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The effects of different immunocastration protocols on meat quality traits and ...
Botelho-Fontela, Sofia; Paixão, Gustavo; Pereira-Pinto, Ricardo; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Pires, Maria A.; Payan-Carreira, Rita; Patarata, LuísImmunocastration can be an alternative to surgical castration in Bísaro pigs when there is a need to keep animals on the farm until at least 8 months old. As an autochthonous breed, some particularities must be addressed when doing immunocastration, for which 3 different protocols were tested and two control groups were made with surgically castrated males (SC) and boars (Bo). Two protocols were made in prepube...
Neurological lesions in cervids: a study in Portugal
Pires, Maria A.; Macêdo, J.; Seixas, Fernanda; Gama, Adelina; Alves, Anabela; Pinto, Maria de Lurdes; Pires, Isabel; Matos, Ana Cristina; Figueira, LuisBrain samples were collected within the project "CWD Risk in Portugal", profiOng the infecOous diseases epidemiological surveillance and screening of chronic wasOng disease (CWD) during cervids hunts. The literature on wild animals´ neuropathological lesions is scarse. This work aims to describe the neuropathological findings in samples collected in deer hunted in Portugal.
Dietary inclusion of IMTA-cultivated Gracilaria vermiculophylla in rainbow trou...
Araújo, Mariana; Rema, Paulo; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Cunha, Luís M.; Peixoto, Maria João; Pires, Maria A.; Seixas, Fernanda; Brotas, VandaDietary inclusion of IMTA-cultivated Gracilaria vermiculophylla was evaluated in rainbow trout. Growth and feed efficiency were determined in fish fed 0 % (CTRL), 5 % (G5), and 10 % (G10) of the red seaweed for 91 days. Carotenoid concentration (skin and muscle), immunological parameters, and intestinal morphology were also evaluated. G10 group showed the lowest final body weight, with feed and protein efficien...
Interleukin-6 gene -174G > C and -636G > C promoter polymorphisms and prostate ...
Magalhaes, J. F.; Cortinhas, A. J.; Albuquerque, C. M.; Baptista, C. S.; Ribeiro, R.; Viegas, Carlos; Matos, Augusto; Machado, Joao; Pires, Maria A.
Interleukin-6 gene -174G>C and -636G>C promoter polymorphisms and prostate canc...
Magalhães, J. F.; Cortinhas, A. J.; Albuquerque, C. M.; Baptista, C. S.; Ribeiro, R.; Viegas, Carlos A.; Matos, Augusto; Machado, João; Pires, Maria A.Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed internal malignancies affecting men. Due to the important roles of IL-6 in different physiological and pathophysiological processes,IL-6polymorphisms may modulate PCa risk.IL-6−174 G>C (rs 1800795, also designated −236 G>C) and −636 G>C (rs 1800796, also designated −572 G>C) promoter polymorphisms have been implicated in PCa susceptibility, albeit stil...