ABSTRACT.- Ninety lambs reared on pastures were slaughtered for 2 y corresponding to 3 ages of slaughter:At weaning with 4 mo of age (4M), at 6-7 mo of age (6M), and at 12 mo of age (12M; last treatments were weaned at 4 mo). With the purpose of deseasonalizing high-quality meat lamb production in the year, the present work aimed to achieve hot carcass weight (HCW) of 18?20 kg on average in each lamb group. Hot carcass weight, carcass yield (CYd), subcutaneous tissue depth, leg, frenched rack, and loin weights were determined.

ABSTRACT.- Bee stings (BS) are a life-threatening issue and a growing concern for public health and animals in the Americas. We describe the clinical, pathological, and ultrastructural findings of a massive lethal bee attack in two non-human primates (NHPs). Both animals showed BS scattered throughout the skin, surrounded by a local reaction, diffuse pulmonary congestion, edema, hemorrhage, and remarkable degeneration and necrosis of renal epithelial cells from the proximal and distal tubules, characterizing a systemic bee envenomation reaction. © 2024 Elsevier Ltd

ABSTRACT.- In the summer of 2023, ingestion of Astylus atromaculatus (pollen beetle) was linked to spontaneous fatal disease in grazing cattle and sheep in Argentina and Uruguay. While the disease was experimentally reproduced in sheep and guinea pigs in the 1970's, no experimental reproductions have been attempted in cattle, and controversy exists as to whether this insect is indeed noxious to cattle and at which dose. Here, we demonstrate that A. atromaculatus causes acute fatal disease in Hereford calves at single oral dosages of 2.5, 4.5, 10.0, and 15.0 g of insect/kg body weight.

ABSTRACT.- Residual feed intake (RFI) has become in a widely spread index of feed efficiency. Although most of beef cattle systems in the world are pasture-based, RFI evaluation and research is usually performed in confinement conditions. In this context, residual heat production (RHP) estimated as the difference between actual and expected heat production (HP), could allow to identify efficient animals.

Implications:* The Uruguayan beef industry is moving from a subjective beef carcass grading system to a video image analysis (VIA). Different studies contributed to this. Three Uruguayan Beef Quality Audits showed that 80% of the carcasses received the same muscle conformation and fatness score. This lack of discrimination associated suggested the need to develop a more discriminatory method of sorting carcasses into uniform marketing groups.

Los escarabajos de corteza (Curculionidae:Scolytinae) son plagas forestales relevantes en bosques silvestres y plantados de pináceas a nivel mundial. Son transportados fácilmente en embalajes de madera, causando daños ecológicos o económicos en regiones no nativas. El escarabajo de corteza asiático Cyrtogenius luteus fue reportado en Uruguay en plantaciones de pinos en el año 2009. Con el objetivo de generar herramientas para un manejo específico y efectivo de C. luteus en plantaciones de pinos, se realizaron estudios para identificar su feromona de agregación.