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Aproximaciones a la deserción universitaria en Chile
(2018)La educación universitaria vespertina, en Chile, ha presentado en los últimos años, un acentuado crecimiento en su matrícula. Sin embargo, la interrupción de los estudios de quienes estudian en este horario de 19 a 23 horas ... -
Bartonella Infection in Stray Dogs from Central and Southern Chile (Linares and Puerto Montt)
(Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2020)Bartonellae are emerging zoonotic vector-borne pathogens causing a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms in humans and animals, including life-threatening endocarditis. Dogs are infected with a wide range of Bartonella species ... -
Blood-Meal Sources and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Coastal and Insular Triatomine Bugs from the Atacama Desert of Chile
(2022-04-08)Mepraia parapatrica is one of the lesser known and less abundant sylvatic triatomine species naturally infected by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. M. parapatrica lives in sympatry ... -
Brucelosis en personas con riesgo ocupacional en clínicas veterinarias de dos ciudades del centro sur de Chile
(2020-11-25)El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la seroprevalencia de Brucella spp en personas con riesgo ocupacional en clínicas veterinarias de dos ciudades del centro sur de Chile (Talca y Puerto Montt). Se analizaron 98 sueros ... -
Burnout syndrome prevalence in veterinarians working in Chile
(2019)Burnout Syndrome is a psycho-emotional syndrome that affects workers in any activity or profession. In recent years, veterinarians have been described as one of the most affected professionals, which has motivated the ... -
Caracterización y evolución temporal de la mortalidad por zoonosis bajo declaración obligatoria, entre los años 1997 y 2018
(2021-07-30)Introducción: Las zoonosis son enfermedades transmitidas desde un hospedador animal al ser humano o viceversa. En Chile, las zoonosis de Notificación Obligatoria (NO) son: brucelosis, carbunco, triquinosis, hidatidosis, ... -
Chilean regulations on metal-polluted soils: The need to advance fromadapting foreign laws towards developing sovereign legislation
(Environmental Research, 2020)Chile as a major international Cu producer faces serious soil contamination issues in mining areas. CurrentlyChile does not have any specific law governing the maximum permissible concentrations of metals in soils toprotect ... -
Clinical presentation and treatment of multifocal epitrichial sweat gland carcinoma in a horse
(2020)Epitrichial gland carcinoma is a very rare type of skin tumour in horses. This report describes a horse presenting multiple nodules with associated normal, alopecic and ulcerated skin diagnosed via histopathology as ... -
Determinación del Efecto de Tres Concetraciones de Aceite Esencial de Eucalipto, para el Control Ecológico de la Varroasis en Colmenas en Producción, en Los Molles, Región de Valparaíso, Chile
(2018)La varroasis es producida por ácaros de la especie Varroa destructor, un ectoparásito que desde hace décadas, ha generado graves problemas a la producción apícola nacional y mundial. El año 1992 se diagnosticó por primera ... -
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Evaluation Of Risk Factors In Agriculture: An Application Of The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) Methodology
(2011)Risk in the agricultural sector has multiple dimensions or factors and prioritization of these can support decision making. On the other hand, knowing the importance of these risk factors for distinct agricultural activities ... -
Evaluation of sustainability and the impact of the agriculture styles of the chilean coastal dry lands
(2017)Agriculture has been progressing continuously, from the use of free natural resources to the fossil fuels as energy sources. Even though agriculture depends mainly on ecosystem resources and services, its development has ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of essential oils of Lavandula angustifolia and Eucalyptus globulus for the control of Varroa destructor in Apis mellifera: A randomised field study
(2022-03-30)Varroa destructor is the most harmful and widespread parasite that spreads disease in bees. Eucalyptus spp essential oils (EOs), has been shown to be effective against V. destructor. Additionally, Lavender spp EOs treatment, ... -
Farmacoterapia de la Obesidad: definiendo una nueva enfermedad
(2021)Para un alto porcentaje de pacientes que no logran controlar su peso con solo cambiar sus hábitos de alimentación y ejercicio, es necesario tener medicamentos que apoyen los cambios en el estilo de vida. Desafortunadamente, ... -
High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity Produces Spontaneous Ventricular Arrhythmias and Increases the Activity of Ryanodine Receptors in Mice
(2018)Ventricular arrhythmias are a common cause of sudden cardiac death, and their occurrence is higher in obese subjects. Abnormal gating of ryanodine receptors (RyR2), the calcium release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, ... -
Impact of Mother Plant Saline Stress on the Agronomical Qualityof Pepper Seeds
(Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)Seed quality has been an important factor in achieving high germination and uniform growth rates in agricultural crops.Meanwhile, pepper plants are moderately sensitive to salt stress at electrical conductivity (EC) in the ... -
Lizards as Silent Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi
(2022-06)We assessed 4 lizard species in Chile for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and 1 species for its ability to transmit the protozoan to uninfected kissing bugs. All lizard species were infected, and ... -
Management of Thermal Injuries in Donkeys: A Case Report
(2020)Burn injuries are uncommon in large animals and there are no reports of these injuries in donkeys. Burns cause local and systemic effects. Extensive thermal injuries can be challenging to manage and the extent of the burn ... -
Metal Ecotoxicity Studies with Artificially Contaminated versus Anthropogenically Contaminated Soils: Literature Review, Methodological Pitfalls and Research Priorities
(Russian Journal of Ecology, 2021)Most ecotoxicological studies on the toxicity of metals in soil are conducted using artificially contaminated soils, i.e., originally uncontaminated soils to which increasing amounts of metals are added in the form of ... -
Polyphasic studies of new species of Diaporthe from native forest in Chile, with descriptions of Diaporthe araucanorum sp. nov., Diaporthe foikelawen sp. nov. and Diaporthe patagonica sp. nov.
(International Journal of Systematic an Evolucionary Microbiology (IJSEM - Microbiology Society), 2020)During a survey of fungi in native forests in Chile, several unidentified isolates of Diaporthe were collected from different hosts. The isolates were characterized based on DNA comparisons, morphology, culture characteristics ...