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An important canine virus that are spread among the dog population is the canine distemper virus (CDV) which affects domestic and wild animals all over the world, particularly due to the fact that it passes the species. Canine distemper virus is an important veterinary issue in areas with a high number of dogs that are not vaccinated against the virus and also where the disease is present in wild animals. A useful tule in diagnosis of this disease is the real time PCR that can detect the viral genome from oral swabs, ocular swabs, LCR (cerebrospinal fluid), feces or urine, depending on the clinical stage of the disease. This paper presents a reviewed analysis of three case-studies conducted by the Universities of Bari (Italy), Liège (Belgium) and Pécs (Hungary) concerning clinical manifestations of the infection with the Canine Distemper Virus and the efficiency of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests in the detection of viral RNA. The emergence of CDV cases in wildlife is also explored, as is the opportunity of vaccination against CDV infection as a means of protecting domestic dogs in shelters and homes.
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University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Reviewed Comparative Analysis of Three Case-Studies Using RT-PCR to Detect Canine Distemper Virus

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This paperwork highlights the role that plays the animal nutrition, in terms of level and quality, in relation to interdependence with other animal welfare criteria. It is necessary to apply nutritional strategies, taking into account the optimization of feeding conditions and nutritional intakes, in order to meet the objectives of animal welfare, which must take into account both health and environmental conditions, their maintenance and their service. In this way, the administration of food and the provision of all the necessary nutrients, depending on the species, the category of production, the physiological state must be applied in such a way that each animal has the freedom to express its normal behavior under conditions of well-being.
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Nutritional Level and Quality – Condition and Component of Animal Welfare

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The global spread of African swine fever (ASF) is a threat to the livestock sector with potentially serious consequences for food security. The article proposes an analysis of ASF in Romania from the perspective of the evolution of the number of outbreaks and their impact on the number of pigs, the production obtained and the delivery price. The analysis is based on data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority. The data indicate that in order to prevent the spread of ASF, 1,208,229 swine heads affected by the disease were eliminated (of which approximately 60,000 breeding sows), the total compensation to the affected owners being 890,880 thousand lei. The impact of the ASF on the pig farming sector translates into a decrease in total herds by 22.6%, a decrease in total meat production by 15.3% and an increase by 16.5% in the average purchase price per kg live weight.
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Aspects Regarding the Evolution of African Swine Fever in Romania

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The challenges posed by population growth and the need to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food in sufficient quantities imply the need to change the paradigm and the way of thinking about new production and consumption patterns, scalable, integrated and adaptable to the requirements of agroecological production, on the principles of sustainability. Thus, we will be able, at the same time, to quantify the effects on socio-ecological systems, in a context of consumption that puts more and more pressure on the planet’s resources. Discussions, but especially solutions, on sustainability and innovation in agriculture are urgent, due to the need to ensure the source of basic foodstuffs and to meet primary food needs, as well as consumer access to them. Ensuring the need for food for a growing population must be based on maintaining productive ecosystems (in this case land) and sustainable production systems, without affecting the evolution and even the existence of upcoming generations, by ensuring a responsible and sustainable future. The main purpose of this scientific paper is to promote agroecology and encourage innovation, by promoting organic farming, in conjunction with sustaining steady economic growth, so necessary for the population’s access to nutritious and sufficient food, with direct effects on a healthy and active life.
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Linking Agriculture with Organic Farming, Challenges to Upcoming Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

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We live in a world that is changing at an unprecedented rate in all areas of life. Technology, automation and artificial intelligence will be the deciding factors of major changes in the global socio-economic picture by 2030. Because the road to a sustainable economy is unquestionably challenging, the onset of the Covid 19 has slowed this progress, and in some countries, especially low-income countries, it has even declined. In this context, the reality of recent months has shown humanity that we are still very vulnerable to the danger posed by military wars, with weapons and tanks, as we no longer thought possible in the context of the current explosion of information and technology, AI and VR. Unfortunately, we cannot oppose the evolution of humanity, with or without wars, including economic ones, with the major risk that things will “go crazy”, especially if the technology becomes a tool against humanity.
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Global Economic Influences Generated By the Current Ukraine-Russia Conflict

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From the moment man intervened in nature, especially by cultivating the land, his soil and fertility bear the strong imprint of anthropogenic influence. The longer a soil has been subjected to agrotechnical, agrochemical, ameliorating works, the greater the changes, the soil and its fertility becoming the product not only of natural factors but also of human action. It follows, therefore, that fertility is not only a natural feature of the soil, but is closely linked to all other conditions of the environment, as well as to human action, to the stage of development of science and technology, to social relations. It is common for the fertility of the soil in natural or unmodified conditions to be called natural fertility and in the case of human intervention the notions of artificial fertility or cultural fertility or technogenic fertility or real fertility or effective fertility are used. Soil as a means of production in agriculture has certain peculiarities that distinguish it from other means of production. Thus, the soil is a natural means of production that is formed and evolves on the surface of the land, over time, under the influence of environmental conditions. Unlike other means of production, which can be multiplied, the soil cover of the globe, of a country, of an area, etc., is quantitatively limited by the respective geographical space; therefore, obtaining the necessary productions in increasing quantities cannot be done only through an extensive agriculture (increasing the agricultural areas), but, above all, intensive (increasing the production per unit area). Also, unlike other means of production that are worn out by use, the soil, if used rationally, not only does not reduce its production capacity (fertility) but, on the contrary, can increase it.
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Study Regarding the Characterization of Soil Resources in Petresti Locality, Damboviţa County

