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María Dolores Carro

María Dolores Carro

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
4859
World Ranking
1421
National Ranking
67

Overview

María Dolores Carro is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular emphasis on subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their main research themes include:

  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Their scholarly output is largely published in journals dedicated to animal sciences and agricultural research. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Animals (13 publications)
  • Animal - science proceedings (6 publications)
  • Journal of Dairy Science (3 publications)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (3 publications)
  • Poultry Science (2 publications)

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by María Dolores Carro include:

  • "Feeding Agroindustrial Byproducts to Light Lambs: Influence on Growth Performance, Diet Digestibility, Nitrogen Balance, Ruminal Fermentation, and Plasma Metabolites", 2020, Animals
  • "In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Broccoli Wastes as Potential Feed for Ruminants", 2020, Animals
  • "Effects of Feeding Multinutrient Blocks Including Avocado Pulp and Peels to Dairy Goats on Feed Intake and Milk Yield and Composition", 2020, Animals
  • "Utilization of Avocado and Mango Fruit Wastes in Multi-Nutrient Blocks for Goats Feeding: In Vitro Evaluation", 2020, Animals
  • "Preserving Porphyra umbilicalis and Saccharina latissima as Silages for Ruminant Feeding", 2020, Animals

Frequent coauthors collaborating with María Dolores Carro are:

  • Trinidad de Evan
  • Carlos Navarro Marcos
  • María José Ranilla
  • E. Molina-Alcaide
  • Cristina Saro

Best Publications

  • Effect of garlic oil and four of its compounds on rumen microbial fermentation.

    M Busquet;S Calsamiglia;A Ferret;Maria Dolores Carro

  • Effect of supplementing a fibre basal diet with different nitrogen forms on ruminal fermentation and microbial growth in an in vitro semi-continuous culture system (RUSITEC)

    M. D. Carro;E. L. Miller

  • New aspects and strategies for methane mitigation from ruminants

    Sanjay Kumar;Sanjay Kumar;Prasanta Kumar Choudhury;Maria Dolores Carro;Gareth Wyn Griffith

  • Influence of direct-fed fibrolytic enzymes on diet digestibility and ruminal activity in sheep fed a grass hay-based diet.

    L. A. Giraldo;L. A. Giraldo;M. L. Tejido;M. J. Ranilla;S. Ramos

  • Plasmatic profiles of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein and progesterone levels during gestation in Churra and Merino sheep.

    Marie-José Ranilla;Joseph Sulon;M. D. Carro;A. R. Mantécon

  • Influence of yeast culture on the in vitro fermentation (Rusitec) of diets containing variable portions of concentrates

    M. D. Carro;Peter Lebzien;Klaus Rohr

  • Effect of the addition of malate on in vitro rumen fermentation of cereal grains.

    M. D. Carro;M. J. Ranilla

  • Effects of disodium fumarate on in vitro rumen microbial growth, methane production and fermentation of diets differing in their forage:concentrate ratio.

    R. García-Martínez;M. J. Ranilla;M. L. Tejido;M. D. Carro

  • Effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on in vitro ruminal fermentation of substrates with different forage:concentrate ratios

    L.A. Giraldo;L.A. Giraldo;M.L. Tejido;M.J. Ranilla;M.D. Carro

  • Effect of DL-malate on mixed ruminal microorganism fermentation using the rumen simulation technique (RUSITEC)

    M.D Carro;S López;C Valdés;F.J Ovejero

  • Influence of different concentrations of disodium fumarate on methane production and fermentation of concentrate feeds by rumen micro-organisms in vitro.

    M. D. Carro;M. J. Ranilla

  • Microbial protein synthesis, ruminal digestion, microbial populations, and nitrogen balance in sheep fed diets varying in forage-to-concentrate ratio and type of forage.

    S. Ramos;M. L. Tejido;M. E. Martínez;M. J. Ranilla

  • Effect of forage to concentrate ratio in the diet on ruminal fermentation and digesta flow kinetics in sheep offered food at a fixed and restricted level of intake.

    M. D. Carro;C. Valdés;M. J. Ranilla;J. S. González

  • Effects of exogenous cellulase supplementation on microbial growth and ruminal fermentation of a high-forage diet in Rusitec fermenters.

    L. A. Giraldo;L. A. Giraldo;M. L. Tejido;M. J. Ranilla;M. D. Carro

  • Influence of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes and fumarate on methane production, microbial growth and fermentation in Rusitec fermenters

    L. A. Giraldo;M. J. Ranilla;M. L. Tejido;M. D. Carro

  • Effects of yeast culture on rumen fermentation, digestibility and duodenal flow in dairy cows fed a silage based diet

    M.D. Carro;P. Lebzien;K. Rohr

  • The effect of the diet fed to donor sheep on in vitro methane production and ruminal fermentation of diets of variable composition

    M.E. Martínez;M.E. Martínez;M.J. Ranilla;M.J. Ranilla;M.L. Tejido;M.L. Tejido;C. Saro;C. Saro

  • Diet and procedures used to detach particle-associated microbes from ruminal digesta influence chemical composition of microbes and estimation of microbial growth in Rusitec fermenters.

    M. J. Ranilla;M. D. Carro

  • Effects of malate on diet digestibility, microbial protein synthesis, plasma metabolites, and performance of growing lambs fed a high-concentrate diet.

    M. D. Carro;M. D. Carro;M. J. Ranilla;M. J. Ranilla;F. J. Giráldez;A. R. Mantecón

  • Plasma pregnancy-associated glycoprotein and progesterone concentrations in pregnant Assaf ewes carrying single and twin lambs

    Marie-José Ranilla;Joseph Sulon;A. R. Mantecón;Jean-François Beckers

  • Comparison of different in vitro and in situ methods to estimate the extent and rate of degradation of hays in the rumen

    S López;M.D Carro;J.S González;F.J Ovejero

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Javier Giráldez
Francisco Javier Giráldez Spanish National Research Council
A. I. Martín-García
A. I. Martín-García Estación Experimental del Zaidín
Martin Riis Weisbjerg
Martin Riis Weisbjerg Aarhus University
Jean-François Beckers
Jean-François Beckers University of Liège
Jesús Vázquez
Jesús Vázquez Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Michael Y. Roleda
Michael Y. Roleda University of the Philippines Diliman
David R. Yáñez-Ruiz
David R. Yáñez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Metha Wanapat
Metha Wanapat Khon Kaen University
Sergio Calsamiglia
Sergio Calsamiglia Autonomous University of Barcelona
H. Ben Salem
H. Ben Salem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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