This study aimed to identify risk factors related to management practices, environmental conditions, and infrastructure characteristics in nursery and growing–finishing pig farms located in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and their association with the rate ratio of pleuritis at slaughter. A prospective observational study was conducted using a structured survey on 159 growing–finishing farms, totaling 162,252 slaughtered...

Environmental relevant concentrations of glyphosate‐based herbicide as 50 µg l −1 , 300 µg l −1 and 1800 µg l −1 can affect sperm quality of yellowtail tetra fish Astyanax lacustris . Viability of sperm cells was impaired at 300 µg l −1 , a concentration that is within legal limits in U.S.A. waterbodies, while motility was impaired at 50 µg l −1 , which is the more stringent limit set in Brazilian law. Therefore, environment p...