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In the early prehistoric world, communication relied heavily on gestural communication, equally important being sensory communication. Wine transcends time and offers access to the basis of this communication. It can transfer information to a receiver ready to recognize it. Non-verbal language in wine is three-dimensional: visual, olfactory, gustatory. Nonverbal language is the expression of wine’s identity and diversity.
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Nonverbal Language – Elements of Identity, Quality and Diversity of Wine

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This paper aims to monitor some indicators of groundwater samples from different localities of Dambovita County (Dobra, Valeni-Dambovita, Selaru, Brezoaele), in different seasons (autumn, winter and spring) and compare them with maximum concentrations. (Maximum allowed concentration) provided for in the relevant regulations. The following indicators were monitored monthly for a period of seven months in the above-mentioned areas for groundwater samples: pH, water temperature, air temperature, total hardness (expressed in German degrees), nitrate content, amount of dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen consumption in 5 monitored days (BOD5), aggressive carbon dioxide content and carbon dioxide content in the form of bicarbonates. The study identified exceedances of the limit values only for the nitrate content in some localities and in some of the studied months. The other parameters did not show any exceedances.
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Study of Natural Quality Parameters of Groundwater in Dambovita County

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Salmon farming includes concerns about artificially growing and improving the populations of Salmonidae species on specialized trout farms. Due to the improvement of salmonid species, today productions are obtained throughout the year, in a relatively short time and at increasing densities. Thus, in order to obtain high and quality yields, the crop areas are incomparably smaller than those intended for other crop species, being used impracticable lands for agriculture or low yield lands. The study brings to the fore the parameters that must be taken into account, in the project phase, before setting up a farm specialized in trout farming: geotechnical study, water source, physics-chemical parameters and growth basins. The growth of trout is related to the agricultural sector and the technique of the agricultural production process, because knowing the soil and its properties, we can improve the action of bacteria and benthic flora and fauna, important links of the food chain in the ecosystem. The trout farm is a profitable alternative to the traditional farm, because the area needed to set up the fish farm is much smaller.
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Salmonide Growth - A Sustainable and Viable Alternative for the Valorization of Unproductive Agricultural Land

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In the last 25 years, sustainable development seems to be the solution for the world’s problems. Reality makes to have more pollution, biodiversity loss and clear impact of climate change. Change of climate is the attribute of human activities and is one of the most critical processes that affect our earth. For this reason, it is necessary to promote education and the aim of sustainability gaining more and more attention in environmental, social, and economic programs and activities. We need to start with three questions about what should be sustainable: agriculture, households, cities, whole nations, and the world economy? Is generally know that sustainable agriculture helps the environment and takes many forms (organic, holistic, biodynamic agriculture etc.). But specialist know how important is to realize ways for different agricultural practices that can influence the environment in positive or negative matter. In view to this regenerative or sustainable agriculture need to find a good balance between the need for food production and the preservation of the ecological system. For that reason, we need to implement and to educate about the circular economy which is one of the new concepts of sustainable development and economic activities. In this concept, resource use, waste production, emissions and energy waste are decreased by reducing, and closing energy and material cycles.
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Sustainable Development and the Better Way to Promote Education for Regenerative Agriculture

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Annals of "Valahia" University of Târgovişte. Agriculture

 Constituting an essential part of the Romanian higher education system ”Valahia” University of Târgovişte brings in a process of European modernization and integration high-quality education, competitive scientific research, students' and teachers' mobility’s in the European area. The ”Valahia” University of Târgovişte Annals – Agriculture section combine the preoccupation for agriculture, horticulture, forest sciences, animal　breeding, renewable energy, landscape design, rural tourism, using sustainable exploitation and the protection of natural ecosystems, entrepreneurial area.   The topics of Annals – Agriculture are as follows:   AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE    technology of horticulture plants   technology of agriculture plants   animal breeding　        ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTAINANCE AND PROTECTION      biodiversity conservation   sustainable development and rural tourism   productivity capacity maintenances of agriculture fields and forests      ENVIRONMENT EXPERTISE      air pollution control, soil and water   environmental risk evaluation   impact studies, environmental expertise   implementation of plant-energy-environment report   ecological prophylaxis using non-polluting processes    recycling and utilization of vegetal　wastes       NATURAL RESOURCES EXPERTISE      expertise of agriculture, horticulture, and forests resources   utilization of natural resources   European integration programs.      ENTREPRENORIAL EXPERTISE    business plan in agriculture    Archiving   Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico - digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.   Plagiarism Policy   The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process. 