Mycoplasmas are successful pathogens both in humans as well as animals. In cattle, Mycoplasma bovis (M.bovis) is known to be responsible for serious health complications including pneumonia, mastitis and arthritis. However, M. bovis pathogenesis remains unclear. Secreted proteins of M.bovis could influence infection and modify host defense signaling pathways after they enter their extracellular space

Provision of healthcare by veterinarians consists of a blend of activities ensuring welfare for animals. It also contributes in the control of infectious diseases, and food safety. In general practices, most of the activities generate incomes for veterinarians, notably acts (consultations, surgery, etc.) and sales (drugs, pet food, etc.). Increased size of veterinary practices and the arrival corporate

Antibiotic use in swine production contributes to the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria, which poses a threat on human health. Therefore, alternative approaches must be developed. The objective of this work was the characterization of the probiotic properties of a Ligilactobacillus salivarius strain isolated from sow’s milk and its application as an inoculated fermented feed to pregnant sows

Vaccination against bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is one of the key elements to protect cattle herds from this economically important disorder. Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is a pestivirus infecting animals at all ages with significant impact on reproductive, digestive, and respiratory systems. Financial burden caused by this pathogen prompts many farmers to introduce vaccination as the control

A case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is described in a dead adult male dog in Southern Italy. The carcass was found by the Health Authority in a gypsy encampment. It was admitted to our forensic veterinary medicine unit, with a suspect of cruelty to the animal. Necropsy showed beating and traumatism signs and mistreating was confirmed. Gross lesions included multiple nodular hepatic lesions

In this work, antimicrobial usage data from 2,546 commercial broiler chicken flocks originating from 37 farms are presented. AMU data at the flock level were based on mandatory documentation of antibiotic treatments in livestock in Germany, collected retrospectively for the time period of 2013 – 2018. The dataencompasses all antimicrobial treatments during the fattening period of each flock, starting

The selection of pigs for improved production traits has been, for a long time, the major driver of pig breeding. More recently, because of the increasing concern with the environment, new selection criteria have been explored, such as nitrogen (N) excretion. However, many studies indicate that life cycle assessment (LCA) provides much better indicators of environmental impacts than excretion. Therefore

This study aimed to characterize the effects of diets with different energy levels on the growth performance, plasma parameters, and central AMPK signaling pathway in broilers under dexamethasone (DEX)-induced stress. A total of 216 1-day-old male broiler chickens were allocated to groups fed with high (HED), National Research Council-recommended (CON), or low (LED) energy diets. At 10 days old, chickens

Abstract Objective: To describe an unusual peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) in an 8-month-old German Shepherd Dog, associated with a pericardial pseudocyst and coexisting severe pericardial effusion resulting in right sided heart failure. Case summary: An 8-month-old, male, intact, German Shepherd Dog, was referred for ascites. Echocardiography revealed a severe pericardial effusion

The aim of this study was to estimate the energy and protein requirements for maintenance and growth of lambs. A total of 35 crossbreed Dorper x Santa Ines lambs (31 ± 1.28 kg of initial body weight (BW) and 4-months old) were distributed in a completely randomized design with three treatments groups (ad libitum, 30% and 60% of feed restriction). Five lambs were slaughtered at the beginning of the

AbstractSticky traps are standard tools for monitoring German cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.); however, because they lack an attractant, their ability to catch cockroaches is by chance and largely dependent upon the location of placement and length of time they are left in place. Currently, highly effective and economical cockroach attractants are not available. Food-based attractants have the

In spite of a decreasing number of new releases, New Synthetic Opioids (NSO) are gaining increasing importance in postmortem (PM) forensic toxicology. For the interpretation of analytical results, toxicokinetic (TK) data, e.g. on tissue distribution, are helpful. Concerning NSO, such data are usually not available due to the lack of controlled human studies. Hence, a controlled TK study using pigs

ABSTRACT The convergence of research on landscape and heritage holds great strategic potential for establishing novel connections between the heritage resources of a territory. This text reflects on the ability of the landscape to situate inherited assets within a framework of spatial coherence in relation to the peri-urban spaces of large cities, heritage areas of great historical depth that have

ABSTRACT Protohistoric place names, created before written history and related to extinct languages, are analysed in this article. Our case study deals with place names of current towns (over 20,000 inhabitants) in the Spanish region of València. Linguistics is needed when dealing with the origin of an opaque protohistoric place name, but observation of landscape features is crucial when finding or

