MICRONUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN RELATION TO SOIL PROPERTIES IN ARABLE SOILS OF RIGACHIKUN-KADUNA, NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANNAH, NIGERIA by Sunday Nathaniel Obasi, Grace E. Jokthan, Chiamaka Chinasa Obasi, Chike Onyeka Madueke

“…Activities that will conserve organic matter such as accumulation of litter from harvested crops and alternative means of cattle rearing such ranching rather than freelance grazing should be employed, as efforts to replenish micronutrients through fertilization has not yielded the desired results.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbial Community Structure of Three Tropical Sea Cucumber Species by Yanan Wang, Yue Zhang, Chenghao Jia, Qiang Xu, Yun Rong, Zening Xu, Yuanhang Wang, Fei Gao

“…These findings may provide basic data for tropical sea cucumber gut microflora studies and assist in the sea ranching and aquaculture development of the tropical sea cucumber species.…”
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Family Farmers to Foreign Fieldhands: Consolidation of Canadian Agriculture and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program by Robert Falconer

“…Some people, including policy-makers, might be tempted into believing that perhaps the two problems can solve each other, by deploying Canadian workers to the farms, ranches and food-processing plants to fill the jobs that would normally go to TFWs. …”
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A rangeland management-oriented approach to map dry savanna − Woodland mosaics by Vera De Cauwer, Marie-Pascale Colace, John Mendelsohn, Telmo Antonio, Cornelis Van Der Waal

“…Land managers need detailed vegetation information, especially as tropical savannas often support extensive ranching systems or wildlife-based tourism and face specific challenges such as bush thickening, drought, bushfires and, in Africa, browsing by large game. …”
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Epidemiology of Emergent Madariaga Encephalitis in a Region with Endemic Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: Initial Host Studies and Human Cross-Sectional Study in Darien, Panama. by Amy Y Vittor, Blas Armien, Publio Gonzalez, Jean-Paul Carrera, Claudia Dominguez, Anayansi Valderrama, Greg E Glass, Davis Beltran, Julio Cisneros, Eryu Wang, Alex Castillo, Brechla Moreno, Scott C Weaver

“…MADV seropositivity was positively associated with cattle ranching, farming, and fishing. Having VEEV antibodies and shrubs near the house diminished risk. …”
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Role of benzoic and salicylic acids in the immunization of oil palm seedlings-challenged by Ganoderma boninense by Surendran, Arthyv, Siddiqui, Yasmeen, Manickam, Sivakumar, Ali, Asgar

“…This study would pave the way towards a new management strategy to replace the chemical controls by naturally occurring phenolic compounds to control BSR effectively in oil palm ranches.…”
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The ineffectiveness of current environmental and fire policies in the world’s largest wetland by Lucas Barros-Rosa, Luiza Moura Peluso, Priscila Lemes, Mark Stephen Johnson, Higo José Dalmagro, Cátia Nunes da Cunha, Paulo Henrique Zanella de Arruda, Lúcia Mateus, Jerry Penha

“…We used LULC data from 1985–2022 to estimate changes in water, native vegetation, exotic grasslands, and areas that could be converted to exotic grasslands for cattle ranching under state Decree N°.774/2024. We analyzed water coverage trends, including riparian preservation areas (RPAs) protected by federal law N°.12651/2012. …”
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The end of gunpoint conservation: forest disturbance after the Colombian peace agreement by Paulo J. Murillo-Sandoval, Kristina Van Dexter, Jamon Van Den Hoek, David Wrathall, Robert Kennedy

“…We find that following the peace agreement and the withdrawal of FARC, key actors ( viz. drug cartels, large landowners, campesinos and dissidents) with expectations of favorable land tenure policies swept into the region; this led to increases in large-scale cattle ranching, coca cultivation dispersal, and speculative illegal land markets each of which contributed to the widespread forest disturbance that we mapped. …”
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Effects of delivery via pressure-adjustable pneumatic gas-powered dart gun of three antimicrobial drugs (ceftiofur crystalline free acid, tildopirosin, and tulathromycin) on drug d... by Thomas B. Hairgrove, Virginia Fajt, Ronald Gill, Rhonda Miller, Michael Miller, Travis Mays

“…Background Although Beef Quality Assurance guidelines do not recommend use of darting methods to deliver drugs, cattle in the US may be raised on farms and ranches without restraint facilities, and reports from the field suggest that dart guns are being used to deliver antimicrobial drugs. …”
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Green electricity generation from biogas of cattle manure: An assessment of potential and feasibility in Pakistan by Muhammad Arshad, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Rahman Qadir, Mudassir Hussain Tahir, Ans Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Hesham Alhumade, Hesham Alhumade, Nasrullah Khan

