Cristina Alfaia

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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina

Portugal

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Dr. Cristina Alfaia is an Assistant Professor at Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal. Her research focuses on animal nutrition, particularly the impact of dietary supplements such as Spirulina and Laminaria digitata on broiler chicken growth performance, meat quality, and metabolic health. She has published extensively on topics including dietary strategies to reduce sodium content in meat products and the effects of specific algae on poultry production.

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Abordagem multi-ómica para estudar o metabolismo lipídico no rúmen com o fim de melhorar a qualidade dos produtos derivados dos ruminantes

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-01

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Libertação do potencial das macroalgas marinhas para a alimentação de porcos e aves/ Disclosing the potential of seaweeds for feeding pigs and poultry

Open Date: 2018-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-01

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Estratégias para a qualidade e segurança de produtos cárneos transformados garantindo a redução de compostos com potencial carcinogénico

Open Date: 2017-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-01

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Valorização das microalgas para a produção de suínos e melhoria da qualidade da sua carne com base numa nova geração de enzimas comerciais.

Open Date: 2016-01-01

Close Date: 2019-01-01

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Desenvolvimento de novas enzimas alimentares para melhorar o valor nutricional de microalgas para monogástricos.

Open Date: 2016-01-01

Close Date: 2018-01-01

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Sandra Sofia Quinteiro Rodrigues

Professora Adjunta

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária

PORTUGAL

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Madalena Lordelo

Universidade de Aveiro

PORTUGAL

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Andreia Rego

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge

PORTUGAL

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Maria João Fraqueza

Associate Professor with Habilitation

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária

PORTUGAL

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Iga Rybicka

Poznań University of Economics and Business

POLAND

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Rui Manuel Pinto

Assistant Professor

University of Lisbon

PORTUGAL

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Miguel Mourato

Professor Auxiliar

Instituto Superior de Agronomia

PORTUGAL

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Inês Delgado

National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge

PORTUGAL

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Alfredo Teixeira

Full Professor/Professor Coordenador c/agregação

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária

PORTUGAL

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Carlos Fontes

Full Professor

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária

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Andre Almeida

Assistant Professor with habilitation

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia

PORTUGAL

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Strategies to Reduce Salt Content: PDO and PGI Meat Products Case

Impact of long-term feeding a high level of Spirulina combined with enzymes on growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality in broiler chickens

Effects of high dietary inclusion of Arthrospira platensis, either extruded or supplemented with a super-dosing multi-enzyme mixture, on broiler growth performance and major meat quality parameters

Impact of High Spirulina Diet, Extruded or Supplemented with Enzymes, on Blood Cells, Systemic Metabolites, and Hepatic Lipid and Mineral Profiles of Broiler Chickens

Structured Lipids Engineering for Health: Novel Formulations Enriched in n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Potential Nutritional Benefits

Combined effects of dietary Laminaria digitata with alginate lyase on plasma metabolites and hepatic lipid, pigment and mineral composition of broilers

Effect on Broiler Production Performance and Meat Quality of Feeding Ulva lactuca Supplemented with Carbohydrases

Effect of Dietary <i>Laminaria digitata</i> with Carbohydrases on Broiler Production Performance and Meat Quality, Lipid Profile, and Mineral Composition

Recalcitrant cell wall of Ulva lactuca seaweed is degraded by a single ulvan lyase from family 25 of polysaccharide lyases

The Development of Smoked Mackerel with Reduced Sodium Content

Digestibility of Meat Mineral and Proteins from Broilers Fed with Graded Levels of Chlorella vulgaris

Grape By-Products as Feedstuff for Pig and Poultry Production

Impact of Chlorella vulgaris as feed ingredient and carbohydrases on the health status and hepatic lipid metabolism of finishing pigs

Impact of dietary Chlorella vulgaris and feed enzymes on health status, immune response and liver metabolites in weaned piglets

Influence of Chlorella vulgaris on growth, digestibility and gut morphology and microbiota of weaned piglet

Collaborators (11)

Sandra Sofia Quinteiro Rodrigues

Madalena Lordelo

Andreia Rego

Maria João Fraqueza

Iga Rybicka

Rui Manuel Pinto

Miguel Mourato

Inês Delgado

Alfredo Teixeira

Carlos Fontes

Andre Almeida

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