Zoonotic parasites are an increasingly recognised challenge for seafood safety. Anisakid nematodes currently represent the most significant fish‐borne parasitic threat in Atlantic wild fisheries. Recent regional surveys and global syntheses suggest significant increases in the prevalence and intensity of anisakid infections across multiple commercially important fish species, raising concerns for public health, marketability a...

Conventional milk indicators such as somatic cell count (SCC) and pH have limited specificity for monitoring caprine mastitis, particularly under non-antibiotic treatment protocols. This exploratory study evaluated the temporal behavior of milk N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAGase), SCC, total bacterial count (TBC), pH, and selected electrolyte indicators (Na, K, and Na/K ratio) across sequential non-antibiotic phases, includi...

The composition and structure of the helminth fauna in the intestine of the anostomid fish Rhytiodus microlepis was studied during two distinct periods in a floodplain lake in Central Amazonia. Additionally, the tissue damage in the infected intestine caused by the endoparasites was observed. Of the 38 fish analysed, a high prevalence of infection by Digenea (metacercariae) and Acanthocephala (> 90%) was observed; the metacerc...

This study evaluates the diagnostic capability of the Fourier Decomposition Method (FDM) in comparison with the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for diagnosing subseasonal precipitation variability in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), southern Brazil. Time series of 45-day moving averages derived from gridded precipitation estimates from the CHIRPS v2.0 dataset were analyzed across three spatially distinct regional clusters representing dif...

Accurately representing the relationships between nitrogen supply and photosynthesis is crucial for reliably predicting carbon–nitrogen cycle coupling in Earth System Models (ESMs). Most ESMs assume positive correlations amongst soil nitrogen supply, leaf nitrogen content, and photosynthetic capacity. However, leaf photosynthetic nitrogen demand may influence the leaf nitrogen response to soil nitrogen supply; thus, responses...