Tropical forage grasses, particularly those belonging to the Urochloa genus, play a crucial role in cattle production and serve as the main food source for animals in tropical and subtropical regions. The majority of these species are apomictic and tetraploid, highlighting the significa...

RESUMO - O objetivo do artigo foi avaliar o efeito de 18 densidades de plantio distintas sobre o desenvolvimento das variáveis dendrométricas do clone H13 de Eucalyptus urograndis, em Ribas do Rio Pardo, MS, realizando mensurações em área experimental de uma roda de competição....

Abstract - Beef farming can have important environmental impacts especially related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when associated to deforestation, low yields and pasture degradation. However, under good practices, its benefits go far beyond food production and carbon sequestration itself, be...

Abstract - Brazil is one of the world’s biggest beef producers and its largest exporter. However, beef cattle ranching is a leading cause of deforestation and habitat conversion in the Brazilian Amazon, which challenges sustainable development. We adopted the triple bottom line (TBL)&#x...

ABSTRACT - The objective was to examine the effect of two short-term proteinenergy supplementation (STPES) strategies at the rearing phase on the performance of Nellore calves grazing on Mombaça or Marandu grasses. The experiment used 72 calves (7-mo old, 229±3.0 kg body weight [BW...

ABSTRACT - Burkholderia mallei is an aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacillus. As an obligate mammalian pathogen, it primarily affects solipeds. Although rarely transmitted to humans, the disease it causes, glanders, is classified as a zoonosis. The bacterium was officially eradicated in Brazi...

ABSTRACT - Staphylococcus aureus is an important agent in bovine mastitis, and some specific virulence factors may be implicated in this disease. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the importance of the presence of coagulase, superantigens, genotypic and phenotypic resistance, and pu...

ABSTRACT - This manuscript elucidates the occurrence of glanders in an asymptomatic mare from Brazil presenting positive Burkholderia mallei antibody titers. The diagnosis was established through a multi-pronged approach encompassing microbiological culture, mass spectrometry, and genome sequencing. The ou...

ABSTRACT - Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) is one of the most important maize pests in the world and the baculovirus Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV), a natural pathogen of this pest, has been used as a biopesticide for its control. At present, in ...