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Mastitis, a disease that affects dairy herds worldwide and causes huge economic losses to the Brazilian dairy sector has the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria as one of the major etiologic agents. S. aureus is an infectious pathogen, which can be isolated from clinical infections, but is most often associated with chronic and subclinical mastitis, with an augmentation of the somatic cell count (SCC) in milk. This pathogen has several virulence factors, which are important in the bac Status: Completed Start date: Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014 |
Productivity and forage quality of elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum) are directly affected by weed interference. The difficulty of control of these species is one of the main barriers to production and use of the forage as feedstock, as well as to the production of biomass for energy use. Despite the great progress in agro-ecological weed control techniques, herbicides are still indispensable. Thus, the rational use practices of these products should be improved in order to produce quality fo Status: Completed Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014 |
The main environmental problems associated with the waste produced in intensive pig farming are its high organic load, high amount of nutrients, the presence of some metallic species and of micro-organisms, some of which are known pathogenic agents. In general, the waste treatment systems in pig farms still lack the ability to reduce or eliminate pathogenic agents from the waste produced, a fact which makes it difficult to reuse the water in the very facility or even in agriculture. Seasonal flu Status: Completed Start date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2009 |
According to data from the IPCC (2007), agriculture is one of the economic sectors accountingfor the most greenhouse gas emissions. Conventional nitrogen-based fertilizers are mostcommonly used in agriculture, and nitrogen is lost very quickly as their componentsdecompose. The generally low efficacy of nitrogen-based fertilizers not only leads to technicaland economic losses, but also contributes to higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in theatmosphere by releasing nitrous oxide (N 2 O), a Status: Completed Start date: Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016 |
The changes in climate behavior will probably bring changes to the hydrological cycle. As a result, these variations will probably affect crop development, crop production, and water consumption. Status: Completed Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2013 |