Publications by authors named "Ricardo Cardoso-Leite"
"Exploring AMH Levels, Homeostasis and Primordial Follicle Activation in Pubertal Infected Sheep on a High Protein Diet ". The first activation wave of ovarian primordial follicles is part of the onset of puberty and fertility. Abomasal helminth infection may cause an undesirable delay in puberty manifestation.
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- The nutritional and physiological state of ewe lambs can affect ovarian health and fertility, particularly during the critical peripubertal growth phase.
- A study fed ewe lambs different protein levels, then infected them with a specific parasite, to see if higher protein would improve ovarian function.
- Results showed that protein supplementation in infected lambs enhanced genetic activation related to follicle development, while non-supplemented lambs had negative effects on reproductive processes, instead showing elevated inflammation and immune responses.
The Neotropical stonefly genus Anacroneuria (Perlidae) is represented by approximately 80 species in Brazil, but the nymphs of only 11 of these species have been associated and described. In this paper, we describe the previously unknown nymph of A. iporanga from Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil and present biological observations for this species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that affects more than 2.5 billion people worldwide. Here, we used the dataset of municipality infestation level from the Brazilian Health Ministry with the aim of building vector distribution models to identify epidemiological hotspots.
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