The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of an acute disease that was characterized by sudden death associated with exercise that affected cattle in the region of the Araguaia River, especially in the municipality of Torixoréu, southeastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Between August and September 2013, eighty farms in the municipality were visited and the pastures of these farms were inspected. Epidemiological questionnaires were completed from 65 farms. A plant identified as Niedenzuella stannea (N.

The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of an acute disease that was characterized by sudden death associated with exercise that affected cattle in the region of the Araguaia River, especially in the municipality of Torixoréu, southeastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Between August and September 2013, eighty farms in the municipality were visited and the pastures of these farms were inspected. Epidemiological questionnaires were completed from 65 farms. A plant identified as Niedenzuella stannea (N.

Descreve-se um surto de intoxicação aguda em bovinos causado pela ingestão de Portulaca elatior na região nordeste do Brasil. O surto resultou da ingestão a partir d a administração da planta no cocho pelo criador para os bovinos. Quatro de cinco bovinos foram intoxicados e dois morreram. Os sinais clínicos incluíram dor abdominal, tremores musculares, intensa salivação, timpanismo moderado e desidratação. O curso clínico da doença variou de 10 a 18 horas.

ABSTRACT. During a four-year period, mature ewes were either shorn in mid-pregnancy or post-partum to study impacts on lamb live weight and survival. Furthermore, placental measurements were collected post-partum from a subset of single-bearing ewes and yearly fleece weights and wool samples were collected from a subset of single- and twin-bearing ewes. Lambs born to ewes shorn in mid-pregnancy were heavier (p  .05) on the weight of the placenta, and diameter or the weight of the cotyledons. However, the number of cotyledons was greater (p 

ABSTRACT. This paper evaluates an efficient implementation to multiply the inverse of a numerator relationship matrix for genotyped animals () by a vector (q). The computation is required for solving mixed model equations in single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) with the preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG). The inverse can be decomposed into sparse matrices that are blocks of the sparse inverse of a numerator relationship matrix (A−1) including genotyped animals and their ancestors.

ABSTRACT. This paper evaluates an efficient implementation to multiply the inverse of a numerator relationship matrix for genotyped animals () by a vector (q). The computation is required for solving mixed model equations in single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) with the preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG). The inverse can be decomposed into sparse matrices that are blocks of the sparse inverse of a numerator relationship matrix (A−1) including genotyped animals and their ancestors.

ABSTRACT. The growth of demand of organic products has increased the interest of growers all around the World. To reach a sustainable organic production system, growers have to go through a long and difficult process. Eighty-one successful organic production systems in the Southern Cone of America were evaluated regarding management practices, such as disease control, soil fertility, and biodiversity management.

ABSTRACT. Management practices used in maize production have an impact on soil agro- ecosystems where different microbial communities coexist. Soil inhabiting bacteria are numerous and diverse, but we know very little about their ecological distribution. Here we analyzed the bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of two transgenic maize cultivars, in agricultural soil before sowing and in non-cultivated soil in an experimental site in the south region of Uruguay.

ABSTRACT. During a four-year period, mature ewes were either shorn in mid-pregnancy or post-partum to study impacts on lamb live weight and survival. Furthermore, placental measurements were collected post-partum from a subset of single-bearing ewes and yearly fleece weights and wool samples were collected from a subset of single- and twin-bearing ewes. Lambs born to ewes shorn in mid-pregnancy were heavier (p?.05) and displayed greater (p?.05) survival than those born from post-partum shorn ewes regardless of litter size.

ABSTRACT. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crops are affected by a diversity of pests. Among these pests, the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae) and the leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae) cause large yield losses. The effects from these insects are often minimized by applying synthetic pesticides, although these have many drawback.