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Family farming systems are widespread in tropical cocoa production, supporting rural livelihoods while providing ecosystem services such as carbon storage and soil protection. However, farm structure and crop diversity a...

The family farm is a unique institution where the farm household balances family members’ needs with farm business demands. Building on the farm household model, this study identifies and characterizes distinct farmer ...

Glyphosate (GLY) is the most widely used herbicide worldwide. However, in organic and conventional farming systems, a natural alternative — nonanoic (pelargonic) acid (PA) — is gaining importance. PA is a non-selecti...

Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus is the most commonly isolated bacterial species from ovine mastitis. Previous studies have mainly focused on dairy sheep, whereas knowledge about S. aureus in sheep kept for mutt...

Background and Aim: Hematological assessment is a fundamental tool for evaluating fish health, yet its application in teleost species remains constrained by the reliance on manual methods because of the presence of nucle...

Abstract The use of animal-borne devices to measure acceleration has yielded insights into animal locomotion, behaviour and energy expenditure. We present the first systematic review of accelerometry on animals, spanning...

Abstract Background Pestiviruses such as bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) or the ovine border disease virus (BDV) are not strictly species-specific and can be transmitted between related animal species. Due to serologi...

Abstract Background Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3) have emerged as significant pathogens jeopardizing the swine industry in China in recent years, and caused substantial economic lo...

Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.) is a critical crop for food security and economic well-being in Uganda, yet yields remain below the threshold among smallholder farmers (2–3 t/ha). This is attributed to nutrient-depleted f...