The present study was intended to answer 2 scientific hypotheses: 1) the quail species has a significant influence in quail breast meat composition; 2) the wild quail's meat presents healthier composition than their farmed counterparts. An analysis of the pectoral muscles of wild and captive common quails (Coturnix coturnix) and domestic quails (Coturnix japonica domestica) was performed. The content of fatty a...
ABSTRACT - We hypothesized that dietary inclusion of 15% Laminaria digitata, supplemented or not with carbohydrases, could improve the nutritional value of poultry meat without impairing animal growth performance. A total of 120 22-day old broilers were fed the following dietary treatments (n = 10) for 14 days: cereal-based diet (control); control diet with 15% L. digitata (LA); LA diet with 0.005% Rovabio® Exc...
About contamination of stored grain and derivatives by insect pests and fungi.
No âmbito do protocolo de colaboração entre a Junta de Freguesia de Alvalade (JFA) e o Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), assinado em abril de 2015, apresenta-se o relatório final da "Avaliação da qualidade dos solos, das águas subterrâneas e das espécies hortícolas em hortas urbanas de Lisboa. Identificação de medidas de mitigação visando a proteção da saúde pública". O relatório foi estruturado ...
The food safety of vegetables produced in an urban environment is often questioned due to its proximity to a range of city pressures including road traffic, aircraft corridors, fuel filling stations, and industrial areas. Besides, past urban/industrial activities might have contaminated city soils, namely throughout air pollution deposition. In addition, the agricultural and in particular the horticultural land...