Pre-slaughter conditions and their effects on carcass quality have been largely addressed for pigs of 90–100 kg live weight, while few studies consider the pre-slaughter carcasses obtained from heavy intended Protected Designation Origin (PDO) production. A total 1680 were transported in 72 batches a farm to commercial abattoir 16 different days, avoiding mixing unfamiliar animals. Slaughterhou...

Mozzarella cheese from buffalo milk is a fresh, stringy-textured dairy product, exhibiting a porcelain white colour, a smooth, bright, and humid surface, an extremely thin rind and delicate taste. The high humidity typical of this cheese reduces its shelf-life and it is cause of dramatic organoleptic changes during storage. In this study we tested sonoelastography to evaluate texture changes of...

This study investigates the effects of two feeding systems and two dairy cow breeds on milk yield and composition, physical and sensorial properties of Camembert and Pont-l'Evêque cheeses. The experiment consisted of a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. A low energy grass diet with only 15% of concentrate (LowGS) was compared with a high-energy maize silage diet with 30% concentrate (Hi...

Biodiversity payments have become an increasingly proposed tool to promote conservation measures. An unexplored issue concerns the potential role of fiscal transfers between the state and infra-national authorities potentially as direct financial incentives for biodiversity conservation. We explore how protected areas can be taken into account in a redistributive fiscal transfer system between ...

The family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) includes important predatory natural enemies in agricultural crops. To survive, this group uses different occurring resources across the landscape; therefore, landscape can influence community agroecosystems. In context, work aims to evaluate response of context within a gradient distances from vineyards managed under sustainable production methods. For tha...

This work aimed to assess the influence of olive maturity and oil season on potential quality monovarietal virgin oils from area assigned Protected Designation Origin “Aceite de la Alcarria” (Spain), analysing regulated physicochemical sensory parameters, stability parameters composition fatty acids, sterols triterpenic dialcohols. To complete study, we also characterised coupage made in mills ...

Protected areas are foundational to the conservation of biological diversity, and many scientists have called for increased protections in face current extinction climate-change crises. Currently United States, most recognized way track amount protected land is Gap Analysis Project classification system, which we argue deficient three ways: it does not, a systematic way, specify typical uses co...

Protected areas are needed to conserve nature and biodiversity worldwide. The province of Québec (Canada) recently established a large wilderness area affording significant habitat protection for boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), wide-ranging species at risk. We describe decision support framework combining ecological modeling with socioeconomic constraints that ultimately le...