The sheep production has been growing surprinsingly in the last years in Brazil, but in despite of this, it can not be considered competitive yet, principally because the lack of structure and organization of the sector. ...

Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis Cuvier, 1816) is an excellent migratory fish, possessing large body and wide distribution in South America, with presence in Paraná, Uruguay, Paraguay and La Plata River Basins (Argentina, ...

To remain competitive in the market of meat production, it is crucial that the Brazilian producer is aware of the criteria used by consumers for local and international markets. One factor that determines the beef quality ...

Canchim is a synthetic breed that has been used in the beef cattle industry as an alternative for production intensification. However, this breed has poor fat deposition. Therefore researches have been done with the objective ...

Brazilian livestock production presents great impact for the national agriculture, possessing the largest bovine commercial herd of the world. However, the productivity is low and gastrintestinal diseases caused by Haemonchus ...

Due to the great economic importance of sugarcane crop in Brazil, the occurrence of infections by phytopathogens leading to decreased productivity and quality remains a serious problem. As the plants have natural mechanisms ...

Several Psittacidae species, as those of Ara genus, have biological characteristics frequently associate with extinction risk. These include corporal size, specialized food preferences, low rate of population growth, ...

In the last 40 years, the use of pesticides increased 700% in Brazil, setting this country into the very consumers of this kind of chemicals in the world. There among the most used pesticides in Brazil are the pyrethroids, ...

Boophilus microplus tick affects cattle productivity causing economic losses in the order of billions of dollars annually. It is know that tick saliva exert immunomodulatory effects, an evolutionary adaptation to the ...

Global declines in pollinators have served as the impetus for the widespread study of hymenopterans. The molecular processes controlling detoxification and antioxidant pathways are of supreme importance to insects that are ...