Abstract Inspired by the POLYMOD study, an epidemiological survey was conducted in June 2021 in one of the most densely populated and socially vulnerable sectors of Belo Horizonte (Brazil).A sample of 1000 individuals allowed us to identify, within a 24-hour period, the rates of social contacts by age groups, the size and frequency of clique in whi
Mastitis is a major problem in dairy ad24ce farming.Vaccine prevention of mammary bacterial infections is of particular interest in helping to deal with this issue, all the more so as antibacterial drug inputs in dairy farms must be reduced.Unfortunately, the effectiveness of current vaccines is not satisfactory.In this review, we examine the possi
Migration and dispersal are important ecological and evolutionary processes and understanding them is a requirement for species conservation efforts.Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, the North American equivalent of little owl, A.noctua, is migratory in the northern parts of its range.In copyright their populations have declined dramatically and m
Yezaz A Ghouri, David M Richards, Erik F Rahimi, Joseph T Krill, Katherine A Jelinek, Andrew W DuPont The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA marvos t coils Background: Probiotics are microorganisms that are ingested either in combination or as a single organism in an effort to normalize intestinal microbiota and pote