This study aimed to provide new knowledge for livestock activities prevalent in family units through the training of students from rural schools. The learning was through a multidisciplinary team, which was part of the educational program of technical training of rural youth, entitled: "Youth...

These proceedings are a compilation of extended abstracts of articles on animal physiology; animal nutrition; animal behaviour; animal breeding and reproduction; animal welfare; stress response; crop and pasture management; environmental protection; animal quality products; animal health; animal...

This article discusses the history of the introduction, distribution and use of cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, goats, pigs and poultry in Brazil.

This issue contains 22 topics on the profiles of chicken, bee and milk producers in Brazil; diagnosis of bacteria in parrots; ants as vectors of bacterial and fungal diseases; identification and antibiotic sensitivity of isolates from pasteurized milk; bacterial flora and drug sensitivity in the...

The articles on these proceedings are a compilation of articles on reproduction wild and domestic animals. Topics discussed are: cryopreservation in horses; effect of prostaglandin treatment in animals; artificial insemination in Brazil; bull selection for natural breeding; ultrasound utilization...

The section of the journal contains poster abstracts from the V International Symposium on Animal Biology of Reproduction, held in Campinas, SP, Brazil, on 8-11 October, 2014. Posters focused on the biology, physiology, health, disorders, and reproductive technology of livestock, man, aquatic...

The aim of this work was to verify the presence of seven virulence factors (ST, LT, eae, stx₁, stx₂, INV and EAEC) among Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy humans, bovines, chickens, sheep, pigs and goats, from two sewage treatment plants and from the Tietê River. We have found a high...

Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago of 21 islands and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, which has a varied biodiversity including alien species or sinantropic animals. The objective here was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic and wild animals ...

This 2013 Annual report of World Organization for animal health (OIE) deecribes the main activities undertaken in relation to its year 2013 slogan 'Protecting animals, preserving our future'. The report also gives a clear overview of how the OIE operates and its network of partners and experts....

These proceedings are a compilation of articles from various experts on animal reproduction. Topics discussed are: abnormalities and toxicity in the head of the epididymis (effects on testis and epididymal sperm); sperm chromatin (breaking paradigms); sexual precocity of the field bulls in tropical ...