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Bioassays used to assess the efficacy of biodegradation
(2018-01-01)
Many variables are involved in bioremediation process. Therefore, all biodegradation processes must undergo by a sequential tracking, in all steps, to identify and certify the efficacy of intended detoxification. The ...
Cryptosporidiosis in pigeons
(2017-01-01)
Pigeons are widely distributed in the cities, where usually they look for places like hen houses, public parks, school yards, farms and gardens to feed themselves, because at these places there is a lot of food with easy ...
Paracoccidioidomycosis in animals and humans
(2018-06-11)
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most important systemic mycosis in Latin American countries, especially in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Argentina. The disease is caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and P. lutzii, ...
Control program of congenital toxoplasmosis
(2013-12-01)
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by coccidia Toxoplasma gondii, that affects almost all homeothermic animal species, including birds, mammals and also humans. The implementation of control programs including ...
The potential of free-living laelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) as biological control agents
(2015-01-01)
The family Laelapidae includes free-living as well as arthropod, mammal and bird associate forms. The subfamily Hypoaspidinae is the main focus of this chapter given the importance of its members as natural enemies of ...
Sleep patterns in rats
(2015-01-01)
The rat, a mammal of the Rodentia order that encompasses several species with the most ubiquitous being the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the black rat (Rattus rattus), is present in all latitudes of the globe. Thanks ...
Behavior changes in humans with toxoplasmosis
(2017-01-01)
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan responsible for toxoplasmosis, a disease which affects different species of birds and mammals, including men. Felids are the only definitive hosts of this parasite, with ...
Animal Mitochondrial DNA Replication
(2016-01-01)
Recent advances in the field of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication highlight the diversity of both the mechanisms utilized and the structural and functional organization of the proteins at mtDNA replication fork, despite ...