Between 8 and 15 million tons of spent coffee grounds (SCG) are produced as global waste each year. To reduce to landfill, SCG proposed a carbon nutrient source for degraded soils. contain caffeine other toxins that inhibit plant growth. However, they also repel slugs snails. We examined whether partial decomposition can neutralize promote growth while maintaining anti-herbivore properties. age...

Restrictions on the use of synthetic molluscicides highlight importance developing alternative control methods. Nevertheless, biocontrol agents can be costlier and less effective than counterparts. One means increasing efficacy population suppression is to combine inundative biological with habitat management reduce growth target pests. Vineyards in cool, wet climate western England suffer from...

Com a aprovação da Lei 12.305/2010, os trabalhos e ações voltadas para redução de resíduos sólidos ganharam força com isso, diversos consórcios públicos foram criados. Em Sergipe, o Consórcio Público do Agreste Central (CPAC) foi primeira experiência. Por essa razão, este estudo empenhou-se em verificar impactos atuação CPAC quanto ao gerenciamento dos na região. Para tanto, realizada uma pesqu...

A reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatographic analysis combined with a solid-phase extraction clean-up method is used to assess the quantity of diphacinone residue found in invertebrates. Three invertebrate species are exposed to commercially available diphacinone-fortified bait used for rat control. The invertebrate samples are collected, frozen, and shipped to the laboratory. The samples a...

In Brazil, high levels of schistosomiasis mansoni are linked to the presence of the species Biomphalaria glabrata, considered to be the main host of Schistosoma mansoni in endemic areas. This work conducted a survey of 40 endemic municipalities in the State of Alagoas, aiming at identifying this species and its important role in the maintenance of schistosomiasis. Among the municipalities surve...

The goal of this study was to perform a seroepidemiological investigation and to identify risk factors associated with infection of Chlamydophila abortus of sheep herds in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. The study was conducted with samples of 274 ewes with ages equal to or higher than 24 months in 25 herds and in 23 towns located in three regions of the state (Sertão, Agreste and Eastern Alago...

Several species of invertebrate animals have been reported as intermediate or as paratenic hosts for the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Intermediate hosts which have been found naturally infected include: the land snails, Bradybaena stmMaris, Opeas javanicum, Macrochlamys resplendens, Achatina fulica, Pupina complanata, and Subulina octona; the slugs, Deroceras laeve, Vaginalus pleb...