moioli, B

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the genetic control of the fatty acid (FA) composition in milk from 3 breeds of sheep: Altamurana, Gentile di…”
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Sequence analysis and genetic variability of stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) gene in the Italian Mediterranean river buffalo by Pauciullo, A., Cosenza, G., D’Avino, A., Colimoro, L., Nicodemo, D., Coletta, A., Feligini, M., Marchitelli, C., Di Berardino, D., Ramunno, L.

“…Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) plays a key metabolic role by changing the saturated FA content of ruminant milk and meat. In this study we characterized for the…”
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Discovery, characterization and validation of single nucleotide polymorphisms within 206 bovine genes that may be considered as candidate genes for beef production and quality by Williams, J.L, Dunner, S, Valentini, A, Mazza, R, Amarger, V, Checa, M.L, Crisà, A, Razzaq, N, Delourme, D, Grandjean, F, Marchitelli, C, García, D, Pérez Gomez, R, Negrini, R, Ajmone Marsan, P, Levéziel, H

“…A large number of putative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been identified from the bovine genome-sequencing project. However, few of these have…”
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Sequence similarity between allelic Glu-B3 genes related to quality properties of durum wheat by D'OVIDIO, R, MARCHITELLI, C, ERCOLI CARDELLI, L, PORCEDDU, E

“…Low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (LMW-GSs) are wheat endosperm proteins mostly encoded by genes located at the Glu-3 loci. These proteins are of…”
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Sequence analysis of myostatin promoter in cattle by Crisà, A, Marchitelli, C, Savarese, M C, Valentini, A

“…Myostatin (GDF8) acts as a negative regulator of muscle growth. Mutations in the gene are responsible for the double muscling phenotype in several European…”
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Characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 20 genes affecting milk quality in cattle, sheep, goat and buffalo by Marchitelli, C., Crisà, A., Pariset, L., Napolitano, F., Orrù, L., Valentini, A.

“…Milk products are important dietary sources of nutrients, providing energy, high quality proteins, and a variety of vitamins and minerals. Recent researches…”
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Polymorphisms within the Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, -4, and -6 genes in cattle by Pariset, L., Mariotti, M., Marchitelli, C., Crisà, A., Napolitano, F., Failla, S., De Matteis, G., Valentini, A.

“…Toll-like receptors (TLR) have an important role in the defence against a variety of infectious diseases. TLR recognize various microbial components and are…”
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Structure of cattle, sheep, goat and buffalo populations using single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes affecting lipid metabolism by Marchitelli, C., Pariset, L., Crisà, A., Scardigli, S., Napolitano, F., Moioli, B., Valentini, A.

“…Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) have the potential to become the genetic marker of choice in studies on the ecology and the conservation of natural…”
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European cattle breed cluster accordingly to their meat quality parameters by Valentini, A., Nardone, A., Crisà, A., Marchitelli, C., Failla, S., Gigli, S., Alberti, P., Sanudo, C., Nutte, G., Ertbjerg, P., Hocquette, J. F., Williams, J.

“…The concept of breed is rather questionable and it's used more as a tool for "labelling" production systems than as a biological category. Here, production…”
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Can unsupervised learning methods applied to milk recording big data provide new insights into dairy cow health? by Franceschini, S., Grelet, C., Leblois, J., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H.

“…Among the dairy sector's current concerns, the assessment of global animal health status is a complex challenge. Its multidimensionality means that global…”
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Dating the onset of some mutations in myostatin gene determining the "double muscled" phenotype in beef cattle [beef cattle breeds; Italy] by Savarese, M.C. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Marchitelli, C. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Crisa, A. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Valentini, A. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Nardone, A. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Filippini, F. (Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovini Italiani da Carne (ANABIC), San Martino in Colle, Perugia (Italy))

“…[Myostatin is a protein codified by GDF8 gene which operates as a negative regulator of muscle growth. In several cattle breeds the occurrence of a not…”
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Polymorphisms in genes affecting meat quality in European beef breeds by Marchitelli, C. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Crisà, M.L. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali), Checa, M.L. (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Lab de Genética), Miranda, M.E. (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Lab de Genética), Dunner, S. (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Lab de Genética), Armarger, V. (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Clermont Ferrand (France). Unité de Recherche sur les Herbivores), Delourme, D. (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Clermont Ferrand (France). Unité de Recherche sur les Herbivores), Leveziel, H. (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Clermont Ferrand (France). Unité de Recherche sur les Herbivores), Razzaq, N. (Roslin Institute, Midlothian (UK)), Williams, J. (Roslin Institute, Midlothian (UK)), Valentini, A. (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali)

“…[Up to now the main target of selection was the increase of beef yield, without attention to quality. Most of variation observed in beef quality of different…”
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Association of genes involved in carcass and meat quality traits in 15 European bovine breeds by Dunner, S., Sevane, N., García, D., Cortés, O., Valentini, A., Williams, J.L., Mangin, B., Cañón, J., Levéziel, H.

“…Variations in meat quality traits are under complex genetic control and improvement has been hampered by the difficulty in their measurement. Several QTL have…”
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Genes involved in muscle lipid composition in 15 European Bos taurus breeds by Dunner, S., Sevane, N., Garcia, D., Levéziel, H., Williams, J. L., Mangin, B., Valentini, A.

“…Summary Consumers demand healthy and palatable meat, both factors being affected by fat composition. However, red meat has relatively high concentration of…”
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Muscle lipid composition in bulls from 15 European breeds by Sevane, N., Nute, G., Sañudo, C., Cortes, O., Cañon, J., Williams, J.L., Dunner, S.

“…Cattle meat provides essential nutrients necessary for a balanced diet and health preservation. Besides nutritional quality, consumers' preferences are related…”
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