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Jürgen Döbereiner: a life dedicated to science

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Dr. Jürgen Döbereiner was born in Germany, on the 1st of November 1923, and lived in Brazil for 68 years during which time he developed a range of scientific projects in veterinary pathology and related disciplines.
Iveraldo S. Dutra, Axel Colling, David Driemeier, Marilene F. Brito, Daniel G. Ubiali, Ana Lucia Schild, Franklin Riet-Correa, Claudio S.L. Barros   +7 more
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virulence and Immune Evasion Strategies of FMDV: Implications for Vaccine Design

Vaccines
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is globally recognized as a highly economically devastating and prioritized viral disease affecting livestock. Vaccination remains a crucial preventive measure against FMD.
Gisselle N. Medina, Fayna Diaz San Segundo   +1 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tolerance of Senecavirus A to Mutations in Its Kissing-Loop or Pseudoknot Structure Computationally Predicted in 3′ Untranslated Region

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Senecavirus A (SVA) is an emerging virus that belongs to the genus Senecavirus in the family Picornaviridae. Its genome is a positive-sense and single-stranded RNA, containing two untranslated regions (UTRs).
Fuxiao Liu, Di Zhao, Di Zhao, Ning Wang, Ziwei Li, Ziwei Li, Yaqin Dong, Shuang Liu, Feng Zhang, Jin Cui, Hailan Meng, Bo Ni, Rong Wei, Hu Shan   +13 more
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Heavy Metal Contamination: Impacts From Plants to the Food Chain and Eco‐Friendly Amelioration Strategies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Latifeh Pourakbar, Sevda Alizadeh, Zahra Alizadeh, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dihydroartemisinin regulates immune cell heterogeneity by triggering a cascade reaction of CDK and MAPK phosphorylation

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022
Artemisinin (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA), apart from their profound anti-malaria effect, can also beneficially modulate the host immune system; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear.
Qilong Li, Quan Yuan, Ning Jiang, Yiwei Zhang, Ziwei Su, Lei Lv, Xiaoyu Sang, Ran Chen, Ying Feng, Qijun Chen   +9 more
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving farmers’ welfare through gastrointestinal nematode control in cattle at Aman Sentosa BUMDes for food security

Buletin Pengabdian
Background and Aim: Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections in cattle remain a major challenge affecting livestock productivity and farmers’ welfare in rural communities.
Zulfikar Zulfikar, Abdul Malik, Al Mahfud Saputra, Muhammad Rizal   +3 more
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Genome editing for disease resistance in livestock [PDF]

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2017
One of the major burdens on the livestock industry is loss of animals and decrease in production efficiency due to disease. Advances in sequencing technology and genome-editing techniques provide the unique opportunity to generate animals with improved traits.
Proudfoot, Christopher, Tait-Burkard, Christine   +1 more
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