Search Results - "Mendonça, Livia"
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Profiling Human CD55 Transgene Performance Assist in Selecting Best Suited Specimens and Tissues for Swine Organ Xenotransplantation
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (04-08-2021)“…Xenotransplantation of pig organs receives substantial attention for being comparable to human’s. However, compatibility constraints involving hyper-acute…”
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Organ xenotransplantation acceptance in veterinary students: A multicentric opinion study in Spain
Published in Xenotransplantation (Københaven) (01-09-2023)“…Abstract Background The shortage of available transplant organs has made it necessary to search for alternatives, one of which is xenotransplantation. However,…”
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Oral and Parenteral Vaccination against Escherichia coli in Piglets Results in Different Responses
Published in Animals (Basel) (14-10-2022)“…The available E. coli vaccines involve two main types (inactivated and live non-pathogenic) and two routes of administration (oral and parenteral) but the…”
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Effect of β-Mannanase Addition during Whole Pigs Fattening on Production Yields and Intestinal Health
Published in Animals (Basel) (02-11-2022)“…The presence of β-mannans in feed can produce a futile and chronic immune stimulation in fattening pigs. In this trial, a 1-4-endo-D-β-mannanase was added to…”
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M1 and M3 muscarinic receptors may play a role in the neurotoxicity of anhydroecgonine methyl ester, a cocaine pyrolysis product
Published in Scientific reports (02-12-2015)“…The smoke of crack cocaine contains cocaine and its pyrolysis product, anhydroecgonine methyl ester (AEME). AEME possesses greater neurotoxic potential than…”
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Anhydroecgonine methyl ester (AEME), a cocaine pyrolysis product, impairs glutathione-related enzymes response and increases lipid peroxidation in the hippocampal cell culture
Published in Toxicology reports (01-01-2019)“…•AEME and cocaine decreased GPx, GR and GST activities after 3 and 6 h of exposure.•AEME and cocaine increased MDA after 48 h of exposure.•AEME-cocaine…”
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Veterinary Spanish Students’ Attitude Toward Presumed Consent in Organ Donation
Published in Transplantation proceedings (01-11-2019)“…Veterinarians often are involved in transplantation research projects. They are a fundamental social group who can influence public opinion about organ…”
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Bushmeat consumption and its implications for wildlife conservation in the semi-arid region of Brazil
Published in Regional environmental change (01-08-2016)“…Hunting plays an important socioeconomic role in the semi-arid region of Brazil, by supplying meat and other products. Nevertheless, there is a lack of…”
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Hunting strategies used in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (22-04-2009)“…Hunting for wild animals is stimulated by the many different human uses of faunal resources, and these animals constitute important subsistence items in local…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of human infection by Toxocara canis in Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-07-2011)“…Larva migrans visceral is caused by Toxocara sp and has never been studied in Bahia. This work investigated the prevalence and risk factors for infection by…”
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Haemoparasites in captive birds at Uberlândia zoo, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Published in Bioscience journal (01-01-2021)“…Haemoparasites are one of the most important groups of bird parasites, with emphasis on the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Trypanosoma…”
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Peripheral oxidative stress biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
Published in Journal of Alzheimer's disease (01-01-2011)“…Oxidative stress has been associated with normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, little is known about oxidative stress in mild cognitive…”
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Toxocara seropositivity, atopy and wheezing in children living in poor neighbourhoods in urban Latin American
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2012)“…Toxocara canis and T. cati are parasites of dogs and cats, respectively, that infect humans and cause human toxocariasis. Infection may cause asthma-like…”
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Medicinal animals used in ethnoveterinary practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (10-10-2011)“…Zootherapy is important in various socio-cultural environments, and innumerous examples of the use of animal derived remedies can currently be found in many…”
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Animals to heal animals: ethnoveterinary practices in semiarid region, northeastern Brazil
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (26-11-2009)“…Animal-based remedies constitute an integral part of Traditional Medicine and this is true in Brazil as well both in rural and urban areas of the country. Due…”
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FEIRA DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS DE MONTE CARMELO: RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA DE UM PROJETO DE EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA COM ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO
Published in Revista brasileira de extensão universitária (21-12-2017)“…O Ensino Médio é uma fase em que os estudantes lidam com as expectativas sobre o futuro e ingresso ao Ensino Superior. Assim, atividades extensionistas sobre o…”
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Inactivation of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg Isolated from Pigs by Ozonated Water under Different Conditions
Published in Ozone: science & engineering (04-07-2022)“…Salmonella Heidelberg is frequently associated with diseases transmitted by food of animal origin, so that the cleaning and disinfection of pigs farms are…”
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A zoological catalogue of hunted reptiles in the semiarid region of Brazil
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (30-07-2012)“…The variety of interactions between human cultures and herpetofauna is the subject matter of Ethnoherpetology, a subdivision of Ethnozoology. In the semi-arid…”
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Metaplasticity in the Visual Cortex: Crosstalk Between Visual Experience and Reactive Oxygen Species
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (20-06-2018)“…Metaplasticity is the regulation of synaptic plasticity based on the history of previous synaptic activation. This concept was formulated after observing that…”
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Serological and Molecular Survey of Rickettsial Agents in Wild Boars ( Sus scrofa ) from Midwestern Brazil
Published in Animals (Basel) (31-07-2024)“…Wild boars ( L.) are considered among the most harmful invasive species worldwide, causing irreversible ecosystem damage, acting as zoonotic spreaders and…”
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