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Bénédicte Lebret

Bénédicte Lebret

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
6171
World Ranking
1466
National Ranking
61

Overview

Bénédicte Lebret is affiliated with Institut Agro, France. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a specialization in Animal Science and Zoology. The scientist's work also encompasses subfields such as Small Animals, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Insect Science.

Their main research topics include:

  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses

Lebret has contributed extensively to scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in specific venues. These include:

  • animal
  • INRAE Productions Animales
  • Meat Science
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Animal - science proceedings

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Lebret are:

  • Review: Pork quality attributes from farm to fork. Part I. Carcass and fresh meat, 2021, animal
  • Caractéristiques et qualité des tissus adipeux chez le porc. Facteurs de variation non génétiques, 2020, INRAE Productions Animales

In addition to these works, Lebret has co-authored with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Florence Lefèvre
  • Marjeta Čandek-Potokar
  • Armelle Prunier
  • Cyril Feidt
  • Joël Gautron

Best Publications

  • How Muscle Structure and Composition Influence Meat and Flesh Quality

    Anne Listrat;Bénédicte Lebret;Isabelle Louveau;Thierry Astruc

  • Influence of intramuscular fat content on the quality of pig meat - 1. Composition of the lipid fraction and sensory characteristics of m. longissimus lumborum.

    X Fernandez;G Monin;A Talmant;J Mourot

  • Influence of intramuscular fat content on the quality of pig meat - 2. Consumer acceptability of m. longissimus lumborum.

    X Fernandez;G Monin;A Talmant;J Mourot

  • Low birth weight is associated with enlarged muscle fiber area and impaired meat tenderness of the longissimus muscle in pigs.

    F. Gondret;L. Lefaucheur;H. Juin;I. Louveau

  • Influence of piglet birth weight on postnatal growth performance, tissue lipogenic capacity and muscle histological traits at market weight

    F. Gondret;L. Lefaucheur;I. Louveau;B. Lebret

  • Effects of feeding and rearing systems on growth, carcass composition and meat quality in pigs.

    Bénédicte Lebret

  • Production systems and influence on eating quality of pork

    Michel Bonneau;Bénédicte Lebret

  • Evaluation of protein aggregation in cooked meat

    A. Promeyrat;P. Gatellier;B. Lebret;B. Lebret;K. Kajak-Siemaszko

  • Muscle characteristics and meat quality traits are affected by divergent selection on residual feed intake in pigs.

    Louis Lefaucheur;Bénédicte Lebret;Patrick Ecolan;Isabelle Louveau

  • Compensatory growth response in pigs: effects on growth performance, composition of weight gain at carcass and muscle levels, and meat quality.

    A Heyer;B Lebret

  • Influence of rearing conditions on performance, behavioral, and physiological responses of pigs to preslaughter handling, carcass traits, and meat quality.

    B. Lebret;M. C. Meunier-Salaün;A. Foury;P. Mormède

  • Review: divergent selection for residual feed intake in the growing pig.

    H. Gilbert;Y. Billon;L. Brossard;J. Faure

  • Influence of the Three RN Genotypes on Chemical Composition, Enzyme Activities, and Myofiber Characteristics of Porcine Skeletal Muscle

    B Lebret;P Le Roy;G Monin;L Lefaucheur

  • Review: Pork quality attributes from farm to fork. Part I. Carcass and fresh meat

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  • Feeding intensity and dietary protein level affect adipocyte cellularity and lipogenic capacity of muscle homogenates in growing pigs, without modification of the expression of sterol regulatory element binding protein.

    F. Gondret;B. Lebret

  • Number of intramuscular adipocytes and fatty acid binding protein-4 content are significant indicators of intramuscular fat level in crossbred Large White × Duroc pigs

    M. Damon;I. Louveau;L. Lefaucheur;B. Lebret

  • Recent advances in omic technologies for meat quality management.

    B. Picard;B. Lebret;B. Lebret;I. Cassar-Malek;L. Liaubet

  • Comparison of muscle transcriptome between pigs with divergent meat quality phenotypes identifies genes related to muscle metabolism and structure.

    Marie Damon;Joanna Wyszynska-Koko;Joanna Wyszynska-Koko;Annie Vincent;Annie Vincent;Frédéric Hérault;Frédéric Hérault

  • Understanding the Determination of Meat Quality Using Biochemical Characteristics of the Muscle: Stress at Slaughter and Other Missing Keys.

    E. M. Claudia Terlouw;Brigitte Picard;Véronique Deiss;Cécile Berri

  • Consequences of divergent selection for residual feed intake in pigs on muscle energy metabolism and meat quality.

    J. Faure;L. Lefaucheur;L. Lefaucheur;N. Bonhomme;N. Bonhomme;P. Ecolan;P. Ecolan

  • Influence of outdoor rearing and indoor temperature on growth performance, carcass, adipose tissue and muscle traits in pigs, and on the technological and eating quality of dry-cured hams

    B. Lebret;P. Massabie;R. Granier;H. Juin

  • Meat and fish flesh quality improvement with proteomic applications

    Brigitte Picard;Florence Lefèvre;Bénédicte Lebret;Bénédicte Lebret

  • Effects of exercise during growth and alternative rearing systems on muscle fibers and collagen properties.

    Florence Gondret;Sylvie Combes;Louis Lefaucheur;Bénédicte Lebret

Frequent Co-Authors

Florence Gondret
Florence Gondret Institut Agro, France
Marjeta Čandek-Potokar
Marjeta Čandek-Potokar University of Maribor
Jean Noblet
Jean Noblet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Brigitte Picard
Brigitte Picard University of Clermont Auvergne
Jean-Yves Dourmad
Jean-Yves Dourmad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Cécile Berri
Cécile Berri François Rabelais University
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün Institut Agro, France
Philippe Gatellier
Philippe Gatellier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Riccardo Bozzi
Riccardo Bozzi University of Florence

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