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Massimiliano Lanza

Massimiliano Lanza

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
4466
World Ranking
2099
National Ranking
98

Overview

Massimiliano Lanza is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy and specializes in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Insect Science, and Food Science. Their research contributions span 32 publications primarily concentrated on animal-related scientific inquiries.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including Meat and Animal Product Quality, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Nuts Composition and Effects, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Massimiliano Lanza frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Animals
  • Meat Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Small Ruminant Research
  • Biology

Recent scholarly papers featuring their research work include:

  • "Effects of Microencapsulated Blends of Organics Acids (OA) and Essential Oils (EO) as a Feed Additive for Broiler Chicken. A Focus on Growth Performance, Gut Morphology and Microbiology," 2020, Animals
  • "Analysis of the Microbial Intestinal Tract in Broiler Chickens during the Rearing Period," 2021, Biology
  • "Effects of Microencapsulated Blend of Organic Acids and Essential Oils as a Feed Additive on Quality of Chicken Breast Meat," 2020, Animals
  • "Feeding hazelnut skin to lambs delays lipid oxidation in meat," 2023, Meat Science
  • "Morphological and Immunohistochemical Examination of Lymphoproliferative Lesions Caused by Marek's Disease Virus in Breeder Chickens," 2020, Animals

Massimiliano Lanza collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Antonio Natalello
  • Alessandro Priolo
  • Giuseppe Luciano
  • Alessandro Stamilla
  • Antonino Messina

Their scientific contributions are marked by investigations into feed additives and nutritional strategies for poultry and ruminants, with particular attention to the effects on growth performance, gut health, meat quality, and biochemical stability. The integration of organic acids, essential oils, and natural byproducts such as hazelnut skin into animal diets reflects a recurrent theme in their research.

Overall, Massimiliano Lanza's research body spans animal nutrition, physiology, and food science, with significant emphasis on the biochemical and microbiological factors influencing animal product quality.

Best Publications

  • Relationship between consumer ranking of lamb colour and objective measures of colour.

    S. Khliji;R. van de Ven;T.A. Lamb;M. Lanza

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

    Valentina Vasta;Anna Nudda;Antonello Cannas;Massimiliano Lanza

  • 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

  • Dietary tannins improve lamb meat colour stability

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

  • 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

  • Carcass characteristics, meat quality and nutritional value of horsemeat: A review

    José M. Lorenzo;María Victoria Sarriés;Alessandra Tateo;Paolo Polidori

  • 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

  • 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

  • Lamb meat quality as affected by a natural or artificial milk feeding regime.

    M. Lanza;M. Bella;A. Priolo;D. Barbagallo

  • 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

  • Citrus pulp and wheat straw silage as an ingredient in lamb diets: effects on growth and carcass and meat quality

    V Scerra;P Caparra;F Foti;M Lanza

  • Intramuscular fatty acid composition of lambs given a tanniniferous diet with or without polyethylene glycol supplementation

    V. Vasta;P. Pennisi;M. Lanza;D. Barbagallo

  • Peas (Pisum sativum L.) as an alternative protein source in lamb diets: growth performances, and carcass and meat quality

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

  • Replacement of cereal grains by orange pulp and carob pulp in faba bean-based diets fed to lambs. Effects on growth performance and meat quality

    Massimiliano Lanza;Alessandro Priolo;Luisa Biondi;Marco Bella

  • Meat quality and intramuscular fatty acid composition of Sanfratellano and Haflinger foals

    M. Lanza;C. Landi;M. Scerra;V. Galofaro

  • Effect of ewe feeding system (grass v. concentrate) on intramuscular fatty acids of lambs raised exclusively on maternal milk

    M. A. Valvo;M. Lanza;M. Bella;V. Fasone

  • Dietary citrus pulp reduces lipid oxidation in lamb meat.

    L Inserra;A Priolo;L Biondi;M Lanza

  • Particle size analysis of lamb meat: Effect of homogenization speed, comparison with myofibrillar fragmentation index and its relationship with shear force.

    L.U. Karumendu;R. van de Ven;M.J. Kerr;M. Lanza

  • Citrus pulp as an ingredient in ostrich diet: effects on meat quality.

    M Lanza;V Fasone;V Galofaro;D Barbagallo

  • Effect of different dietary tannin extracts on lamb growth performances and meat oxidative stability: comparison between mimosa, chestnut and tara.

    B. Valenti;A. Natalello;V. Vasta;L. Campidonico

  • Effect of partially replacing dietary barley with 20% carob pulp on post-weaning growth, and carcass and meat characteristics of Comisana lambs.

    A. Priolo;M. Lanza;L. Biondi;P. Pappalardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Priolo
Alessandro Priolo University of Catania
Giuseppe Luciano
Giuseppe Luciano University of Catania
L. Biondi
L. Biondi University of Catania
Marcello Mele
Marcello Mele University of Pisa
Simona Mattioli
Simona Mattioli University of Perugia
Frank J. Monahan
Frank J. Monahan University College Dublin
H. Ben Salem
H. Ben Salem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
David L. Hopkins
David L. Hopkins Charles Sturt University
Pilar Frutos
Pilar Frutos Spanish National Research Council
Antonello Cannas
Antonello Cannas University of Sassari

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