Aerial and respiratory tract-associated bacterial diversity has been scarcely studied in broiler production systems. This study examined the relationship between the environmental air and birds' respiratory microbiome, ...

The development of biofilms to replace plastics is urgent, due to the high environmental pollution caused by the non-biodegradable packaging. The objective of this study was to develop and understand the behavior ...

Simple Summary: Anti-personnel landmines are a major problem in countries that are subject to internal conflicts of a military or public order nature. They also continue to be a great threat to the population and ...

Pigs display an innate preference for sweet taste compounds such as sucrose. However, the influence of sucrose supplementation into maternal diets has not been examined in pigs. We tested the hypothesis that sucrose inclusion ...

Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) is a well-described disease in young chickens. It is caused by the Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV), which has a bi-segmented, double-strand RNA genome. The absence of a lipidic ...

The buoyancy of eggs and embryos is associated with successful development in pelagic fish. Buoyancy is the result of oocyte hydration, which depends on the osmotic force exerted by free amino acids (FAA) generated by yolk ...