Antimicrobial susceptibility assessment of Campylobacter on outdoor iberian pig sows

Both Campylobacter and Salmonella are considered the most frequent bacterial causes of human enteritis in industrialized countries. The consumption of raw or undercooked poultry and pork contaminated meat products are the main sources of human infection. The prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella was determined in the present work for extensive production Iberian pig sows, Sus mediterraneus. Samples were collected at the maternity area of a creator from, water drinkers, feed and feed containers as well as from sows faecal matter. Of 42 samples, 31 and 23 carried Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. respectively. Only Salmonella spp. was found in all 3 tested water and feed containers. Of the 58 isolated Campylobacter strains only one was identified, by multiplex-PCR, as Campylobacter jejuni, all other were C. coli. Antibiotic susceptibility was performed by disc diffusion method with Nalidixic acid, Ciprofloxacin, Erythromycin, Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol and Ampicilin. While 95% of the tested strains were susceptible to chloramphenicol, 66% and 53% were resistant to the tested fluoroquinolones, Ciprofloxacin and Nalidixic acid respectively. Erythromycin resistance was fairly low in comparison to previous publications with 14% of resistant strains. 38% were resistant to Tetracycline and 57% to Ampicilin. Seven of the 58 Campylobacter strains were entirely susceptible and none were resistant to all the antimicrobials tested. Multiple drug resistance was found in 88% of strains. Cross contamination may occur between sows inside maternity facilities and piglets may become infected in an early age by their mothers. New and better control measures are therefore necessary to minimize transmission between animals reducing the number of contaminated individuals and the potential transmission to human handlers and consumers

On the integrability of the SU(N) Hubbard model

We exhibit explicitly the intertwiner operator for the monodromy matrices of the recent proposed SU(N) Hubbard model [5]. This produces a new family of non-additive R-matrices and generalizes an earlier result by Shastry [2].Comment: 4 page

Bethe ansatz solution of the Osp(1∣2n)Osp(1|2n) invariant spin chain

We have applied the analytical Bethe ansatz approach in order to solve the $Osp(1|2n)$ invariant magnet. By using the Bethe ansatz equations we have calculated the ground state energy and the low-lying dispersion relation. The finite size properties indicate that the model has a central charge $c=n$.Comment: 9 page

The algebraic Bethe ansatz for rational braid-monoid lattice models

In this paper we study isotropic integrable systems based on the braid-monoid algebra. These systems constitute a large family of rational multistate vertex models and are realized in terms of the B_n, C_n and D_n Lie algebra and by the superalgebra Osp(n|2m). We present a unified formulation of the quantum inverse scattering method for many of these lattice models. The appropriate fundamental commutation rules are found, allowing us to construct the eigenvectors and the eigenvalues of the transfer matrix associated to the B_n, C_n, D_n, Osp(2n-1|2), Osp(2|2n-2), Osp(2n-2|2) and Osp(1|2n) models. The corresponding Bethe Ansatz equations can be formulated in terms of the root structure of the underlying algebra.Comment: plain latex, 48 pages, 1 figure (under request

Feeding behaviour of Barbus Bocagei assessed under a spatio-temporal approach

The feeding behaviour of Barbus bocagei was assessed in a lowland system by a two years survey Of two contrasting sites also talking into account, for the first time diurnal changes of fish diet and benthos availability

Cosmic Numbers: A Physical Classification for Cosmological Models

We introduce the notion of the cosmic numbers of a cosmological model, and discuss how they can be used to naturally classify models according to their ability to solve some of the problems of the standard cosmological model.Comment: 3 pages, no figures. v2: Two references added, cosmetic changes. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D (Brief reports

