ABSTRACT In an integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS), system fertilization exploits the nutrient cycling imposed by animal grazing and increases the system efficiency. An increasingly popular approach to fertilization in southern Brazil is anticipating P and K requirements for soybeans into the pasture phase. This can increase the use efficiency of these nutrients in ICLS based on meat production in winter and soybean in summer. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of fertilization strategy, grazing and soil acidity correction on […]

Antibiotics are used in large quantities in livestock. Many of these molecules are not fully metabolized by the animals, leaving detectable residues in soil, surface water and groundwater samples. The occurrence of these residues in the environment can favor microorganism resistance to antibiotic agents, in addition to toxic effects on certain living organisms. In general, veterinary antibiotic molecules are amphoteric with many ionizable functional groups (different pKa values), rather variable molar masses (172 to 916 g mol-1) and low volatilization potential (vapor […]