Estudo da taxa de passagem de cabras em gestação

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Desempenho e características de carcaça de cabritos de diferentes grupos raciais e pesos de abate

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Desenvolvimento e composição química do útero gravídeo, da glândula mamária e as mudanças corporais em cabras durante a gestação

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

Desenvolvimento do útero grávido e da glândula mamária e mudanças corporais em cabras leiteiras durante a gestação

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Sistemas de produção de caprinos de leite e carne em pasto ou confinamento

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

Avaliação da somatotropina bovina recombinante (rbST) nos não-componentes da carcaça de cabritos de três genótipos

This study was developed with the aim of evaluating recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on non-carcass components of goat kids of three genotypes. It was used 23 male goat kids of three genotypes, being 8 Alpine, 4 ½ Boer + ½ Alpine (½ BA) and 11 ¾ Boer + ¼Alpine (¾ BA), from which 12 received rbST e 11 control. The growth hormone used was the recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) and animals of treatment 1 received the hormone in the amount of 0.3 mg/kg live weight, from 45 days, adjusted in intervals of 14 days. Animals of treatment 2 (control) received saline solution in the same dosage and interval. The ½ BA goats presented a higher proportion of external non-carcass components (head, feet and skin) in relation to Alpine goats. Regarding the vital organs, such as lungs, kidneys and spleen, and the non-carcass components blood, internal fat and perinephric fat, Alpine goats presented higher values than ¾ BA goats. The administration of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) did not produce effect on proportions and weight of non-carcass components. Proportions and weight of non-carcass components varied in function of genotypes, although animals were slaughtered at similar live weight.

The Second Known Species of the Recently Described Genus Keraunea (Convolvulaceae)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Ultrassonografia convencional e Doppler da glândula mamária de caprinos para diagnóstico de mastite

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FCAV

Leucograma e perfil bioquímico sérico de cabras com mastite experimental causada por Staphylococcus aureus e Streptococcus agalactiae

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FCAV

Avaliação do potencial de degradação do herbicida diuron por fungos isolados de solo de canavial e suas tolerâncias aos metabólitos gerados

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Diversidade de ácaros em diferentes culturas e em plantas da vegetação natural do Peru, com ênfase nos Phytoseiidae (Mesostigmata)

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Proporção tecidual da perna de caprinos jovens em função do grupo racial, peso de abate e sexo

To evaluate the effect of breed group, slaughter weight and sex on tissue proportion of the leg and muscle, bone and fat ratio in confined kids, seventy-four goats of both sex were used and divided among breed groups: Alpine (A), ½ Nubian + ½ Alpine (½ ANA), ½ Boer + ½ Alpine (½ BA), ¾ Boer + ¼ Alpine (¾ BA) and ½ Nubian + ¼ Alpine + ¼ Boer, (Three cross - TC), at three slaughter weights (25, 30 and 35 kg). Leg represented 31.01% of half carcass, where 62.29% was total muscle, 21.45% total bone and 8.35% total fat. Alpine animals had higher bone weight than other groups. Male kids had higher muscle and bone proportion, whereas females had higher subcutaneous and intramuscular fat in leg. The percentage of total weight of the muscle, five muscles, adductor muscle, quadriceps muscle and femur were higher in the slaughter weights of 25 and 30 kg.

Desempenho de caprinos de três genótipos recebendo somatotropina bovina recombinante (rbST)

Forty-three animals of three genotypes, wich 13 Alpine (8 males and 5 females), 9 ½ Boer + ½ Alpine (4 males and 5 females) e 21 ¾ Boer + ¼ Alpine (11 males and 10 females), wich 21 received rbST and 22 control.The growth hormone used was the bovine recombinant somatotropin (rbST) and the animals of treatment 1 received the hormone in the adjusted amount from 0,3 mg/kg of live weight in intervals of 14 days. Animals of treatment 2 (control) had received saline solution in the same dosage and interval. There was no influence of the recombinant bovine somatotropin in the evaluated characteristics of performance. Males had been higher to females in weight gain of application of hormone to 120 days of age, as well as in daily average weight gain of 60 to 90, 90 to 120 and of application to 120 days of age. Weight to 90 and 120 days of age of females had been smaller in relation to males.

Somatotropina bovina (rbST) recombinante sobre as características físico-químicas da carne de cabritos

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Characterization of a Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) - derived chitinase and its potential for pest control

The larval endoparasitoid Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) has a toolbox of biological weapons to secure for host colonization and the successful parasitization of its host Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The cDNA of a putative chitinase has been previously isolated and initially characterized from teratocytes of this parasitoid among the plethora of molecules available in the venom and calyx fluids injected by females, oral and/or anal secretions released by the parasitoid larvae and/or produced by the expression of genes of the symbiotic associated polydnavirus. This putative chitinase has been initially associated with the host cuticle digestion to allow for parasitoid egression and with the asepsis of the host environment, acting as an antimicrobial. As chitinases are commonly expressed in plants against plant pathogens, the chitinase derived from the teratocytes of T. nigriceps is a potential tool for the development of insect pest control methods based on the disruption of the perithrophic membrane of herbivores. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the activity of the putative chitinase from teratocytes of T. nigriceps (Tnchi) produced using the Escherichia coli expression system and its potential to control H. virescens larvae when expressed into transgenic tobacco plants. The purified E. coli-produced Tnchi protein showed no chitinolitic activity, but was active in binding with colloidal and crystalline chitins in water and with colloidal chitin in buffered solution (pH = 6.74). Transgenic tobacco plants showed no enhanced chitinolitic activity relative to control plants, but survival of three-day old larvae of H. virescens was severely affected when directly fed on transgenic tobacco leaves expressing the recombinant Tnchi protein. Some properties of the Tnchi protein and the potential use of Tnchi-transgenic plants to control plant pests are discussed. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.