Antineurotoxic activity of Galactia glaucescens against Crotalus durissus terrificus venom     

Dal Belo CA  Colares AV  Leite GB  Ticli FK  Sampaio SV  Cintra AC  Rodrigues-Simioni L  dos Santos MG 《Fitoterapia》2008,79(5):378-380

Ethanolic extract of leaves of Galactia glauscescens (GGE) at concentration of 100 and 500 mug/ml prevented the neuromuscular paralysis induced by Crotalus durissus terrificus venom on mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation.  相似文献   

Does Thyrinteina arnobia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) use different defense behaviours against predators?     

Soares  M. A.  Zanuncio  J. C.  Leite  G. L. D.  Wermelinger  E. D.  Serrão  J. E. 《植物病害和植物保护杂志》2009,116(1):30-33

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - The efficiency of biological control programs with predators depends on knowing defense behaviour of caterpillars to avoid or to reduce predation. The...  相似文献   

Perkinsus sp. infestation in carpet-shell clams, Ruditapes decussatus (L), along the Portuguese coast. Results from a 2-year survey     

Ricardo B. Leite  Ricardo Afonso  M. Leonor Cancela   《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2004,240(1-4):39-53

This study characterises Perkinsus atlanticus disease prevalence and intensity within the economically important beds of the clam Ruditapes decussatus along the Iberian Atlantic coast. Samples were collected from five different sites along the Portuguese coast (Ria Formosa, Ria do Alvor, V.N. Milfontes, Aveiro, Lagoa de Obidos) and in Galicia (Ria de Arosa) between winter 2000/2001 and 2002/2003. The infection level was evaluated by the Ray Fluid Thioglycollate medium (RFTM) method using the body burden assay. In addition, the measure of the condition index (CI) (percentage between the edible part and the total weight of the clams) was conducted to investigate a possible correlation between this parameter and the intensity of the infection. However, no clear relationship between infection intensity and condition index (CI) could be determined although a significant decline in CI was found for heavily infected clams. Results of a 2-year survey demonstrate the presence of Perkinsus sp. in all sampling sites albeit with different intensities. Sites where human interference was minimal showed the lowest levels of infection. There were no significant differences in Perkinsus sp. infection intensity between samples collected in winter and summer, in contrast with several studies describing higher intensities at the end of the summer. Nevertheless, major differences were observed from year to year and site to site, indicating that factors other than those responsible for seasonal climatic variations might affect the prevalence and the intensity of Perkinsus sp. infection.  相似文献   

Inclusion of licuri meal in the diet of pasture dairy cows     

Costa  Evely Giovanna Leite  da Silva  Fabiano Ferreira  Silva  Robério Rodrigues  Porto  Antonio Ferraz  Santiago  Bismarck Moreira  Rocha  Leone Campos  Cruz  Aline Gonçalves  Guedes  Anna Caroline Ferreira  Neto  Teotônio Martins  Vieira  Edvaldo Alves 《Tropical animal health and production》2019,51(8):2505-2511

Tropical Animal Health and Production - The objective of this study was to evaluate the inclusion of increasing levels of licuri meal as a substitute for soybean bran in the diet of pasture-based...  相似文献   

Intake and digestibility,rumen fermentation,and concentrations of metabolites in steers fed with peanut cake     

Paulo Andrade de Oliveira  Ronaldo Lopes Oliveira  Soraya Maria Palma Luz Jaeger  Meiby Carneiro de Paula Leite  Adriana Regina Bagaldo  Leilson Rocha Bezerra  Braulio Rocha Correia  Nivaldo Barreto de Santana Filho 《Tropical animal health and production》2016,48(2):403-409

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Bias in heritability estimates from genomic restricted maximum likelihood methods under different genotyping strategies     

Alberto Cesarani  Ivan Pocrnic  Nicol P. P. Macciotta  Breno O. Fragomeni  Ignacy Misztal  Daniela A. L. Lourenco 《Zeitschrift für Tierzüchtung und Züchtungsbiologie》2019,136(1):40-50

We investigated the effects of different strategies for genotyping populations on variance components and heritabilities estimated with an animal model under restricted maximum likelihood (REML), genomic REML (GREML), and single‐step GREML (ssGREML). A population with 10 generations was simulated. Animals from the last one, two or three generations were genotyped with 45,116 SNP evenly distributed on 27 chromosomes. Animals to be genotyped were chosen randomly or based on EBV. Each scenario was replicated five times. A single trait was simulated with three heritability levels (low, moderate, high). Phenotypes were simulated for only females to mimic dairy sheep and also for both sexes to mimic meat sheep. Variance component estimates from genomic data and phenotypes for one or two generations were more biased than from three generations. Estimates in the scenario without selection were the most accurate across heritability levels and methods. When selection was present in the simulations, the best option was to use genotypes of randomly selected animals. For selective genotyping, heritabilities from GREML were more biased compared to those estimated by ssGREML, because ssGREML was less affected by selective or limited genotyping.  相似文献   

Cervical transposition test using Hegar dilator at oestrus as a tool to select ewes for transcervical embryo collection     

Juliana Dantas Rodrigues Santos  Eduardo Kenji Nunes Arashiro  Mrio Felipe Alvarez Balaro  Joanna Maria Gonalves Souza‐Fabjan  Pedro Henrique Nicolau Pinto  Clara Vieira de Souza  Ceci Ribeiro Leite  Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca  Felipe Zandonadi Brando 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2019,54(1):126-128

