Publications by authors named "I Zoccarato"

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  • A study was conducted on 16 male rabbits divided into control and treatment groups, where the treatment group received butterfly pea extract from weaning to slaughter.
  • Results showed that while phagocytic activity in blood leukocytes remained unchanged, treated rabbits had lower blood urea nitrogen levels and higher liver weight at slaughter compared to controls.
  • Additionally, the treatment group exhibited improved meat quality with lower pH and better color, reduced lipid peroxidation, and enhanced digestibility of nutrients, although gut histology remained unaffected.
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This study evaluated the effects of Tenebrio molitor (TM) larvae meal inclusion in diets for broilers. A total of 160 male broiler chicks (Ross 708) at one-day of age were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments: a control (C) group and three TM groups, in which TM meal was included at 50 (TM5), 100 (TM10), and 150 (TM15) g/kg, respectively. The experimental diets were isonitrogenous and isoenergetic.

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Malachite green (MG) has been widely used in aquaculture to treat a number of microbial and parasitic diseases. It is currently banned in the EU because of the high cytotoxicity and carcinogenic activity, which is also shared by leucomalachite green (LMG), a reduced MG metabolite that can persist in fish tissues for months. There is scant information about the ability of either compound to interact with drug metabolizing enzymes in fish.

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Background: Two trials were performed to evaluate a partially defatted (HI) larvae meal as potential feed ingredient in rainbow trout ( Walbaum) diets. In the first trial, 360 trout (178.9 ± 9.

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A trial was performed to evaluate bilberry pomace (BP) as alternative source of nutrients for rabbits. One hundred and forty-four Grimaud weaned rabbits were divided into 4 groups of 36 animals each and fed ad libitum with a basal diet (BP0) tested against three assay diets developed by substituting 50, 100 and 150g/kg of the BP0 diet with BP (BP5, BP10 and BP15 diets, respectively). Carcass characteristics of rabbits were not affected by treatment, with the exception of liver weight.

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