DA-meter enables quick and non-invasive determination of fruit ripeness in different types of fruit, including apricots. In order to examine the postharvest physiology of apricots, fruits were divided into five IAD categories ...

Ongoing climate change may affect the susceptibility of plants to attacks by pathogenic, mostly mycotoxigenic fungi with a consequent increase in the presence of mycotoxins. Fusarium fungi represent one of the most important ...

This paper investigates the impact of pan release grease and its interactions with fats incorporated in the dough on rusk quality. To obtain systems sensitive to lipid changes in rusk, experiments were designed varying ...

Pigs are monogastric animals with simple, single-chambered stomach and require easily digestible, high quality feed. One of the most important factors that determine feed utilization by pigs is the particle size distribution. ...

Apple pomace (AP) is the main by-product of apple juice production. Large amounts of this material disposed into landfills can cause serious environmental problems. One of the solutions is to utilise AP as animal feed. The ...

Crop contamination with mycotoxins is a global problem with a negative impact on human and animal health as well as causing economical losses in food and feed chains. This study was focused on the evaluation of the effect ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of climate conditions on deoxynivalenol (DON) content in 1800 maize samples collected from main maize growing regions in Serbia during a period of three years. ...

Systemic infections caused by pathogenic Candida species pose a significant threat to public health in the past decades due to increasing resistance to existing antifungal drugs. Given this scenario, probiotics have been ...

In recent years there is an emerging trend of coarse grinding of cereals in production of poultry feed due to the positive influence of coarse particles on poultry digestive system. Influence of grinding method (hammer ...

Experimental and theoretical influence of addition of various amounts of three types starch sodium octenyl succinate (OSA) granules (0–20%): (a) non-physically modified, (b) pregelatinized and (c) hydrolyzed spray-dried ...