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Helminth eggs with zoonotic potential in the vicinity of public schools in southern Brazil

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate environmental contamination by helminth eggs with zoonotic potential that were found in dog feces in the vicinity of elementary schools. Seventy-nine samples of dog feces were collected from 28 municipal schools located in five neighborhoods in Pelotas, Rio ...

Phasa: todo sobre la arcilla comestible

Rev. cientif. cienc. med; 23 (2), 2020
La phasa (conocida así entre los pobladores aymaras) es un tipo de arcilla comestible que se encuentra en los suelos, empleada como medicina tradicional en la mayoría de los continentes, principalmente para aliviar o tratar patologías gastrointestinales e infecciones cutáneas. Su consumo se remonta m...

Larva migrans in Votuporanga, São Paulo, Brazil: Where does the danger hide?

Abstract Soil samples collected near municipal schools (public/EMEI and private/EPEI schools), clubs (CLB), public squares (PS) and residential condominiums (CND) and samples of animal faeces from the Zoonosis Control Centre (CCZ) of the municipality of Votuporanga/SP were analysed using the Baermann met...

Sorption and desorption of ametryn in different types of soils

Biosci. j. (Online); 35 (6), 2019
Knowledge of factors related to the dynamics of herbicides in the environment is of fundamental importance to predicting the behavior of herbicides in soils with different attributes, to select appropriate dosages, as well as to avoid harmful effects on the environment and subsequ...

Accumulation of macronutrients in cowpea and weeds in competition and under soil water deficit

Biosci. j. (Online); 35 (6), 2019
The ability of a plant species to succeed in colonization of agroecosystem depends on its efficiency in the use of growth resources even in deficient conditions. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of competition and water deficit in the soil on the accumulation of macronutrients of Vigna ung...

Soil attributes and weed seedbank spatial correlation

Biosci. j. (Online); 35 (6), 2019
The crop yield potential is affected by the crop-weed competition and their control create a dependence on herbicide use who brings, as consequence, soil impacts. Knowing the weed’s spatial distribution on the field is a feasible alternative for improving the crop yield. The goal of this pa...

Synthesis of enriched biochar as a vehicle for phosphorus in tropical soils

Acta amaz; 49 (4), 2019
Phosphorus (P) is one of the nutrients that most limits agricultural productivity, especially in tropical soils. Enriched biochar has been proposed to increase the bioavailability of P and other nutrients in the soil. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the availability of P in phosphate bi...

Eficacia de los antihelmínticos para las parasitosis frecuentes
Efficacy of anthelmintics for frequent parasitosis

Edaphic macrofauna in degradation of animal and vegetable residues

Braz. j. biol; 79 (4), 2019
Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability to degrade organic matter by edaphic macrofauna (worms), carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio and hydrogenation potential (pH) during the vermicomposting process in different organic residues. The treatments were constituted by organic residues of ...

Assessment of wasteland derived biomass for bioethanol production

Background: The bioethanol produced from biomass is a promising alternative fuel. The lignocellulose from marginal areas or wasteland could be a promising raw material for bioethanol production because it is present in large quantities, is cheap, renewable and has favorable environmental properties. Desp...