The health of dairy goat herds may be compromised by infections caused by small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) and Mycoplasma agalactiae , particularly under coinfection conditions. This study investigated a dairy goat herd composed of 38 animals with a history of joint enlargement and reduced milk production in Northeastern Brazil. Clinical, serological, molecular, and phylogenetic analyses were performed using blood, milk, syn...

We report here the first record of a crab-eating raccoon ( Procyon cancrivorus ) at Las Baulas Marine National Park, Guanacaste Province, northwest Costa Rica. We obtained repeated camera-trap detections at multiple sites between 2021 and 2025, indicating that the species occurs farther north than previously documented, consistent with a potential northward range expansion. We recorded 70 independent detections of crab-eating...

Introduction The increasing accumulation of Sargassum spp., primarily S. fluitans and S. natans , along Caribbean coastlines has become an environmental and economic challenge. These brown macroalgae are rich in high-value pigments with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer potential; however, conventional extraction methods rely on toxic organic solvents. This study evaluated ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) usin...

Background Urban greenspaces have the potential to mitigate urban carbon footprints by storing soil organic carbon (SOC). Different management and plant communities associated with different types of urban greenspaces may hold contrasting SOC, as well as different proportions of particulate (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC). In addition, management could outweigh the effects of climate or soil properties as dr...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a component of polycarbonates used to manufacture plastic reusable bottles and miscellaneous containers; it is a constituent of epoxy resins used for the internal coating of beverage cans. Humans are mainly exposed by ingesting contaminated food and beverages. Experimental and human studies reported diverse health problems associated with BPA. Our objectives were to measure free (FBPA) and total (TBPA) uri...

Aims Plant community dynamics are influenced by interspecific interactions. Previous studies have shown that soil organisms play a key role in such interactions, but few studies have quantified soil fauna contributions. Methods We investigated the effects of root lesion (RLN) and bacterial feeding (BFN) nematodes on the interaction between seedlings of nitrogen-(N)-fixing tree species of Acacia and non-fixing Banksia from earl...