“…At the farm level, 100 cattle ranches with 60% collected manure can create roughly 57% of their total consumed electricity. …”
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Identification of volatile organic compounds and formulation of white-nest swiftlet (aerodramus fuciphagus) aroma attractant by Nik Fatin Nabilah, Muhammad Nordin

“…This research provides much beneficial information regarding the use of attractant aroma toward the success of swiftlet ranching in Malaysia and increasing productivity of the EBN industry.…”
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Analysis multitemporal of the soil use and occupation between 1987 and 2004 in the northern urban expansion zone of Londrina- PR, using Remote Sensing (SR) and the Geographical Inf... by Amarildo Souza de Paula, Rigoberto Lazaro Prieto Cainzos, Omar Neto Fernandes Barros, Ricardo Ralisch

“…The results are presented in thematic maps showing qualitatively and quantitatively the real condition of use and occupation of land, noting that the region is not being environmentally preserved according to the established laws because its forest cover has less than 20% of forests, the minimum required by law. The urban area and ranches had an increasing advance, confirming the trend of land use in the region for the unplanned way urban occupation. …”
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Estimating thermohaline structures in the tropical Indian Ocean from surface parameters using an improved CNN model by Jifeng Qi, Jifeng Qi, Jifeng Qi, Bowen Xie, Delei Li, Delei Li, Jianwei Chi, Baoshu Yin, Baoshu Yin, Baoshu Yin, Baoshu Yin, Guimin Sun

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Virulence pattern of circulating aeromonads isolated from farmed Nile tilapia in Tanzania and novel antibiotic free attenuation of Aeromonas hydrophila strain TZR7-2018 by Alexanda Mzula, Philemon N. Wambura, Robinson H. Mdegela, Gabriel M. Shirima

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Modelling pre-Hispanic settlement patterns in Alto de Toche, Colombia by César Augusto Velandia, Daniel Ramírez, Jhony Carvajal, David Bejarano

“…The resulting terrain model facilitates a non-invasive previous prospection for fieldwork planning and a more feasible knowledge of accessibility, due to on-site transit difficulties (steep slopes and very unstable soil due to cattle ranching). Finally, the terrain model was uploaded in an easy-to-access ArcGIS-online web application for sharing with community stakeholders and visiting scientists.…”
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Automated High-Resolution Time Series Mapping of Mangrove Forests Damaged by Hurricane Irma in Southwest Florida by Matthew J. McCarthy, Brita Jessen, Michael J. Barry, Marissa Figueroa, Jessica McIntosh, Tylar Murray, Jill Schmid, Frank E. Muller-Karger

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Brotes de babesiosis y anaplasmosis bovina diagnosticados en el INTA Salta, Argentina: período 2006-2016 by ARAOZ V, MICHELOUD JF, GAIDO AB, SALATIN AO, AGUIRRE DH

“…Outbreaks were diagnosed at 62 different cattle ranches in four provinces (Salta, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero and Chaco). …”
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Exploring the genetic control of sweat gland characteristics in beef cattle for enhanced heat tolerance by Aakilah S. Hernandez, Gabriel A. Zayas, Eduardo E. Rodriguez, Kaitlyn M. Sarlo Davila, Fahad Rafiq, Andrea N. Nunez, Cristiane Gonçalves Titto, Raluca G. Mateescu

“…Methods This study used 2,401 Brangus cattle from two commercial ranches in Florida. Precise phenotypes that contribute to an animal’s ability to manage heat stress were calculated from skin biopsies and included sweat gland area, sweat gland depth, and sweat gland length. …”
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Impacts of El Niño on the South China Sea surface salinity as seen from satellites by Jifeng Qi, Yan Du, Jianwei Chi, Daling Li Yi, Delei Li, Baoshu Yin

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Seasonal growth of "algodão-bravo" (Ipomoea carnea spp. fistulosa) Crescimento sazonal do "algodão-bravo" (Ipomoea carnea spp. fistulosa) by Rainer Haase

“…Ipomoea carnea spp. fistulosa, a native woody perennial, is capable of spreading rapidly over seasonally flooded grassland in the Brazilian Pantanal, South America's largest wetland, thus conflicting with the local cattle ranching. I. carnea is controlled by mowing at the onset of the rainy season, as close as possible before the seasonal flooding. …”
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