This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different concentrate levels and increasing crude protein content in the diet on blood markers of hepatic and renal health in growing lambs. Two experiments were conducted with 64 non-castrated male Santa Inês lambs, four months old, with an initial average weight of 20 ± 1 kg. The lambs were housed in individual pens and fed ad libitum during a 57-days experimental period, with 14-da...

Mycoacaricides represent a promising alternative for managing resistant tick populations. This study evaluated the efficacy of corn oil–based Cordyceps javanica formulations against non-parasitic stages the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus under laboratory and semi-field conditions. Additionally, fungal persistence in soil and possible alterations in soil composition were assessed using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy combin...

Habitat loss can lead to biotic homogenization (decrease in β diversity) or differentiation (increase in β diversity) of biological communities. However, it is unclear which of these ecological processes predominates in human‐modified landscapes. We used data on vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants to quantify β diversity based on species occurrence and abundance among communities in 1367 landscapes with varying amounts of h...