ABSTRACT Landscapes as dynamic relations between people and worlds are always incomplete. They are partial understandings, evolving knowledges, edited images and unfinished stories of our designed and undesigned environments. Gaps within and between landscapes can reveal histories omitted and individuals silenced, but this open-endedness of landscapes can also provide opportunities to contribute and

In present paper, thermodynamic analysis and techno-economic assessment of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) coupled with solar parabolic trough collector (PTC) are investigated. The thermodynamic and economic models, based on the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as dynamic economic analysis, are developed for the components of the combined system. By performing a parametric study

AbstractCoal is the dominant composition of fossil fuel but, with the accompanying gaseous products, causes environmental pollution. Here, we report a methodology to improve C conversion in co-gasification. The steam gasification and chemical looping gasification (CLG) of lignite and rice husk with oxygen uncoupling over 5% NiO/CuO oxygen carrier were conducted by non-isothermal kinetics method in

In the light of the constantly expanding technological advancements concerning high-resolution satellites and imaging techniques for investigative and information uses it is important to look at how these algorithms progress to acquire more reliable data in a much efficient manner. This study aims to (1) investigate the ability to use remote sensing and geographic information system techniques to extract

In order to improve the efficiency and extend the service life of supercapacitors, this paper proposes a supercapacitor energy management method based on phase-shifted full-bridge converter. The method uses the supercapacitor state of charge (SOC) as a reference and combines the DC bus voltage fluctuation to quickly control the energy bidirectional flow. The simulation is carried out in Matlab/Simulink

Many herbaceous perennial plant species gain significant competitive advantages from their underground creeping storage and proliferation organs (CR), making them more likely to become successful weeds or invasive plants. To develop efficient control methods against such invasive or weedy creeping perennial plants, it is necessary to identify when the dry weight minimum of their CR (CR DWmin) occurs

ABSTRACT In the semi-arid regions of southern Africa, around the borders of Angola with Namibia, the Cuvelai seasonal wetland system is formed by floods during the rainy season. The objective of the present study was to assess the effects of introduction of a rice-based mixed cropping system to the seasonal wetlands (ondombe in the local language) from agronomic, social, and economic perspectives.

A recent calculation study predicted acceptable toxicity in pelvic organs at risk for a new definitive‐intent, moderately hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) protocol (12 x 3.8 Gy), when used with image‐guided intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IG‐IMRT). We hypothesized this protocol to result in clinically acceptable radiation toxicities. Dogs diagnosed with and irradiated for anal sac adenocarcinoma

ABSTRACT The coprecipitation method was used to produce magnetic cotton straw biochar (MCS). Elemental analysis, FTIR, XRD, SEM, BET and magnetization curves were used to characterize MCS and CS. The results show that the MCS had excellent magnetic separation properties. When the pH value was higher than 5, the pH of the aniline solution had little effect on the adsorption capacity of MCS and CS. However

ABSTRACT Rapid development has been associated with mercury pollution in the aquatic environment, leading to mercury toxicity in fish and other aquatic organisms. Histopathological abnormalities such as hyperplasia, inflammation, and necrosis have been observed in various fish tissues as a result of mercury contamination based on organic mercury (methylmercury) and inorganic mercury (mercuric chloride)

ABSTRACT Commissioned and de-commissioned shooting ranges continue to pose an environmental and human health risk due to the accumulation of toxic Pb emanating from spent munitions. The phytotoxic effects of Pb accumulation in plants include inhibition of root growth and lowering of plant metabolism. The uptake of Pb by plants is directly affected by factors such as plant species and physicochemical

Abstract Nanoparticles are used for several commercial applications, especially medical applications, energy-based research, and environmental applications. The usage of Nanoparticles is increasing worldwide due to their unique properties, so all livings are exposed to these materials deliberately or unknowingly. The toxic nanoparticles disrupt the ecological balance of environment. The accumulation

To describe the use of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in the treatment of flunixin meglumine overdose in a cria.

