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Assessing livestock water productivity in mixed farming systems of Gumara watershed, Ethiopia by Alemayehu, M., Amede, Tilahun, Peden, Donald G., Kumsa, T., Böhme, M.H., Peters, Kurt J.

“…Strategies for improving LWP, from its present low level, could include keeping only the more productive animals, increasing pasture productivity and linking production to marketing. …”
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Postweaning exposure to aflatoxin results in impaired child growth: a longitudinal study in Benin, West Africa by Gong, Y., Hounsa, A., Egal, S., Turner, P.C., Sutcliffe, A.E., Hall, A.J., Cardwell, K., Wild, C.P.

“…Aflatoxins are dietary contaminants that are hepatocarcinogenic and immunotoxic and cause growth retardation in animals, but there is little evidence concerning the latter two parameters in exposed human populations. …”
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The LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart agriculture options at farm and crop system levels by Acosta-Alba, Ivonne, Chia, Eduardo, Andrieu, Nadine

“…The assessment made at the farming system level showed that farms with livestock units could further limit their emissions by modifying the feeding of animals due to the large quantities of imported cereals. …”
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Cross‑sectional study of gastrointestinal helminthosis in goats from three ecosystems in Peru: Prevalence and associated factors by Castillo Doloriert, Hugo, Paredes Chocce, Miguel Enrique, Vargas Calla, Ana, Robles Noriega, Katherine, Godoy Padilla, David, Coronel Berrospi, Sebastian, Ayala Roldan, Richard David, Acosta Granados, Irene Carol, Gomez Puerta, Luis A.

“…The FAMACHA© index was used to assess anemia levels, while body condition scores were recorded to evaluate the nutritional status of the animals. The highest prevalence was recorded in the Andean shrubland (74.2%), followed by the dry forest (63.1%), whereas the coastal valley had the lowest prevalence (59.3%). …”
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Pampas fox spatial and temporal variation in Argentinean agroecosystems by Gorosabel, Antonella, Barral, Maria Paula, Bernad, Lucía, Muñoz, Sebastián Darío, Bernardos, Jaime Nicolás, Pedrana, Julieta

“…Context: Agricultural activities have reduced wildlife natural habitats and increased the spatial overlap between animals' distribution and human activities. However, carnivores with a broad diet and flexible habitat requirements can tolerate human-induced environmental changes. …”
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Soil quality and productivity under zero tillage and grazing on Mollisols in Argentina – A long-term study by Fernandez, Romina, Frasier, Ileana, Noellemeyer, Elke, Quiroga, Alberto Raul

“…Crops included sunflower, corn, soy and wheat, and stubbles were grazed for at 3 months with young animals. Soil samples were collected in 2015 and determinations included total carbon and its fractions, total nitrogen, microbial biomass carbon, soil moisture contents, aggregate size class distribution, volumetric aggregate weight, mean weight diameter change, maximum bulk density, total infiltration, and saturated hydraulic conductivity. …”
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Novel expression of immunogenic foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles in Nicotiana benthamiana by Veerapen, Varusha Pillay, Van Zyl, Albertha R., Wigdorovitz, Andres, Rybicki, Edward P., Meyers, Ann E.

“…Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals and is endemic in Africa, parts of South America and southern Asia. …”
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Direct effect of ozone pollution on aphids: revisiting the evidence at individual and population scales by Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia, Martinez-Ghersa, Maria Alejandra, Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian, Ghersa, Claudio Marco

“…However, the biological effects of ozone encompass changes in reactive oxygen species signalling, oxidative stress accumulation, and the immune response of both plants and animals. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the direct effect of ozone on Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), linking mechanisms that operate at individual scale (oxidative stress parameters and aphid‐bacteria symbiosis persistence) with their consequences at population scale (mortality, dispersion, and population growth). …”
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Type VI secretion system in pathogenic escherichia coli: structure, role in virulence, and acquisition by Navarro-García, Fernando, Ruiz-Perez, Fernando, Cataldi, Angel Adrian, Larzabal, Mariano

“…Additionally, E. coli is a bacterial species with members of the commensal intestinal microbiota and pathogens associated with numerous types of infections such as intestinal, urinary, and systemic in humans and other animals. T6SS cluster plasticity suggests evolutionarily divergent systems were acquired horizontally. …”
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Controlling endemic Neospora caninum-related abortions in a dairy herd from Argentina by Lagomarsino, Horacio, Scioli, Agustín, Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin, Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio, Fiorani, Franco, Bence, Ángel, García, Joaquín, Hecker, Yanina, Gual, Ignacio, Canton, German Jose, Odeon, Anselmo Carlos, Campero, Carlos Manuel, Moore, Prando Dadin

