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Essential Work in Essential Oil Production: Ravintsara Distillation in Madagascar During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2025.
ABSTRACT During the COVID‐19 pandemic, global demand for ravintsara (Cinnamomum camphora ct 1,8‐cineole), an introduced yet naturalized medicinal tree, surged due to its reputed antiviral properties. In Madagascar's highlands, informal distillers (mpitanika ravina) became essential workers, producing ravintsara essential oil around the clock with ...
Chanelle Adams
wiley   +1 more source

B-spline polynomials models for analyzing growth patterns of Guzerat young bulls in field performance tests [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Bioscience
Objective The aim of this study was to identify suitable polynomial regression for modeling the average growth trajectory and to estimate the relative development of the rib eye area, scrotal circumference, and morphometric measurements of Guzerat young ...
Ricardo Costa Sousa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Best-First Surface Realization [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Current work in surface realization concentrates on the use of general, abstract algorithms that interpret large, reversible grammars. Only little attention has been paid so far to the many small and simple applications that require coverage of a small ...
Busemann, Stephan
core   +6 more sources

Seroprevalence and Risks Factors Associated with Coxiella burnetii Infection in Slaughterhouse Zebu Cattle (Bos indicus) from Northern Regions of Cameroon [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Camille Teitsa Zangue   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Ingestive Behavior and Body Development of Backgrounded Heifers From Three Genotypes in the Brazilian Pantanal

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 445-453, November 2025.
Nelore (N) and Nelore × Pantaneiro (NP) heifers exhibited similar grazing times, which were higher compared with Nelore × Angus (NA) heifers. Nelore heifers showed higher wither height and hip height values compared with NP heifers. The average values for NA heifers did not differ from the other genotypes. It was observed that chest depth, heart girth,
Maria C. E. Queiroz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beef quality of Nellore steers fed dried or rehydrated and ensiled corn or sorghum grains

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2019
Background: Rehydration of grains, such as corn and sorghum, is used to increase nutrient absorption. However, the effect of this practice on meat quality is poorly understood.
Fabiano A. Ferreira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between follicular diameter, commercial estrus breeding indicator and pregnancy rate in beef cattle

open access: yesPubvet, 2020
The objective of this study was to evaluate pregnancy rate from fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) performed in cows related to an estrus scores breeding indicator and measurement of preovulatory follicular diameter (POF). Forty-three crossbred
Ludimila Cardoso Zoccal Janini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genome-wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analyses Reveal Genetic Diversity and Structure of Wild and Domestic Cattle in Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yesAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2014
In spite of variation in coat color, size, and production traits among indigenous Bangladeshi cattle populations, genetic differences among most of the populations have not been investigated or exploited.
Md. Rasel Uzzaman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy metabolism and partition of lactating Zebu and crossbred Zebu cows in different planes of nutrition

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2018
The aim of this study was to determine the energy metabolism and partition of lactating Gyr and F1 Holstein x Gyr (F1 HxG) cows in different planes of nutrition. Six F1 HxG and six Gyr cows with 130 days in milking (DIM) fed corn silage and concentrate were evaluated.
Pedro Henrique de Araujo Carvalho   +12 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Observations of tear‐drinking by lepidopterans on moose (Alces americanus americanus) in northeastern North America

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 16, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Lepidoptera have long been known to feed on the tears of vertebrates as a presumed source of minerals or nutrients. While this unusual behavior has been observed in a variety of species, only a single previous record has been documented outside of the tropics. Here, we present the first documentation of moths visiting the eyes of a bull moose (
Laurence A. Clarfeld   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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