Plantas que causam alterações mecânicas ou traumáticas em ruminantes e equinos, com ênfase em Stipa spp. (Gramineae)

Várias plantas podem provocar algum tipo de injúria mecânica. Entre elas as que causam traumatismo da pele ou mucosas, e as que causam alterações do sistema digestório, incluindo obstrução esofágica, sobrecarga ruminal e obstrução intestinal. Neste trabalho são revisadas algumas plantas que causam essas alterações e é descrito um surto de injúria mecânica causada por Stipa spp. (flechilha) em ovinos no Uruguai. Os animais, principalmente os cordeiros, apresentavam grande quantidade dos frutos de flechilha incrustadas na lã e alguns desses se introduziam na pele, panículo adiposo e músculo cutâneo do tronco causando dermatite e paniculite multifocal difusa.

Descrição taxonômica de Cruzia sp. nov. e Aspidodera sp. nov. (Nematoda, Ascaridida), parasitas de intestino grosso de Philander opossum Linnaeus, 1758, Marsupial de Carajás-Pará, Brasil

O Brasil possui a maior biodiversidade do planeta, apresentando ecossistemas importantes como a Floresta Amazônica, Mata Atlântica, Cerrado, Pantanal e a Caatinga. A Região Amazônica por suas características geográficas e sócio-econômicas, propicia a ocorrência de várias doenças infecciosas e parasitárias emergentes e re-emergentes. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar estudo taxonômico dos helmintos encontrados no sistema digestivo de marsupiais da espécie Philander opossum, oriundos da Floresta Nacional de Tapirapé-Aquiri – Serra dos Carajás. Este animal silvestre da ordem Didelphimorfia e Família Didelphidae apresenta hábitos noturnos, alimenta-se de frutos pequenos; importante para dispersão das sementes e é comum em ambientes urbanos. O P. opossum é um reservatório silvestre de protozoários (Trypanosoma cruzi e Nuttallia brasiliensis) e vários helmintos. Análises preliminares do intestino deste hospedeiro, mostraram numerosos nematódeos, que foram analisados por microscopia de luz e microscopia eletrônica de varredura para identificação de espécies. A colheita dos nematódeos foi realizada em PBS (Phosphate Buffer Saline) e os parasitos foram transferidos para solução fixadora de AFA (Álcool 70%, Formol P.A. e Ácido acético P.A.), posteriormente estes helmintos foram processados por desidratação em série etanólica crescente, clarificação com Lactofenol de Aman, montagem entre lâmina e lamínula. Realização de análises, desenhos e fotografias foram feitas no microscópio Olympus BX 41 com câmara clara e também processados para microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV). Os resultados indicaram a presença de parasitos do filo nematoda de intestino grosso de P. opossum de Carajás-PA, pertencentes às famílias Kathlaniidae e Aspidoderidae, sendo que pelos dados morfológicos estes parasitos são espécies novas dos gêneros Cruzia e Aspidodera, respectivamente.

Temperatura e concentração de CO2 durante a incubação interferem na morfofisiologia do sistema digestório de frangos de corte

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Fontes de fibra para leitões recém desmamados

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Biologia da formiga urbana Monomorium floricola Jerdon (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Frugivory and seed dispersal by tapirs: an insight on their ecological role

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Desempenho produtivo e respostas fisiológicas de juvenis de cachara (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum) alimentados com diferentes níveis de proteína e carboidrato

Pós-graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia Animal - FEIS

Effects of neem oil (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) on the replacement of the midgut epithelium in the lacewing Ceraeochrysa claveri during larval-pupal metamorphosis

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

Larval development of indigenous South American freshwater fish species, with particular reference to pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus): A review

In recent years, a number of South American freshwater fish have gained increasing attention for their potential in aquaculture, not only because of their excellent performance in farming systems but also to meet the high consumer demand for these species due to declining fishery resources. Many South American freshwater species are migratory and produce altricial larvae, with a small amount of yolk reserves. Unlike precocial freshwater species and altricial coldwater marine fish, these freshwater fish investigated have rapid yolk depletion and metamorphosis. Specific studies on the initial development of South American fish are scarce and fragmented. One of the most widely studied species is the pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), farmed in warm continental waters. In the present review we compile new and published data on the initial development of pacu, including morphogenesis of the skeletal, muscle, digestive and sensory systems; compare it to other Neotropical species; and discuss the importance of this information to develop larviculture protocols. When pacu larvae exhaust yolk reserves, they initiate a new form of interaction with the environment, becoming exclusively exotrophic. This type of interaction is made possible by the rapid development of sensory, skeletal, locomotor and digestive structures. In addition to understanding fish ontogeny, studies on larval development are necessary to improve farming systems and larviculture techniques aimed at producing high-quality juveniles in aquaculture. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Valor de corte para teste respiratório com isótopos estáveis (Carbono 13) no diagnóstico do Helicobacter pylori utilizando IRMS para análise do sopro