“…The progenies from these female animals were sent to a feed lot to produce meat. Different generalized linear models (GLM) were used to study the relationship between abortion, age category, and serostatus. …”
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A vaccine using Anaplasma marginale subdominant type IV secretion system recombinant proteins was not protective against a virulent challenge by Sarli, Macarena, Novoa, María Belen, Mazzucco Panizza, Matilde Nahimé, Signorini, Marcelo, Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo, Echaide, Susana T. de, Primo, María Evangelina

“…Twenty steers were randomly clustered into four groups (G) of five animals each. Cattle from G1 and G2 were immunized with a mixture of 50 μg of each recombinant protein with Quil A® or Montanide™ adjuvants, respectively. …”
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Molecular diagnosis of Leishmania spp. in dogs of a subtropical locality of Argentina by Ascencio, Mariano, Sarmiento, Nestor Fabian, Schnittger, Leonhard, Florin-Christensen, Mónica, Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa

“…The disease can infect humans, as well as domestic and wildlife animals. Dogs are the main reservoir for L. infantum, the aetiological agent of visceral leishmaniosis (VL) in America, and a domestic source of L. braziliensis, the most widespread aetiological agent of American tegumentary leishmaniosis. …”
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Cruces de ganado de doble propósito en la zona montañosa baja colombiana, 1. Peso corporal hasta los 18 meses. by Hernández B., Gustavo, Moreno O., Fernando, Carvajal R., Guillermo

“…The purpose of the work was to compare the growth rate of two pure breeds, five F1, one F2, and two three way crosses in a mountainous zone (800 to 1200 meters) of north central Colombia. The animals were grazing with wather and mineral mixture at libjiwn. …”
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The carbon footprint of livestock farms under conventional management and silvopastoral systems in Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche (Mexico) by Vega-Fonseca, Andrés, Martínez-Salinas, María Alejandra, Villanueva-Najarro, Cristobal, Jimenes-Trujillo, Jose Antonio, Betanzos Simon, Juan Edduardo, Pérez-Sánches, Edwin, Sepulveda, Claudia

“…GHG emissions were estimated based on interviews with the farmers and farm monitoring to collect information about management, milk production and the live weight gain (LWG) of calves (for meat production) using national emission factors. Emissions from animals, fossil fuels, electricity and nitrogen fertilizers were estimated using Tier I and II criteria. …”
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Mycotoxins – an increasing problem? : the effects of climate changes on Fusarium mould populations and the occurrence of fusaro toxins in Swedish cereals by Janhager, Johanna

“…The infection of cereal crops by toxigenic species of this fungal genera can lead to the production of toxins with acute or chronic effects in humans and animals. This study was conducted to evaluate the poten-tial effects of climate changes on toxigenic Fusarium fungi and their toxins in Swedish cereals, and how these effects might influence food safety. …”

Farmers’ perceptions on the effectiveness of push pull technology to control maize stem borer (Chilo Partellus) in Gatsibo District of Rwanda by Nezehose, Marthe

“…The most-mentioned benefits of the method were stem borer control, maize yield increase and fodder for animals. On the other hand, the mostmentioned limitations were the increase of labor cost (for the very first installation), the necessity of a new crop rotation and the difficulty to access high quality desmodium seeds. …”

A review study of Bisphenol A by Danielsson, Emma

“…Additionally, most studies have been performed on animals. To be able to draw any definitive conclusions regarding the possible detrimental effects of BPA in humans, more extensive research is needed.…”
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Konsumentbeteende vid köp av ägg by Eke-Göransson, Charlotte

“…The Swedish consumers value provision production that have a reduced impact on the environment and further protects the wellness of animals and plants (Jordbruksverket, 2010). Today, the organic egg production composes roughly 6 % of the total egg production in Sweden. …”
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Farmers' perceived transaction costs in relation to slaughterhouses : the case of the Swedish slaughter business by Liang, Se

“…This implies that it is fully owned by the farmers who supply their animals to the slaughterhouse. The other type of firm is IOFs (Investor-Owned Firms), which are profit maximising firms. …”

Effect of co-expression of Spodoptera olfactory receptors on Drosophila odour perception by Awais, Hayder Muhammad

“…Like humans, other animals are also able to smell and differentiate a large number of odours with great accuracy. …”