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Factors influencing dairy farmers' antibiotic use: An application of the COM-B model

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: In dairy farming, mastitis treatment is the most common reason for antimicrobial use. The overuse or misuse of antibiotics in agriculture has been associated with the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Sarah Farrell, Tony Benson, Claire McKernan, Áine Regan, Alison M.G. Burrell, Moira Dean   +5 more
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The Efficacy of Additives for the Mitigation of Aflatoxins in Animal Feed: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Toxins, 2022
The contamination of animal feed with aflatoxins is an ongoing and growing serious issue, particularly for livestock farmers in tropical and subtropical regions.
Oluwatobi Kolawole, Wipada Siri-Anusornsak, Awanwee Petchkongkaw, Julie Meneely, Christopher Elliott   +4 more
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Drug resistance in liver flukes

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2020
Liver flukes include Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica, Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis spp., Fascioloides magna, Gigantocotyle explanatum and Dicrocoelium spp. The two main species, F. hepatica and F.
I. Fairweather, G.P. Brennan, R.E.B. Hanna, M.W. Robinson, P.J. Skuce   +4 more
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Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations

Endangered Species Research, 2023
Due to global population declines, there is a pressing need for data on the life history traits of many elasmobranch species to support the development of species-specific management plans.
J Thorburn, G Cole, A Naylor, A Garbett, K Wilson, M James, J Dodd, JDR Houghton, PC Collins   +8 more
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Microplastic toxicity: A review of the role of marine sentinel species in assessing the environmental and public health impacts

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2021
The ubiquity of plastics is a concern for the health of humans and marine ecosystems. Plastics and their composite endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with adverse health outcomes in humans and marine species.
Christina Biamis, Kieran O’ Driscoll, Gary Hardiman   +2 more
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The Health Promoting Bioactivities of Lactuca sativa can be Enhanced by Genetic Modulation of Plant Secondary Metabolites

Metabolites, 2019
Plant secondary metabolites are protective dietary constituents and rol genes evidently increase the synthesis of these versatile phytochemicals. This study subjected a globally important vegetable, lettuce (Lactuca sativa) to a combination of untargeted
Hammad Ismail, Anna L. Gillespie, Danielle Calderwood, Haroon Iqbal, Colene Gallagher, Olivier P. Chevallier, Christopher T. Elliott, Xiaobei Pan, Bushra Mirza, Brian D. Green   +9 more
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Understanding Current Methods for Sampling of Aflatoxins in Corn and to Generate a Best Practice Framework

Toxins, 2022
Aflatoxin contamination in corn is a significant issue, posing substantial health threats to humans and animals. Aflatoxin testing protects consumer health, ensures the safe global trade of corn, and verifies compliance with legislation; however ...
Rossa Donnelly, Christopher Elliott, Guangtao Zhang, Bob Baker, Julie Meneely   +4 more
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Chlorine Concentration Modelling and Supervision in Water Distribution Systems

Sensors, 2022
The quality of the drinking water distributed through the networks has become the main concern of most operators. This work focuses on one of the most important variables of the drinking water distribution networks (WDN) that use disinfection, chlorine ...
Ramon Pérez, Albert Martínez-Torrents, Manuel Martínez, Sergi Grau, Laura Vinardell, Ricard Tomàs, Xavier Martínez-Lladó, Irene Jubany   +7 more
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The impact of chlorine, ultraviolet-C, and microwave treatment on the survivability of Blastocystis sp. cysts

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Blastocystis sp. is a common widely distributed gut protozoan, with water transmission identified as one of its transmission routes. This study aimed to investigate the effect of chlorine, ultraviolet (UV)-C, and microwave (MW) treatments on the in vitro
Amira B. Mokhtar, Panagiotis Karanis, Chad Schou, Shahira A. Ahmed   +3 more
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Preparation of Standard Material for Composition Analysis of Manganese Ore

Yankuang ceshi, 2022
BACKGROUND The toxic and hazardous elements in manganese ore not only affect manganese purification, production environment and product quality, but have also always been a technical problem in the manganese industry and particularly in experimental ...
WANG Ganzhen, PENG Jun, LI Li, QIN Yi, CAO Jian, TIAN Zongping   +5 more
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