This study evaluated the cervical transposition method as a tool to select ewes for embryo collection by transcervical route. Adult Santa Inês ewes (n = 50) received Day 0 protocol for superovulation treatments. The cervix transposition test was performed both at oestrus and at the embryo collection time. The latter was preceded by hormonal cervical dilation. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy were 85.7%, 66.6%, 85.7%, 66.6% and 80.0%, respectively. The kappa index yielded a moderate score (κ = 0.52). In conclusion, the high sensitivity and accuracy indicate that the cervical transposition test is a screening option to select ewes for embryo collection by transcervical route.  相似文献   

Non-phytate phosphorus requirement for broilers from 8 to 21 days of age under heat stress conditions     

Evandro Ferreira Cardoso  Juarez Lopes Donzele  Rita Flávia Miranda de Oliveira Donzele  Bruna Leite Sufiate  Amanda Dione Silva  Tarciso Tizziani 《Tropical animal health and production》2018,50(2):317-325

Two trials were conducted to determine the non-phytate phosphorus (nPP) requirement for broiler under heat stress. In both trials, birds were distributed in a completely randomized 4 × 2 factorial design with four nPP concentrations: 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, and 0.55%, and two Ca supply techniques: Ca fixed at 0.899% (CaF) or varying along with nPP aiming a 2:1 Ca to nPP ratio (CaV). Both trials had eight pens/treatment, with nine and five birds/pen for exp. 1 and exp. 2, respectively. nPP concentration had no effect on feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), nor fat deposition ratio (FDR). nPP levels showed a linear effect on protein deposition ratio (PDR) only for CaF diets. The nPP levels had a significant effect, regardless the technique adopted, on tibia phosphorus (TibP), which varied quadratically, on tibia calcium (TibCa) that increased quadratically and linearly, respectively, on CaF and CaV diets, and on tibia ash (TibAsh) that showed a quadratic effect for both. No effect was observed on Ca to P ratio in the tibia (TibCa:TibP). The nPP levels showed a linear increase effect over phosphorus intake (PI), phosphorus excreted (PE), and phosphorus retained (PR), and a linear decrease effect on phosphorus retention coefficient (PRC). Therefore, the nPP requirement for broilers from 8 to 21 days of age that provided better performance and bone variables were 0.250 and 0.484%, respectively, for CaF diets and 0.250 and 0.511%, respectively, for CaV diets.  相似文献   

Land‐Use Type Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and Microbial Properties in a Semi‐arid Region of Northeast Brazil     

Ana Carolina Cmara Ferreira  Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite  Ademir Srgio Ferreira de Araújo  Nico Eisenhauer 《Land Degradation \u0026amp; Development》2016,27(2):171-178

Land‐use change is one of the most important anthropogenic environmental change drivers affecting the biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems. However, there is limited knowledge of the consequences for soil processes in many regions around the globe. The Brazilian semi‐arid ecosystem known as Caatinga has experienced the transformation from native forest into agricultural land, with heretofore unknown effects on soil processes and microbial properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of five land‐use changes (to maize and cowpea cropland, grape orchard, and cut and grazed pasture) on total organic C (TOC) and total N (TN) stocks and soil microbial properties of Ultisol from Caatinga. Soil samples (0–10 and 10–20 cm depth) were collected during the wet and dry periods. Split–split plot analysis of variance was used to test the effects of land use, soil depth, season and the interaction between land‐use and soil depth on soil microbial properties, TOC and TN stocks. Land‐use effects were more pronounced in the top soil layer than in the lower layer, while the pattern was less consistent in soil microbial properties. Land conversion from native forest to cropland may cause C losses from the soil, but conversion to pastures may even increase the potential of soils to function as C sinks. Grazed pastures showed not only high C and N stocks but also the highest soil microbial biomass and lowest respiratory quotients, all indications for elevated soil C sequestration. Thus, grazed pastures may represent a land‐use form with high ecosystem multifunctionality in Caatinga. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The effects of açaí oil addition in tilapia diets on performance,hepatic energy metabolism enzymes and antioxidant responses     

Tnia C. Leite  Fernanda Picoli  Diogo de A. Lopes  Matheus D. Baldissera  Carine F. Souza  Bernardo Baldisserotto  Ana Paula O. Costa  Luisa Nora  Alexandre H. Marcelino  Aleksandro S. Da Silva 《Aquaculture Research》2021,52(1):395-402

The aim of the present study was to determine whether açai oil (Euterpe oleraceae) addition in the diets of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in biofloc system would stimulate hepatic energy metabolism and antioxidant responses. Treatments are as follows: T0 (6%‐soybean oil), T1 (1%‐AÇAI; 5%‐SOY), T3 (3% AÇAI; 3%‐SOY) and T6 (6%‐AÇAI). In the liver, reactive oxygen species levels were significantly lower in T1, T3 and T6 than in T0, lipid peroxidation levels were significantly lower in T3 and T6, and nitric oxide levels were significantly lower in the T6 than in T0. Glutathione peroxidase activity was significantly higher in the T3 and T6 than in T0, while superoxide dismutase activity and total antioxidant capacity levels were significantly higher in the T6 than in T0. Adenylate kinase activity was significantly lower in the T6 than in T0. These results suggest that the açai oil addition in Nile tilapia diets stimulated antioxidant responses.  相似文献