Evaluation of semen characteristics of the species Mazama americana in captivity

In recent years the concept of genomic resource banks has grown as a way of maintaining the genetic variability of populations, while the quality of cryopreservation of the gametes determines the effectiveness of such banks. However, the absence of basic knowledge regarding the physiology of species and their semen characteristics hampers the establishment of reproductive biotechnologies. Thus, this paper aimed to determine certain physicochemical (volume, colour, appearance, pH and osmolarity) and microscopic characteristics (mass movement, motility, vigour, concentration, and sperm morphology and morphometry) of semen of the species Mazama americana. To achieve this, five males of the species were used, and three semen samples per buck (electroejaculation) were collected at intervals of 2 weeks. The volume, pH and osmolarity of the ejaculate were 0.39 ± 0.14 mL, 6.90 ± 0.74 and 297.74 ± 19.10 mOsm/kg, respectively, while the values obtained for mass movement, motility, vigour and concentration were 3.33 ± 0.82; 69.6 ± 8.92%; 3.53 ± 0.50, and 244.07 ± 98.65 × 107/mL, respectively. Regarding the colour of the ejaculate, five samples were classified as ivory, two as yellowish, two as whitish and six as white. Regarding appearance, seven samples were considered creamy and eight, milky. Morphology was analysed in a humid chamber under phase contrast microscopy and 73.50 ± 5.57% of cells presented normal morphology, 8.37 ± 3.15% presented major defects and 18.13 ± 6.46% presented minor defects. To determine sperm morphometry, an optical microscope (Leica DM 5000B) and the Leica Qwin image analyser program were used, resulting in 8.09 ± 0.40, 4.65 ± 0.30, 2.81 ± 0.44 and 30.25 ± 3.02 m for length, largest width, smallest width and area, respectively. Copyright © CSIRO 2013.

Evaluation of metals in water and sediments of micro-basins in the city of Americana, São Paulo state, Brazil

Water pollution found in major rivers in Brazil has its origin from urban sewage discharges and industrial effluent, carried out by small streams and rivers crossing cities. Therefore, studies related to hydrographic micro-basins offer the opportunity to establish environmental management strategies for restoring water resources, based on diagnosis of the water quality. Despite this understanding, few studies in urban and rural areas have been performed in a systematic manner in Brazilian micro-basins. The main goal of this research was to diagnose the water resources in micro-basins in the region of the district of Americana, São Paulo state, Brazil, through the quantification of metals in water and sediment. The methodology was based on the investigation of metals (Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn), in four micro-basins, determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The most significant result showed high concentration levels of chromium (969 μg L-1), downstream of the discharge of sewage from the city of Nova Odessa. This concentration in the river was above the allowed limit of Brazilian regulation agency (50 μg L-1 for Cr). Also high levels of Cr were found in the sediment (98.9 μg g-1) collected at the same monitored site. These results are important indicators of environmental performance and anthropogenic activities to help the government establish environmental management strategies aimed at the reduction of water pollution. © 2013 WIT Press.

Meiotic pairing of B chromosomes, multiple sexual system, and Robertsonian fusion in the red brocket deer Mazama americana (Mammalia, Cervidae)

Deer species of the genus Mazama show significant inter and intraspecific chromosomal variation due to the occurrence of rearrangements and B chromosomes. Given that carriers of aneuploidies and structural rearrangements often show anomalous chromosome pairings, we here performed a synaptonemal complex analysis to study chromosome pairing behavior in a red brocket deer (Mazama americana) individual that is heterozygous for a Robertsonian translocation, is a B chromosome carrier, and has a multiple sex chromosome system (XY1Y2). The synaptonemal complex in spermatocytes showed normal chromosome pairings for all chromosomes, including the autosomal and sex trivalents. The electromicrographs showed homology among B chromosomes since they formed bivalents, but they also appeared as univalents, indicating their anomalous behavior and non-Mendelian segregation. Thus, synaptonemal complex analysis is a useful tool to evaluate the role of B chromosomes and rearrangements during meiosis on the intraspecific chromosomal variation that is observed in the majority of Mazama species. © FUNPEC-RP.

A vocação construtiva na Arte Sul-Americana: os cinéticos venezuelanos e os concretos paulistas

Pós-graduação em Artes - IA

Desafios internacionais à política agrícola norte-americana: o contencioso do algodão entre Brasil e Estados Unidos e o CAFTA-DR

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Diversidade de ácaros em indivíduos masculinos e femininos de Triplaris americana L. (Polygonaceae) e eficiência de seu pólen como alimento para Euseius citrifolius Denmark & Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Propriedades funcionais da carne de ratitas: ema (Rhea americana) e avestruz (Struthio camellus) comparadas com a carne de frango (Gallus domesticus)

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE

Aproveitamento de vísceras (não comestíveis) de aves para elaboração de farinha de carne: um perfil comparativo entre frango (Gallus domesticus) e ratitas avestruz (Struthio camellus) e ema (Rhea americana)

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE

Campo de velocidade para as estações da RBMC e do IGS localizados na placa Sul-Americana: estimativa a partir do processamento de dados GPS

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Perfil dos ácidos graxos da gordura intramuscular e da gordura aparente da ema (Rhea americana)

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE

Novos projetos de infra-estrutura e antigos caminhos da territorialização do espaço na América do Sul: iniciativa de Integração de Infra-Estrutura Regional Sul-Americana (IIRSA) e o caso da via Inter-Oceânica Sul

Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais - FFC

Variantes moleculares de Mazama americana (MAMMALIA, CERVIDAE) no estado de Rondônia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)