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In order to evaluate the microbiological quality of broiler chickens produced in Minas Gerais State, 240 samples of broiler carcasses from the five regions of the Minas Gerais State were collected, by official inspection services, for one year. The samples were submitted to counts of total and thermotolerant coliforms, coagulase-positive and negative Staphylococcus, besides Campylobacter spp., Listeria monocytogenes, E.coli O157:H7, and Salmonella spp. resource. The results showed the presence of total and thermotolerant coliforms in 34.2% and 13.5% of broiler carcasses evaluated, respectively. All tested samples were positive for Staphylococcus spp., 9.1% for Salmonella spp., 15.5% for Listeria monocytogenes, and 2.1% for Campylobacter spp. E.coli O157:H7 was not isolated from the samples.

RESUMO Davilla kunthii A. St. –Hil. (Dilleniaceae) tem ampla distribuição vegetal. Sua família agrega uma quantidade significativa de novas substâncias, bem como importantes atividades biológicas. O uso mais comum é na medicina alternativa para combater algumas doenças, mas estudos comprovam diferentes atividades biológicas de interesse farmacológico. A literatura sobre a bioatividade de D. kunthii é incipiente. Por esta razão, os objetivos deste trabalho se concentraram em verificar os efeitos biológicos do extrato das folhas de D. kunthii, através de bioensaios frente a microrganismos patógenos Escherichia coli, Salmonella tiphymurium (bactérias gram-negativa), Staphylococcus aureus e Streptococcus sanguinis (bactérias gram-positiva), ao fungo tipo levedura Candida albicans e aos fungos filamentosos Aspergillus flavus e Fusarium proliferatum. A pesquisa verificou ainda a atividade redutora da enzima de acetilcolinesterase, e, também, foi observada a atividade antioxidante via DPPH (2,2-difenil-1-picril-hidrazila) e de toxicidade frente ao microcrustáceo A. salina. Os resultados apontaram significativas atividades antioxidante, antimicrobiano, atingindo até 90% de inibição sobre a levedura C. albicans em todas as concentrações. ABSTRACT Davilla kunthii A. St. -Hil. (Dilleniaceae) has wide plant distribution. His family adds a significant amount of new substances as well as important biological activities. The most common use is in alternative medicine to fight some diseases, but studies show different biological activities of pharmacological interest. The literature on the bioactivity of D. kunthii is incipient. For this reason, the objectives of this work are to verify the biological effects of extract from the leaves of D. kunthii through bioassays against pathogenic microorganisms Escherichia coli, Salmonella tiphymurium (gram-negative bacteria), Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus sanguinis (bacteria Gram-positive), the fungus-type yeast Candida albicans and filamentous fungi Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium proliferatum. And check the reducing activity of acetylcholinesterase enzyme, and also observed the antioxidant activity via DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hidrazila) and toxicity against microcrustacean A. saline. The results showed significant antioxidant activity, antimicrobial, reaching 90% inhibition of the yeast C. albicans at all concentrations.

A fim de prever o potencial de lixiviação e degradação de um herbicida, bem como a eficiência no controle das plantas daninhas, é essencial conhecer os processos de retenção dessa molécula no solo. Neste trabalho, avaliou-se a lixiviação do fomesafen em quatro solos: Cambissolo, Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo com pH corrigido e original, Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo e Organossolo. Para isso, foram utilizados bioensaios, empregando-se o híbrido de sorgo BRS655 como planta indicadora da presença do fomesafen. Os solos foram acondicionados em colunas de PVC de 10 cm de diâmetro por 50 cm de comprimento, marcadas e seccionadas a cada 5 cm de distância. Aplicou-se o herbicida fomesafen no topo das colunas, na dose de 500 g ha-1 do fomesafen. Após 12 horas procedeu-se à simulação de chuva, com aplicação de uma lâmina de água de 80 mm. Realizaram-se avaliações de intoxicação das plantas e colheita da parte aérea, para determinação da matéria seca aos 21 dias após a semeadura do sorgo em cada coluna. A ordem decrescente de lixiviação foi: Cambissolo > Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo, pH corrigido > Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo, pH original > Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo > Organossolo. Os fatores que mais afetaram a lixiviação, em ordem decrescente de importância, foram o teor de matéria orgânica, a textura e o pH do solo. To obtain an estimate of a herbicide's potential for leaching and degradation, as well as its weed control efficiency, it is essential to understand its retention processes in the soil. This work evaluated fomesafen leaching in four soils: Inceptisol, Latosol with original and corrected pH, Ultisol and Histosol. Thus, bioassays were carried out using the sorghum hybrid BRS655 as indicator of the presence of fomesafen in soils. The soils were packed in PVC columns of 10cm diameter and 50cm in length, marked and sectioned every 5cm apart. Fomesafen was applied at the top of the columns, at a dose of 500gha-1 Rainfall was simulated 12 hours later, by applying a level of water of 80 mm. Plant poisoning evaluations and aerial part harvest were performed to determine shoot dry matter at 21days after sowing sorghum in the soil of each column. The decreasing leaching order was: Inceptisol > Latosol, corrected pH > Latosol, original pH > Ultisol > Histosol. The factors that most affected leaching in a decreasing order of importance were: organic matter content, soil texture, and soil pH.

