Marcello Mele

Overview

Best Publications

• Invited review: Plant polyphenols and rumen microbiota responsible for fatty acid biohydrogenation, fiber digestion, and methane emission: Experimental evidence and methodological approaches.

  V. Vasta;M. Daghio;A. Cappucci;A. Buccioni

  392
  Citations

• 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

  283
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• Ruminal biohydrogenation as affected by tannins in vitro

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

  255
  Citations

• 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

  244
  Citations

• Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase Gene Polymorphism and Milk Fatty Acid Composition in Italian Holsteins

  Marcello Mele;Giuseppe Conte;Bianca Castiglioni;Stefania Chessa

  239
  Citations

• Milk fatty acid composition, rumen microbial population, and animal performances in response to diets rich in linoleic acid supplemented with chestnut or quebracho tannins in dairy ewes

  A. Buccioni;M. Pauselli;C. Viti;S. Minieri

  192
  Citations

• Sheep cheese naturally enriched in α-linolenic, conjugated linoleic and vaccenic acids improves the lipid profile and reduces anandamide in the plasma of hypercholesterolaemic subjects.

  Stefano Pintus;Elisabetta Murru;Gianfranca Carta;Lina Cordeddu

  169
  Citations

• Effect of kind of dietary fat on the quality of milk fat from Italian Friesian cows

  Pier Lorenzo Secchiari;M. Antongiovanni;Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra

  130
  Citations

• Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, and sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 gene polymorphisms and milk fatty acid composition in Italian Brown cattle.

  Giuseppe Conte;Marcello Mele;S Chessa;B Castiglioni

  122
  Citations

• Enrichment of Pecorino cheese with conjugated linoleic acid by feeding dairy ewes with extruded linseed: Effect on fatty acid and triglycerides composition and on oxidative stability

  Marcello Mele;Giovanna Contarini;Luisito Cercaci;Andrea Serra

  121
  Citations

• Dietary olive cake reduces the oxidation of lipids, including cholesterol, in lamb meat enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids

  G. Luciano;M. Pauselli;M. Servili;E. Mourvaki

  116
  Citations

• Effect of dietary starch concentration and fish oil supplementation on milk yield and composition, diet digestibility, and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows.

  M. Pirondini;S. Colombini;Marcello Mele;L. Malagutti

  115
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• Effect of forage/concentrate ratio and soybean oil supplementation on milk yield, and composition from Sarda ewes

  Marcello Mele;Arianna Buccioni;Francesco Petacchi;Andrea Serra

  111
  Citations

• Genetic parameters for conjugated linoleic acid, selected milk fatty acids, and milk fatty acid unsaturation of Italian Holstein-Friesian cows.

  Marcello Mele;R. Dal Zotto;M. Cassandro;Giuseppe Conte

  105
  Citations

• Effectiveness of mid-infrared spectroscopy to predict fatty acid composition of Brown Swiss bovine milk.

  M. De Marchi;M. Penasa;A. Cecchinato;M. Mele

  105
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• Association between a polymorphism at the stearoyl CoA desaturase locus and milk production traits in Italian Holsteins.

  N.P.P. Macciotta;M. Mele;G. Conte;A. Serra

  103
  Citations

• Effect of soybean oil supplementation on milk fatty acid composition from Saanen goats fed diets with different forage:concentrate ratios

  Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra;Arianna Buccioni;Giuseppe Conte

  90
  Citations

• Sustainable ruminant production to help feed the planet

  Giuseppe Pulina;Ana Helena Dias Francesconi;Bruno Stefanon;Agostino Sevi

  88
  Citations

• Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) content of meat from three muscles of Massese suckling lambs slaughtered at different weights

  Andrea Serra;Marcello Mele;F La Comba;Giuseppe Conte

  85
  Citations

• Multivariate factor analysis of detailed milk fatty acid profile: Effects of dairy system, feeding, herd, parity, and stage of lactation.

  M. Mele;N. P. P. Macciotta;Alessio Cecchinato;G. Conte

  84
  Citations

• Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in Italian Simmental and Italian Holstein cows using single nucleotide polymorphism arrays.

  V. Palombo;M. Milanesi;S. Sgorlon;S. Capomaccio

  80
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• Conjugated linoleic acid and C18:1 isomers content in milk fat of sheep and their transfer to Pecorino Toscano cheese

  Arianna Buccioni;Stefano Rapaccini;Mauro Antongiovanni;Sara Minieri

  75
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• Conservation status and historical relatedness of Italian cattle breeds.

  Salvatore Mastrangelo;Elena Ciani;Paolo Ajmone Marsan;Alessandro Bagnato

  73
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• Effect of different types of olive oil pomace dietary supplementation on the rumen microbial community profile in Comisana ewes.

  Federica Mannelli;Alice Cappucci;Francesco Pini;Roberta Pastorelli

  64
  Citations

• Study on the influence of pasture on volatile fraction of ewes' dairy products by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

  M Povolo;G Contarini;Marcello Mele;Pier Lorenzo Secchiari

  64
  Citations

• Milk production, composition, and milk fatty acid profile from grazing sheep fed diets supplemented with chestnut tannin extract and extruded linseed

  A Buccioni;Andrea Serra;Sara Minieri;F. Mannelli

  61
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• Efficacy Test of a Hydrolysable Tannin Extract Against Necrotic Enteritis in Challenged Broiler Chickens

  Giovanni Tosi;Paola Massi;Mauro Antongiovanni;Arianna Buccioni

  57
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• Genetic and environmental relationships of detailed milk fatty acids profile determined by gas chromatography in Brown Swiss cows

  S. Pegolo;A Cecchinato;J. Casellas;Giuseppe Conte

  51
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