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Overview

Pilar Frutos is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a significant concentration in subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Insect Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Their work extensively addresses topics including Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Insect Utilization and Effects, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Key recent publications by Pilar Frutos include: "Ability of tannins to modulate ruminal lipid metabolism and milk and meat fatty acid profiles" (2020) published in Animal Feed Science and Technology.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are Pablo G. Toral, Gonzalo Hervás, Antonella Della Badia, E. Barrio, and Aroa Suárez-Vega.

The scientist has contributed multiple papers to several publication venues, notably:

  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • animal

Best Publications

  • Review. Tannins and ruminant nutrition

    Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás;Francisco Javier Giráldez;Ángel R. Mantecón

  • Condensed tannin content of several shrub species from a mountain area in northern Spain, and its relationship to various indicators of nutritive value

    Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás;Graciano Ramos;Francisco Javier Giráldez

  • Effect of different doses of quebracho tannins extract on rumen fermentation in ewes

    Gonzalo Hervás;Pilar Frutos;F Javier Giráldez;Ángel R Mantecón

  • Use of stomach tubing as an alternative to rumen cannulation to study ruminal fermentation and microbiota in sheep and goats

    E. Ramos-Morales;A. Arco-Pérez;A.I. Martín-García;D.R. Yáñez-Ruiz

  • Review: Modulating ruminal lipid metabolism to improve the fatty acid composition of meat and milk. Challenges and opportunities.

    P.G. Toral;F.J. Monahan;G. Hervás;P. Frutos

  • Milk Production, Conjugated Linoleic Acid Content, and In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation in Response to High Levels of Soybean Oil in Dairy Ewe Diet

    P. Gómez-Cortés;P. Frutos;A.R. Mantecón;M. Juárez

  • Intoxication of sheep with quebracho tannin extract.

    Gonzalo Hervás;Valentín Pérez Pérez;Francisco Javier Giráldez;Ángel R. Mantecón

  • Changes in milk fatty acid profile and animal performance in response to fish oil supplementation, alone or in combination with sunflower oil, in dairy ewes.

    P.G. Toral;P. Frutos;G. Hervás;P. Gómez-Cortés

  • Ability of tannins to modulate ruminal lipid metabolism and milk and meat fatty acid profiles

    Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás;Antonio Natalello;G. Luciano

  • An in vitro study on the ability of polyethylene glycol to inhibit the effect of quebracho tannins and tannic acid on rumen fermentation in sheep, goats, cows, and deer

    Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás;Francisco Javier Giráldez;Ángel R. Mantecón

  • Milk fatty acid profile and dairy sheep performance in response to diet supplementation with sunflower oil plus incremental levels of marine algae

    P.G. Toral;G. Hervás;P. Gómez-Cortés;P. Frutos

  • Milk fat depression induced by dietary marine algae in dairy ewes: persistency of milk fatty acid composition and animal performance responses.

    Elena Bichi;Gonzalo Hervás;Pablo G. Toral;Juan J. Loor

  • Tannins as feed additives to modulate ruminal biohydrogenation: Effects on animal performance, milk fatty acid composition and ruminal fermentation in dairy ewes fed a diet containing sunflower oil

    Pablo G. Toral;Gonzalo Hervás;Elena Bichi;Álvaro Belenguer

  • Effect of tannic acid on rumen degradation and intestinal digestion of treated soya bean meals in sheep.

    Gonzalo Hervás;Pilar Frutos;Emma Serrano;Ángel R. Mantecón

  • Rumen bacterial community evaluated by 454 pyrosequencing and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses in dairy sheep fed marine algae.

    T. Castro-Carrera;T. Castro-Carrera;P.G. Toral;P. Frutos;N.R. McEwan

  • Ability of different types and doses of tannin extracts to modulate in vitro ruminal biohydrogenation in sheep

    David Carreño;Gonzalo Hervás;Pablo G. Toral;Álvaro Belenguer

  • Addition of olive oil to dairy ewe diets: effect on milk fatty acid profile and animal performance.

    P. Gómez-Cortés;P. Frutos;A.R. Mantecón;M. Juárez

  • Effect of diet supplementation with sunflower oil on milk production, fatty acid profile and ruminal fermentation in lactating dairy ewes

    Gonzalo Hervás;Pilar Luna;Ángel R. Mantecón;Natalia Castañares

  • Effect of preservation on fermentative activity of rumen fluid inoculum for in vitro gas production techniques

    Gonzalo Hervás;Pilar Frutos;F. Javier Giráldez;Manuel J. Mora

  • The effect of rumen adaptation to oxalic acid on selection of oxalic-acid-rich plants by goats.

    Alan J. Duncan;Pilar Frutos;Sheila A. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Gonzalo Hervás
Gonzalo Hervás Spanish National Research Council
Pablo G. Toral
Pablo G. Toral Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Javier Giráldez
Francisco Javier Giráldez Spanish National Research Council
Rafael Celaya
Rafael Celaya Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario
Koldo Osoro
Koldo Osoro Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario
Miguel Angel de la Fuente
Miguel Angel de la Fuente Spanish National Research Council
Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora
Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora Complutense University of Madrid
Kevin J. Shingfield
Kevin J. Shingfield Aberystwyth University
Giuseppe Luciano
Giuseppe Luciano University of Catania
Alessandro Priolo
Alessandro Priolo University of Catania

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