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Retail Stores Policies for Marketing of Lobsters in Sardinia (Italy) as Influenced by Different Practices Related to Animal Welfare and Product Quality

Foods, 2018
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the marketing policies of lobsters as influenced by different practices related to product quality in seven supermarkets located in Italy. Retailers were divided in two categories: large scale and medium scale.
Giuseppe Esposito, Daniele Nucera, Domenico Meloni   +2 more
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Astaxanthin from Crustaceans and Their Byproducts: A Bioactive Metabolite Candidate for Therapeutic Application

Marine Drugs, 2022
In recent years, the food, pharma, and cosmetic industries have shown considerable interest in bioactive molecules of marine origin that show high potential for application as nutraceuticals and therapeutic agents. Astaxanthin, a lipid-soluble and orange-
Vida Šimat, Nikheel Bhojraj Rathod, Martina Čagalj, Imen Hamed, Ivana Generalić Mekinić   +4 more
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Humane Slaughter of Edible Decapod Crustaceans

, 2021
Vast numbers of crustaceans are produced by aquaculture and caught in fisheries to meet the increasing demand for seafood and freshwater crustaceans. Simultaneously, the public is increasingly concerned about current methods employed in their handling ...
Annamaria Passantino, Elwood, Robert William, Vecerek, Vladimir, Eva Voslarova, Robert William Elwood, Voslarova, Eva, Coluccio, Paolo, Conte, Francesca, Michela Pugliese, Paolo Coluccio, Vladimir Vecerek, Pugliese, Michela, Passantino, Annamaria, Francesca Conte   +13 more
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Effects of Organotins on Crustaceans: Update and Perspectives

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018
Organotins (OTs) are considered some of the most toxic chemicals introduced into aquatic environments by anthropogenic activities. They are widely used for agricultural and industrial purposes and as antifouling additives on boat hull’s paints.
Éverton L. Vogt, Jorge F. A. Model, Anapaula S. Vinagre   +2 more
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Dscam1 in Pancrustacean Immunity: Current Status and a Look to the Future

Frontiers in Immunology, 2017
The Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1 (Dscam1) gene is an extraordinary example of diversity: by combining alternatively spliced exons, thousands of isoforms can be produced from just one gene. So far, such diversity in this gene has only been found
Sophie A. O. Armitage, Joachim Kurtz, Daniela Brites, Daniela Brites, Yuemei Dong, Louis Du Pasquier, Han-Ching Wang   +6 more
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Growth performance, intestinal health, and non-specific immunity were significantly affected by feeding different compound lactic acid bacteria supplementation in sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus intermedius)

Frontiers in Marine Science
A 50-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation with different levels of compound lactic acid bacteria on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, intestinal microbiota composition, and immunity of the ...
Yuntian Zhang, Yuntian Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Yi Chen, Yi Chen, Zhixu Guo, Zhixu Guo, Xiangyu Meng, Xiangyu Meng, Yuzhe Han, Yuzhe Han, Xiaoran Zhao, Xiaoran Zhao, Tongjun Ren, Tongjun Ren   +15 more
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Why are crustaceans larger than insects?

, 2023
Have you ever thought about the hunger the first humans must have experienced when they ate a lobster for the first time? If we momentarily ignore its succulent flesh and firm texture and focus only on its appearance, one might think that it does not ...
Calbet, Albert
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Sterol composition of shellfish species commonly consumed in the United States

Food & Nutrition Research, 2012
Background: Shellfish can be a component of a healthy diet due to a low fat and high protein content, but the cholesterol content of some species is often cited as a reason to limit their consumption. Data on levels of non-cholesterol sterols in commonly
Katherine M. Phillips, David M. Ruggio, Jacob Exler, Kristine Y. Patterson   +3 more
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Antiviral immunity in crustaceans

, 2009
Viral diseases of shrimp have caused negative effects on the economy in several countries in Asia, south Americas and Americas, where they have numerous shrimp culture industries.
Haipeng Liu, Kenneth Söderhäll, Pikul Jiravanichpaisal, Liu, Haipeng,, Jiravanichpaisal, Pikul,, Söderhäll, Kenneth,   +5 more
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Enormous diversity of RNA viruses in economic crustaceans

mSystems
Crustaceans are important food sources worldwide and possess significant ecological status in the marine ecosystem. However, our understanding of the diversity and evolution of RNA viruses in crustaceans, especially in economic crustaceans, is still ...
Xuan Dong, Fanzeng Meng, Chengyan Zhou, Juan Li, Tao Hu, Yiting Wang, Guohao Wang, Jingfei Luo, Xuan Li, Shufang Liu, Jie Huang, Weifeng Shi   +11 more
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