Publications by authors named "Chiara Mondin"
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- The study evaluated how different sires, based on their genetic effects on feed efficiency, impacted growth and body composition in pigs fed limited diets.
- Researchers used 416 purebred pigs from 23 sires, dividing them into three feeding groups: ad libitum, restricted medium-protein, and restricted low-protein.
- Results showed that offspring from low-RFI sires consumed less feed and had better growth rates compared to those from high-RFI sires, but overall tissue accretion and composition were similar among the different sire classes.
Strategies to control boar taint (BT) in meat relies on the reduction of skatole, indole, and androstenone concentration. This might have unfavorable effects on the libido of breeding boars. The association between BT compound concentration in backfat and libido was investigated in 391 commercial breeding boars.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis research evaluates the economic sustainability of rabbit farms using different housing systems-bicellular (BI), conventional dual-purpose (DP) and enriched cages designed according to the World Rabbit Science Association guidelines (WRSA)-through a field-based study involving six farms over the course of five years. The cages were compared based on three productivity indices expressed in kg of produced live weight/m and on eight cost indices expressed in EUR/kg of produced live weight. The results showed that WRSA significantly reduced the productivity index per walkable cage area in buildings and cages, thanks to the longer platform area included in the cage compared to the other systems.
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