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Alessandro Priolo

Alessandro Priolo

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
48
Citations
9337
World Ranking
688
National Ranking
29

Overview

Alessandro Priolo is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy, focusing research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences alongside Nursing.

Their extensive publication record includes 51 works in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 16 in Nursing. The subfields covered include Animal Science and Zoology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Insect Science, and Genetics.

Research topics addressed in their work comprise:

  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Nuts composition and effects
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Trace Elements in Health

The scientist has published articles in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Meat Science
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Proteomics
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Ability of tannins to modulate ruminal lipid metabolism and milk and meat fatty acid profiles", 2020, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • "Effects of two tannin extracts at different doses in interaction with a green or dry forage substrate on in vitro rumen fermentation and biohydrogenation", 2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • "Effect of different levels of organic zinc supplementation on pork quality", 2022, Meat Science
  • "Effect of hazelnut skin by-product supplementation in lambs' diets: Implications on plasma and muscle proteomes and first insights on the underlying mechanisms", 2022, Journal of Proteomics
  • "Feeding hazelnut skin to lambs delays lipid oxidation in meat", 2023, Meat Science

Alessandro Priolo collaborates regularly with several coauthors who have contributed to numerous joint publications, including:

  • Giuseppe Luciano
  • Antonio Natalello
  • Ruggero Menci
  • Bernardo Valenti
  • Massimiliano Lanza

Best Publications

  • Effects of grass feeding systems on ruminant meat colour and flavour. A review

    Alessandro Priolo;Didier Micol;Jacques Agabriel

  • Effect of grass or concentrate feeding systems on lamb carcass and meat quality.

    A. Priolo;D. Micol;J. Agabriel;S. Prache

  • Alternative feed resources and their effects on the quality of meat and milk from small ruminants

    Valentina Vasta;Anna Nudda;Antonello Cannas;Massimiliano Lanza

  • Effect of grass or concentrate feeding systems and rate of growth on triglyceride and phospholipid and their fatty acids in the M. longissimus thoracis of lambs.

    B Aurousseau;D Bauchart;E Calichon;D Micol

  • Polyethylene glycol as a means for reducing the impact of condensed tannins in carob pulp: effects on lamb growth performance and meat quality.

    A Priolo;G C Waghorn;M Lanza;L Biondi

  • Metabolic fate of fatty acids involved in ruminal biohydrogenation in sheep fed concentrate or herbage with or without tannins.

    V. Vasta;M. Mele;A. Serra;M. Scerra

  • Sustainability of feeding plant by-products: A review of the implications for ruminant meat production

    Saheed A. Salami;Saheed A. Salami;Giuseppe Luciano;Michael N. O'Grady;Luisa Biondi

  • Dietary tannins improve lamb meat colour stability

    G. Luciano;F.J. Monahan;V. Vasta;L. Biondi

  • Ruminal biohydrogenation as affected by tannins in vitro

    Valentina Vasta;Harinder P. S. Makkar;Marcello Mele;Alessandro Priolo

  • Bacterial and protozoal communities and fatty acid profile in the rumen of sheep fed a diet containing added tannins.

    Valentina Vasta;David R. Yáñez-Ruiz;Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra

  • RUMINANT FAT VOLATILES AS AFFECTED BY DIET. A REVIEW

    V. Vasta;A. Priolo

  • Pastoral and species flavour in lambs raised on pasture, lucerne or maize

    Owen A Young;Geoffrey A Lane;Alessandro Priolo;Karl Fraser

  • Lipid and colour stability of meat from lambs fed fresh herbage or concentrate

    G. Luciano;F.J. Monahan;V. Vasta;P. Pennisi

  • Antioxidant status, colour stability and myoglobin resistance to oxidation of longissimus dorsi muscle from lambs fed a tannin-containing diet

    G. Luciano;V. Vasta;F.J. Monahan;P. López-Andrés

  • Traceability of animal feeding diet in the meat and milk of small ruminants

    S. Prache;A. Cornu;J.L. Berdagué;A. Priolo

  • Carcass and meat quality of lambs fed fresh sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) with or without polyethylene glycol or concentrate

    A. Priolo;M. Bella;M. Lanza;V. Galofaro

  • Δ9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins

    Valentina Vasta;Alessandro Priolo;Manuel Scerra;Katharine G. Hallett

  • Fat volatiles tracers of grass feeding in sheep

    A. Priolo;A. Cornu;S. Prache;M. Krogmann

  • Persistence of carotenoid pigments in the blood of concentrate-finished grazing sheep: its significance for the traceability of grass-feeding.

    S. Prache;A. Priolo;P. Grolier

  • Effects of rigor attainment temperature on meat blooming and colour on display

    O.A Young;A Priolo;N.J Simmons;J West

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Luciano
Giuseppe Luciano University of Catania
Massimiliano Lanza
Massimiliano Lanza University of Catania
L. Biondi
L. Biondi University of Catania
Didier Micol
Didier Micol INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
H. Ben Salem
H. Ben Salem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marcello Mele
Marcello Mele University of Pisa
Frank J. Monahan
Frank J. Monahan University College Dublin
Pilar Frutos
Pilar Frutos Spanish National Research Council
Pablo G. Toral
Pablo G. Toral Spanish National Research Council
Simona Mattioli
Simona Mattioli University of Perugia

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