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Massimiliano Petracci

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGR/20 Aquaculture, Poultry and Rabbit Science

Coordinator of PhD Programme in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology

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Storia del Macello Pubblico della città di Cesena

Venerdì 10 novembre, nell’Aula Magna della Biblioteca Malatestiana, è stato presentato il nuovo volume de “Le vite dei cesenati”. Nel prestigioso volume ha trovato spazio il contributo sulla costruzione del nuovo Macello pubblico di Cesena, eretto a fine Ottocento a cura del Prof. Massimiliano Petracci ...

Published on: November 11 2023

"Biophysical Basis of Breast Muscle Myopathies in Broilers" (presentation)

The presentation of the keynote talk "Biophysical Basis of Breast Muscle Myopathies in Broilers" held as part of the Symposium dedicated to the topic "Myopathies in broilers: Supply chain approach to provide answers/solutions to challenges of raising fast growing broilers" held in Philadelphia as part ...

Published on: August 30 2023

A new book on "Poultry Meat Quality" is now available

Improving poultry meat quality Edited by Massimiliano Petracci (University of Bologna) and Mario Estévez (Universidad de Extremadura) Recent years have seen a rise in the number of consumers wishing to know more about the journey their food takes from farm to fork. Consumer expectations of the sensory ...

Published on: December 28 2022

Podcast "Il cibo del futuro" (Research Corner UniBo)

Una delle grandissime sfide da affrontare nei prossimi anni è quella legata al fabbisogno alimentare di una popolazione mondiale in continua crescita. Sarà possibile mantenere l’attuale modello alimentare? Potremo continuare a basare l’apporto proteico della nostra dieta su prodotti di origine animale? ...

Published on: October 09 2021

TEDX Cesena 2020 "What Traditional Foods Tells About Us (in italian)?

https://tedxcesena.com/tedxcesena-2020-kilometrozero

Published on: January 25 2021

Animal source foods and Livestock: Ethics, Planet, and Health (ALEPH-2020) initiative

The ALEPH-2020 initiative (Animal source foods, Livestock, Ethics, Planet, and Health) was launched at the end of 2020 by an international and interdisciplinary consortium of more than 30 scientific experts. This website aims to give an overview of the controversies related to the production and consumption ...

Published on: January 02 2021

Special issue on "Poultry Breast Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality" (Frontiers in Physiology)

Following the success of special issue of the Frontiers in Physiology (IF=4.134) dedicated to "Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality" which is almost completed, we decided to launch a second volume: deadline for manuscript submission is April ...

Published on: November 03 2020

A Comprehensive Review is now available on Broiler Breast Abnormalities

A review paper published on the prestigious journal "Comprehensive Review in Food Science and Food Safety" dealing with white-striping, wooden-breast and spaghetti-meat abnormalities is available. Thanks to the collaboration with Mario Estevez (University of Extremadura) and brazilian colleagues from ...

Published on: September 20 2020

UPCOMING MEAT & POULTRY EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2021 PSA Annual Meeting (Omaha, Nebraska, July 19-21, 2021) World's Poultry Congress (Paris, France, 8-12 August 2021) 7th Mediterranean Poultry Summit (Cordoba, 7-9 October 2021) XXV European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat & XIX European Symposium on the Quality of ...

Published on: November 28 2019

Wooden Breast Condition is not associated with increased Collagen Cross-linking degree

A new study conduced on broiler breast abnormalities (white striping, wooden breast and spaghetti meat) clearly showed that: • manifestation of muscular abnormalities mainly affects the superficial section of P. major muscle, while the deep section was poorly affected • The most detrimental effect ...

Published on: January 07 2019

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