After the isolation of Helicobacter pylori from an injury at the stomach mucosa by Marshall and Wareen, work that was recognized with the Nobel Prize of Medicine or Physiology in 2005, many other works showed the relationship between the presence of H. pylori and diseases at the digestive system, such as gastritis, gastric, duodenal and peptic ulcer, and stomach cancer. The 13C-Urea Breath Test - 13C-UBT is a non-invasive diagnostic method that utilizes the breath of a patient to determine the presence of H. pylori through stable isotopes. This work aimed to find an ideal 13C-UBT Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectroscopy cut-off value (a threshold between positive and negative) to diagnose H. pylori infection at Brazilian population. Patients were selected at the UNESP-Botucatu Clinical Hospital Endoscopy Section. With these results it was possible to indicate that the best cut-off value is between 2.5 to 6 ‰ of Delta Over Baseline (DOB)

Potenciais aves dispersoras de sementes das espécies vegetais zoocóricas da Mata da Bica, Botucatu - SP

The semidecidual forests, as tropical forests, presents zoochoric dispersal syndrome in the most of their plant species, with approximately one third of frugivorous species responsible for the seeds dispersal are birds. The bills width is a limiting factor, it must be equal or bigger than the seeds width, because the viable seeds dispersal depends on leaving the digestive system after been swallowed hole. Birds and plants inventorys were realized in a semidecidual Forest fragment, in Botucatu – SP, called Mata da Bica. After this, the birds consumers of fuits/seeds were selected (frugivorous, granivorous and onivorous) and also the zoochoric plants, both for building a possibilities matrix, to verify the potential seed dispersers according to the seeds and bills width. Going to the matrix end we can observe a decrease in the interaction possibillities, because the seeds width increases and the bills width decreases. It has been observed that 50,7% seeds could be dispersed by all listed birds, because the seeds were narrower than the narrowest bill. In the other way large seeded species, as Holocalix balansae and Hymemaea courbaril has shown only two possible dispersers: Trogon surrucura and Piaya cayana. There are no possible dispersers to Syagrus oleraceae in the matrix. The need for large birds or other animals that works as large seed disperses demand conservation efforts, since most of these animals need big and conserved areas for their life habits

Análise da frequencia do polimorfismo rs12979860 C/T no gene IL28B em pacientes acometidos por câncer gástrico

Pós-graduação em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (Biotecnologia Médica) - FMB

Alimentação alternativa de frangos tipo colonial com resíduo agroindustrial de fruta

Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal - FMVA

Spontaneous poisoning by Hovenia dulcis in dairy cattle in Southwest Parana, Brazil

Livestock poisoning by plants is a frequent occurrence which determines severe losses, such as the fall in the milk and meat production, the cost of expensive treatments, the state of immunosuppression, or even the animal's death. Cattle ingest toxic plants only when there is food shortage, when they cannot select what they eat, or when they ingest food for preference, which is the case of Hovenia dulcis fruits, very rich in sucrose. This plant is widely distributed in the southern and southeastern Brazilian regions. In literature, there are some cases of severe human liver injury associated with a long-term of H. dulcis leaf and fruit tea intake, and only one report regarding spontaneous poisoning of goats caused by this plant ingestion. However, its toxic effects associated with spontaneous ingestion by cattle have never been reported. This paper reports the first case of spontaneous poisoning in cattle by H. dulcis, which occurred in a dairy farm in southwest Paraná, Brazil. Three cattle individuals showed anorexia, ruminal atony, severe diarrhea and neurological tournament, head pressing, blindness, ataxia, and circling. The necropsy of the animals was done, and the remaining alterations were restricted to the digestive system and brain. The clinical signs presented by the animals are characteristic of polioencephalomalacia (PEM), caused by changes in the thiamine metabolism. Furthermore, clinical signs, gross, and microscopic lesions as well as the large amount of the plant throughout the digestive segment led to a diagnosis.

Ácidos orgânicos em dietas de suínos

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