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Muscle growth and poultry meat quality issues by Petracci, Massimiliano, Cavani, Claudio

“…Over the past 50 years the worldwide growing demand of poultry meat has resulted in pressure on breeders, nutritionists and growers to increase the growth rate…”
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Weighted gene co-expression network analysis identifies molecular pathways and hub genes involved in broiler White Striping and Wooden Breast myopathies by Bordini, Martina, Zappaterra, Martina, Soglia, Francesca, Petracci, Massimiliano, Davoli, Roberta

“…In recent years, the poultry industry has experienced an increased incidence of myopathies affecting breasts of fast-growing broilers, such as White Striping…”
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Functional property issues in broiler breast meat related to emerging muscle abnormalities by Soglia, Francesca, Laghi, Luca, Canonico, Luca, Cavani, Claudio, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…In the past few decades, a remarkable increase in the incidence of breast muscle abnormalities termed as white-striping (WS) and wooden-breast (WB) (normally…”
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Detection of differentially expressed genes in broiler pectoralis major muscle affected by White Striping - Wooden Breast myopathies by Zambonelli, Paolo, Zappaterra, Martina, Soglia, Francesca, Petracci, Massimiliano, Sirri, Federico, Cavani, Claudio, Davoli, Roberta

“…White Striping and Wooden Breast (WS/WB) are abnormalities increasingly occurring in the fillets of high breast yield and growth rate chicken hybrids. These…”
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Spaghetti Meat Abnormality in Broilers: Current Understanding and Future Research Directions by Baldi, Giulia, Soglia, Francesca, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…Spaghetti meat (SM) is a recent muscular abnormality that affects the muscle of fast-growing broilers. As the appellative suggests, this condition…”
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Superficial and deep changes of histology, texture and particle size distribution in broiler wooden breast muscle during refrigerated storage by Soglia, Francesca, Gao, Jingxian, Mazzoni, Maurizio, Puolanne, Eero, Cavani, Claudio, Petracci, Massimiliano, Ertbjerg, Per

“…Recently the poultry industry faced an emerging muscle abnormality termed wooden breast (WB), the prevalence of which has dramatically increased in the past…”
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A methodological review in sensory analyses of chicken meat by Tura, Matilde, Gagliano, Mara Antonia, Valli, Enrico, Petracci, Massimiliano, Gallina Toschi, Tullia

“…The sensory characteristics of poultry products are crucial in defining their quality and widely influence consumer choices. Even though the scientific…”
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The role of histidine dipeptides on postmortem acidification of broiler muscles with different energy metabolism by Baldi, Giulia, Soglia, Francesca, Laghi, Luca, Meluzzi, Adele, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…It is generally held that the content of several free amino acids and dipeptides is closely related to the energy-supplying metabolism of skeletal muscles…”
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Editorial: Rising stars in avian physiology: 2022 by Petracci, Massimiliano, Cassone, Vincent M

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Effect of White Striping on Chemical Composition and Nutritional Value of Chicken Breast Meat by Petracci, Massimiliano, Mudalal, Samer, Babini, Elena, Cavani, Claudio

“…White striping defect (appearance of white striations parallel to muscle fiber on surface of breast) is considered an emerging issue in chicken breast meat…”
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Review: Myopathies in broilers: supply chain approach to provide solutions to challenges related to raising fast growing birds by Barbut, Shai, Mitchell, Randolph, Hall, Parker, Bacon, Craig, Bailey, Ritchard, Owens, Casey M., Petracci, Massimiliano

“…This review is a summary of a Poultry Science Association symposium addressing myopathies in broilers’ breast meat, focusing on the interactions between…”
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RNA-sequencing revisited data shed new light on wooden breast myopathy by Bordini, Martina, Wang, Ziqing, Soglia, Francesca, Petracci, Massimiliano, Schmidt, Carl J., Abasht, Behnam

“…Wooden Breast (WB) abnormality represents one of the major challenges that the poultry industry has faced in the last 10 years. Despite the enormous progress…”
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Partial substitution of soybean meal with microalgae meal (Arthrospira spp. – Spirulina) in grower and finisher diets for broiler chickens: implications on performance parameters, footpad dermatitis occurrence, breast meat quality traits, amino acid digestibility and plasma metabolomics profile by Zampiga, Marco, Laghi, Luca, Soglia, Francesca, Piscitelli, Raffaela, Dayan, Jonathan, Petracci, Massimiliano, Bonaldo, Alessio, Sirri, Federico

“…This trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of replacing soybean meal with microalgae meal (MM; Arthrospira spp.) during grower and finisher phases on…”
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Absolute expressions of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF1A) transcript and the associated genes in chicken skeletal muscle with white striping and wooden breast myopathies by Malila, Yuwares, Thanatsang, Krittaporn, Arayamethakorn, Sopacha, Uengwetwanit, Tanaporn, Srimarut, Yanee, Petracci, Massimiliano, Strasburg, Gale M, Rungrassamee, Wanilada, Visessanguan, Wonnop

“…Development of white striping (WS) and wooden breast (WB) in broiler breast meat have been linked to hypoxia, but their etiologies are not fully understood…”
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Rabbit meat: valuable nutrition or too-cute-to-eat? by Leroy, Frédéric, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…Rabbit meat is a component of traditional diets, often incorporated into iconic dishes of regional cuisine. Its consumption can be traced back to the ancient…”
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Time course evaluation of collagen type IV in Pectoralis major muscles of broiler chickens selected for different growth-rates by Bordini, Martina, Mazzoni, Maurizio, Di Nunzio, Mattia, Zappaterra, Martina, Sirri, Federico, Meluzzi, Adele, Petracci, Massimiliano, Soglia, Francesca

“…Collagen type IV (COL4) is one of the major components of animals' and humans' basement membranes of several tissues, such as skeletal muscles and vascular…”
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Benefits of Magnesium Supplementation to Broiler Subjected to Dietary and Heat Stress: Improved Redox Status, Breast Quality and Decreased Myopathy Incidence by Estevez, Mario, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…Poultry is highly sensitive to oxidative reactions. Oxidative reactions have attracted considerable attention from animal and food scientists because of the…”
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Editorial: Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association With Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality Volume II by Petracci, Massimiliano, Velleman, Sandra G.

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Molecular Pathways and Key Genes Associated With Breast Width and Protein Content in White Striping and Wooden Breast Chicken Pectoral Muscle by Bordini, Martina, Soglia, Francesca, Davoli, Roberta, Zappaterra, Martina, Petracci, Massimiliano, Meluzzi, Adele

“…Growth-related abnormalities affecting modern chickens, known as White Striping (WS) and Wooden Breast (WB), have been deeply investigated in the last decade…”
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Current Status of Poultry Meat Abnormalities by Baldi, Giulia, Soglia, Francesca, Petracci, Massimiliano

“…Over the past decade, the poultry industry has faced an increasing occurrence of growth-related muscular abnormalities that mainly affect fast-growing…”
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