ABSTRACT Prairies in the Pacific Northwest are dominated by perennial bunchgrasses. A Mycena in the citrinomarginata complex was observed to tightly co-occur with bunchgrasses at several prairie study sites. Mapping and spatial statistics showed that it was strongly and significantly associated with Festuca roemeri tussocks. We further found that this fungus is attached to F. roemeri roots (17/17 examined)

ABSTRACT Production of guttation droplets in the cultures of Colletotrichum falcatum was often noticed. Hence, formation of guttation droplets, exudation of toxin in guttation, and guttation droplet chemical composition were assessed to find the ecological importance of guttation. Among the tested culture media, more guttation was noticed in oat meal agar medium and host extracts broth medium. Assessing

Abstract Cancer is a main concern for human health and there is a need of alternative methodologies to rapidly screen large quantitative of compounds that may represent a toxicological risk. Here a statistical analyses is performed on a benchmark database of experimental Ames data to identify chemical descriptors discriminating mutagens and non-mutagens. A total of 53 activating and deactivating modulators

ABSTRACT Rapid urbanisation presents multiple opportunities, but also poses challenges for equitable distribution of gains from socio-economic developments. This systematic review explored the role of social inclusion within the urban sustainability agenda. Sustainable urban developments were conceptualised as comprising environmental, spatial, social and economic perspectives; and social inclusion

ABSTRACT In recent years, the study of ecolinguistics has made great progress in the integration of other disciplines and in discourse analysis. Ecological discourse analysis effectively illustrates the ecological potentials in discourse from a micro-level perspective, but the macro process of these ecological potentials is not clear. In this paper, the macro process of language intervening society

ABSTRACT Cooperative banks perform a strong role in the EU economies and the banking sectors. In 2015, an Italian reform forced the Italian cooperative banks with assets higher than 8 billion euros to leave their mutual nature (one head one vote) and to transform into limited companies. The rationale underlying this law would support the idea that corporation is a superior banking model than the cooperative

Purpose An estimation of the environmental impact of buildings by means of a life cycle assessment (LCA) raises uncertainty related to the parameters that are subject to major changes over longer time spans. The main aim of the present study is to evaluate the influence of modifications in the electricity mix and the production efficiency in the chosen reference year on the embodied impacts (i.e.,

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are gaining support as many countries look for ways to increase power generation and replace aging nuclear energy production facilities. MSRs have inherently safe designs, are scalable in size, can burn transuranic wastes from traditional solid fuel nuclear reactors, can store excess heat in thermal reservoirs for water desalination, and can be used to produce medical isotopes

Hazardous oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs) originate from combustion (primary sources) or postemission conversion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (secondary sources). We evaluated the global distribution of up to 15 OPAHs in 195 mineral topsoils from 33 study sites (covering 52° N–47° S, 71° W–118 °E) to identify indications of primary or secondary sources of OPAHs. The

Antibiotic use in animal husbandry is a potential entryway for antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) to enter the environment through manure fertilizer application. The potential of anaerobic digestion (AD) to remove antibiotics and ARGs was investigated through tetracycline (TC) and sulfadimethoxine (SDM) additions into dairy manure digested for 44 d. This was the first study to evaluate

Although salinity and sodicity are worldwide problems, information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural salt‐affected soils is scarce. The CO2–C and N2O–N emissions were quantified from three zones intertwined within a single U.S. northern Great Plains field: a highly productive zone (electrical conductivity with 1:1 soil/water mass ratio [EC1:1] = 0.4 dS m–1; sodium adsorption ratio

Subsurface drainage is an essential water management practice for many poorly drained soils in the U.S. Midwest, but this practice also contributes nitrate‐N loads to surface waters. This paper summarizes results from Years 16–31 of a long‐term drainage research project in southeastern Indiana and compares results with the first 15 yr of the study. The study compared three drain spacings (5, 10, and

Grape temperature changes attuned to day and night machine harvesting were investigated with respect to varietal thiol potential.

Belostoma is the most diverse genus of Belostomatidae, comprising 74 species. The small Belostoma species are challenging to identify mainly due to the presence of cryptic species. As DNA barcoding has been a crucial tool to solve the taxonomic impediment associated with many taxa, we compared species delimitations obtained by morphological and molecular approaches, in order to help to disentangle

Both cottonseed meal (CSM) and dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) are important plant protein sources for fish. This study investigated the effects of dietary DDGS inclusion to replace different portions of CSM on growth performance, muscle texture, health status as well as myogenic‐related genes expression of juvenile grass carp (initial weight: 5 g). A 60‐d feeding trial was performed