Um dos fatores que afetam o desenvolvimento da planta da mandioca é o controle inadequado das plantas daninhas. Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o desenvolvimento da cultura de mandioca sob interferência de plantas daninhas. Foram realizados dois experimentos: no primeiro, os tratamentos foram compostos por períodos de convivência da cultura da mandioca com as plantas daninhas por 25, 50, 75, 100 e 125 dias após plantio e, no segundo, as plantas de mandioca permaneceram livres das plantas daninhas pelos mesmos períodos preestabelecidos. Avaliações de altura de plantas e diâmetro de caule foram realizadas aos 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325 e 350 dias após o plantio. Nas colheitas dos experimentos, realizadas aos 330 dias após plantio, avaliou-se o número e o diâmetro das raízes por planta. A convivência por intervalo igual ou superior a 50 dias após o plantio reduziu o diâmetro de caule e a altura das plantas de mandioca, assim como o número e comprimento de raízes tuberosas. O controle das plantas daninhas nessa cultura deve ser iniciado em torno de 25 dias após o plantio. One of the factors affecting the development of the cassava plant is the inadequate control of weeds. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate the development of the cassava plant under weed interference during different coexistence periods. Two experiments were installed in adjacent areas, in Viçosa, Minas Gerais - Brazil. In the first experiment, the treatments consisted of different periods of coexistence between the cassava culture and the weeds (25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 days after planting). In the second experiment, the cassava plants remained weed-free for the same pre-established periods. For both experiments, the 1.0 x 0.5 m spacing was adopted, being the useful portion area constituted by the two central lines, with 1.0 m being left at each extremity as front borders, adding 8.0 m2 up. Plant height and stem diameter were evaluated twelve times after planting at: 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325 and 350 days. Plant number, root length and diameter evaluations were carried out 12 months after planting. Coexistence equal or superior to 50 day interval after planting caused drastic reduction in the stem diameter and height of the cassava plants. Weed control in cassava crop should be initiated around 25 days after planting.

The cells of the myelo id, lymphoid , and erythroid lineage s of the bone marrow were quantified in rats with hypo and hyperthyroidism. Fifteen Wistar rats were divided into three groups: hypothyroid (n=5), hyperthyroid (n=5) , and control (n=5). Three months after the onset of the treatment s, euthanasia was performed . Bone marrow was aspirated from femurs of each animal to perform smear s that were stained with Quick Panoptic. T he percentage s of rubroblast, prorubrocyte, metarubrocyte, myeloblast, promyelocytes, metamyelocytes, myel ocytes, segmented, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells and monocytes in were determined a total of 500 cells. The bone marrow of animals with hypothyroidism had hypoplasia. The myeloid:erythroid ratio was higher in animals with thyroid dysfun ction. In hypo and hyperthyroidism, there was a significant reduction of the percentage of rubrocyte, metarubrocyte , and lymphocytes and increase of myelocytes and segmented cells. In hypothyroidism, there was a significant increase in the percentage of me tamyelocytes. It is c oncluded that both hypo and hyperfunction of thyroid increase the myeloid:erythroid ratio by increasing the number of cells of the myeloid lineage and reducing the cells of the erythroid lineage.