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Background: Stingless bee honey has great therapeutic potential, especially as an antimicrobial agent. In the present study, we evaluated the in vitro antibacterial potential of honey from Melipona spp. with occurrence in Rio Branco-AC and Xapuri-AC from the Amazonian region.

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Influence of temperature-humidity index on conception rate of Nelore embryos produced in vitro in northern Brazil.

Trop Anim Health Prod

May 2020

Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Paulista State University - UNESP, P.O. Box 18618681, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.

Considering the high temperatures that the tropical climate provides to most of Brazil and the effects of thermal stress on reproductive processes, the objective of the present study was to analyze, in the warmer months of 2016, conception rates of Nelore bovine embryos in Acre state. For this purpose, oocytes were aspirated (ultrasound-guided follicular aspiration), matured, fertilized with Nelore bull semen, cultured for 6 days, and then the embryos were transferred to crossbred recipients. Pregnancy diagnosis was performed 30 and 60 days after embryo transfer.

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