Massimiliano Lanza
Professor
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
University of Catania
Italy
Biography
Degree in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Catania with 110/110 marks and praise. • Enabling the profession of Agronomo. • Researcher at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Catania from 1994 • Licensing for the activity of sheep carcasser classified Expert pursuant to Reg. 2137/92 organized by the National Sheep Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. • Visiting fellow under an Exchange Visitor Program under the tutorship of Prof. Donald Beermann at Cornell University - Ithaca NY (USA) - 1995 year duration of 4 months. • Appointment, as an expert, member of the Sicilian Sheep Sheep Committee by the Agricultural and Forests Section of the Sicilian Region on behalf of the National Association of Pastoralism (ASSO.NA.PA.). • Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Catania since 2003. • Ordinary Professor of Special Animal Husbandry (ssd AGR / 19) at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Catania since 2008.
Research Interest
Relationship between breeding / feeding systems and quality of animal production. Use of by-products of the agro-food industry (citrus pulp, carob pulp, oilseed parsley) and local (leguminous grain alternatives) and meat quality. Qualitative characterization of equine meat. Oxidative Stability of Meat.
Publications
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Inserra, L., Priolo, A., Biondi, L., Lanza, M., Bognanno, M., Gravador, RS, Luciano, G. (2014). Dietary citrus pulp reduces lipid oxidation in lamb meat. Meat Science 96, 1489-1493.
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Lorenzo, JM, Sarriés, MV, Tateo, A., Polidori, P., Franco, D., Lanza, M. (2014). Carcass characteristics, meat quality and nutritional value of horse meat: A review. Meat Science 96, 1478-1488.
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Lanza, M., Scerra, M., Bognanno, M., Buccioni, A., Cilion, C., Biondi, L., Priolo, A., Luciano, G. (2015). Fatty acid metabolism in lambs fed citrus pulp. Journal of Animal Science, 93, 3179-3188.
