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Plague: Antique and Medieval Emerging Infectious Disease [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Microbiology: Open Access, 2016
Plague is a well-known disease caused by Yersinia pestis, with the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality in humans and major public health impacts. Many animal species are sensible to the disease and some play important epidemiological role in sylvatic and domestic cycles.
openaire   +1 more source

Impacts of geopolitics and policy on Latin American biodiversity and water resources

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Latin America is a major agricultural producer with important natural resources. Efforts have been made to protect sensitive areas but are hindered by agricultural trade disruptions outside the control of individual countries due to globally integrated crop markets.
Jerome Dumortier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Sensory Analysis and Stated Preference Valuation to Assess the Willingness to Pay for Fresh Tomato Attributes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study combines sensory analysis and stated preference valuation techniques to assess the monetary value of organoleptic attributes of new tomato varieties. The tomatoes evaluated included two new varieties adapted to South Texas growing conditions, a commercial check, and tomatoes imported from Mexico.
Samuel D. Zapata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF AFRICAN SWINE PLAGUES IN ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2019
African swine plague causes great economic losses due to the catastrophic depopulation of pig farms in the areas affected by their death and slaughter, by the implementation of approved sanitary measures and trade restrictions.
Romeo Cătălin CREŢU   +3 more
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Shift from primary pneumonic to secondary septicemic plague by decreasing the volume of intranasal challenge with Yersinia pestis in the murine model.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of pneumonic plague, a disease involving uncontrolled bacterial growth and host immunopathology. Secondary septicemic plague commonly occurs as a consequence of the host inflammatory response that causes ...
Rachel M Olson, Deborah M Anderson
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