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Uso de complexo homeopático no tratamento e controle de carrapatos em vacas com aptidão leiteira: relato de caso em três propriedades de agricultura familiar

A homeopatia é uma medicina alternativa utilizada para tratamento de enfermidades, na área veterinária é utilizada no controle de ectoparasitas. Um dos ectoparasitas que causam grande prejuízo econômico a pecuária brasileira, principalmente ao gado leiteiro é o carrapato-bovino, Rhipicephalus (Bo...

Epidemiological study of bee stings in the state of Paraiba, Northeastern Brazil, from 2015 to 2019

ABCS health sci; 48 (), 2023
INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, envenomation by bee sting is a public health problem due to its incidence in all regions of the country, as well as the severity of cases. Despite the medical and sanitary importance, the literature on this topic in Brazil is scarce, in the Northeast region. OBJECTIVE: To describ...

Apicultura na Amazônia brasileira: revisão sistemática de literatura, 2000 - 2022

As abelhas africanas (Apis mellifera scutellata) foram introduzidas no Brasil na década de 1950 e, por acidente, cruzaram com outras subespécies de abelhas melíferas europeias. Isso proporcionou o surgimento de híbridos conhecidos atualmente como abelhas africanizadas, que possuem características de...

Distribution pattern of arthropods on the leaf surfaces of Acacia auriculiformis saplings

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex Benth. (Fabaceae), a non-native pioneer species in Brazil with fast growth and rusticity, is used in restoration programs. Our goal was to assess during a 24-month survey the pattern of arthropods (phytophagous insects, bees, spiders, and predator insects) on th...

Variations in nutritional profile of honey produced by various species of genus Apis

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract The medicinal attributes of honey appears to overshadow its importance as a functional food. Consequently, several literatures are rife with ancient uses of honey as complementary and alternative medicine, with relevance to modern day health care, supported by evidence-based clinical data, with ...

Honey as a bioindicator of environmental organochlorine insecticides contamination

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract Honey is a suitable matrix for the evaluation of environmental contaminants including organochlorine insecticides. The present study was conducted to evaluate residues of fifteen organochlorine insecticides in honey samples of unifloral and multifloral origins from Dir, Pakistan. Honey samples (...

Arthropod fauna on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces of Acacia mangium (Fabaceae) leaves

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract Acacia mangium (Willd., 1806) (Fabales: Fabaceae) is a fast growing, rustic, pioneer species, with potential to fix nitrogen, and for programs to recover degraded areas. The objective was to evaluate the distribution and the functional diversity of interactions and the K-dominance of arthropod g...

Disponibilidad y utilización de los recursos poliníferos por Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) en el este de las Yungas de Jujuy (Argentina)

Rev. biol. trop; 70 (1), 2022
Resumen Introducción: El conocimiento de la riqueza vegetal y la estacionalidad alrededor de los apiarios de Apis mellifera es una herramienta de planificación indispensable para los apicultores. Debe incluir la disponibilidad de recursos, las preferencias alimenticias y el comportamiento de búsqueda ...

Effects of Solar Drying on the Structural and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Bee Pollen

Vitae (Medellín); 29 (3), 2022
Background: Bee pollen is a natural product collected and transformed by bees, intended for human consumption, given its nutritional and bioactive richness. The fundamental operation of adequacy is drying, which allows its preservation, avoiding chemical or microbiological degradation, typic...

Mapa de evidências sobre a efetividade clínica da Apiterapia: informe executivo
Evidence map on the clinical effectiveness of Apitherapy: executive report

Este Mapa é parte de uma série de Mapas de Evidências sobre aplicação clínica das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares da Saúde (PICS), que estão na Política Nacional de Práticas Integrativas e Complementares (PNPIC). A partir de uma ampla busca bibliográfica (PubMed, BVS e CINAHL) foram in...