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Massimiliano Petracci

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGRI-09/D Aquaculture, Poultry and Rabbit Science

Director of Organisational Unit (UOS) Cesena of Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Research

Keywords: Poultry Rabbit Meat quality Broiler breast abnormalities Meat processing Seafood quality

Research activity encompasses several aspects of poultry and rabbit production and product quality and is currently focused on the following areas:

  • Nutritional value and technological properties of poultry and rabbit meat as influenced by genotype, housing conditions, and feeding strategies

  • Effects of pre-slaughter factors on slaughter yield and meat quality in poultry and rabbits

  • Assessment and quality characterization of major growth- and stress-related meat abnormalities in poultry (PSE-like, Oregon disease, white striping, wooden breast, and spaghetti meat)

  • Technologies and functional ingredients aimed at improving processing yields and quality traits of processed poultry and rabbit meat

  • Development and application of methods for evaluating quality attributes of poultry and rabbit meat and seafood