Biogas production by anaerobic codigestion using kiwi waste and wine sludge

Considering a large generation of wastes, the anaerobic codigestion (AcoD) is an alternative to transform two or more types of organic waste in energy and biofertilizer. To test the biogas production potential using kiwi waste and wine sludge, two AD assays with each substrate isolated and AcoD with four different substrate proportion was realized, using as inoculum sludge from a septic tank. The experimental was realized during 19 days in batch reactor (250 mL). Among digestion results, kiwi waste had de best result, being 27.0 mLN gVS-1 of biogas. The most satisfactory value in AcoD was 40.5 mLN g VS-1 of biogas, from treatment with 0.5 g kiwi and 3.3 g wine sludge. The AcoD test produced 16 mLN gVS-1 of biogas more than ADinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Genetic and virulence characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from pigeons in Lisbon region

habitat with cats and humans, bands are observed in recreational areas such as urban parks, playgrounds and parks. The interaction between cats, birds and human population is quite evident favoring the fecal-oral transmission of T. gondii between the definitive host and intermediate hosts, in the urban cycle of the parasite. The results of the inoculation in vivo of the brain homogenates showed pigeon isolation rates (58.5%) significantly higher when compared with previous studies, including the preliminary study in 2006 that the isolation rate in mice was 39,1% (9/23) (Waap 2008) and another that was not achieved any isolation in mouse (Godoi 2010). The genotypic analysis revealed a majority of strains of type II, which is consistent with what has been described in Portugal, the rest of Europe and the USA (Ajzenberg 2005, Fazaeli 2000, Honoré 2000, Howe 1997, Waap 2008) . We also isolated strains of type III and type I. The identification of type III strains in animals have been reported by other authors, but the type I have been rarely found in animals has not been previously described in Portugal except in a preliminary study of our team at the 2008 (Waap 2008). The type I strains are usually associated with high virulence in laboratory mice, leading to death within days. This strain was identified by molecular biology and has not been isolated in vivo. The difficulty in isolation of strain may be related to the small number of cysts of the type I strains can develop, these type strains are considered low cystogenic. Genetic characterization of strains of T. gondii is far from its terminus, more sequences of different genes should be studied to help the understanding of the molecular epidemiology and genetic characterization of T. gondii, a relevant parasite for which these data are lacking. The combination of data from humans and animals, through the use of high resolution genetic characterization should improve our perceptive of T. gondii, which will be ultimately beneficial for the control of T. gondii transmission

Exact solution and finite size properties of the Uq[osp(2∣2m)]U_{q}[osp(2|2m)] vertex model

We have diagonalized the transfer matrix of the $U_{q}[osp(2|2m)]$ vertex model by means of the algebraic Bethe ansatz method for a variety of grading possibilities. This allowed us to investigate the thermodynamic limit as well as the finite size properties of the corresponding spin chain in the massless regime. The leading behaviour of the finite size corrections to the spectrum is conjectured for arbitrary $m$. For $m=1$ we find a critical line with central charge $c=-1$ whose exponents vary continuously with the $q$-deformation parameter. For $m\geq 2$ the finite size term related to the conformal anomaly depends on the anisotropy which indicates a multicritical behaviour typical of loop models.Comment: 40 pages, 8 figures, late

New R-matrices from Representations of Braid-Monoid Algebras based on Superalgebras

In this paper we discuss representations of the Birman-Wenzl-Murakami algebra as well as of its dilute extension containing several free parameters. These representations are based on superalgebras and their baxterizations permit us to derive novel trigonometric solutions of the graded Yang-Baxter equation. In this way we obtain the multiparametric $R$-matrices associated to the $U_q[sl(r|2m)^{(2)}]$, $U_q[osp(r|2m)^{(1)}]$ and $U_q[osp(r=2n|2m)^{(2)}]$ quantum symmetries. Two other families of multiparametric $R$-matrices not predicted before within the context of quantum superalgebras are also presented. The latter systems are indeed non-trivial generalizations of the $U_q[D^{(2)}_{n+1}]$ vertex model when both distinct edge variables statistics and extra free-parameters are admissible.Comment: 26 page