Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem

Cortisol in Saliva, Urine, Feces, and Hair as Non- and Minimally Invasive Measures of Adrenocortical Activity in Intensively Housed Pigs

Blood cortisol measurements may be confounded by sampling-induced handling and restraint, motivating the use of alternative matrices to assess adrenocortical activity in pigs. This narrative review examines the physiological time windows, collection requirements, analytical valid...

Oxygen Availability and Environmental Origin as dual Ecological Filters Shaping Aerobic Hydrocarbon-degrading Enrichment Microbial Communities

Oxygen availability and environmental origin are key ecological factors jointly structuring microbial communities involved in aerobic petroleum hydrocarbon degradation. To assess their relative importance, we established parallel enrichments under aerobic (7–8 mg L⁻¹ dissolved ox...

Core and Variable Fractions of the Rhizosphere Microbiome Across Five Field-Grown Mentha Accessions

Rhizosphere microbiomes contain both conserved and variable community components, but the balance between these fractions may differ between bacteria and fungi. We compared bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities associated with five field-grown Mentha accession plots (Menth...

Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Reveal Spatial Genetic Variation and Domestic Cat Admixture in Hungarian European Wildcats

The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) is threatened due to habitat loss and hybridisation with domestic cats (Felis catus), representing a significant conservation challenge in Hungary. We genotyped 118 field-collected cats from seven Hungarian sub-regions and 30 domestic cat r...

A Paired Ileum–Caecum Study of the Goose Gut Microbiome in Response to Fattening Protocol and Postbiotic Supplementation

The gut microbiota plays a central role in poultry health and production performance, yet its response to intensive fattening protocols and postbiotic supplementation in geese remains poorly characterized. This study used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to profile ileal and cae...

239. Heat Stress Alters Gastrointestinal Motility and Digestive Parameters in Finishing Pigs.

Abstract Heat stress is a major challenge in livestock production, particularly in pigs. High-performance hybrids in the finishing phase are highly sensitive to elevated temperatures, which may compromise productivity, gut health and welfare. Heat stress triggers endocrine and me...

Fasting Serum Bile Acid Profiles in Dogs with Food-Responsive and Immunosuppressant-Responsive Chronic Inflammatory Enteropathy: An Exploratory LC–MS/MS Study

Bile acid (BA) dysmetabolism is implicated in canine chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE), but fasting serum profiles across treatment-response groups remain poorly characterized. This exploratory observational study analyzed pretreatment serum from dogs subsequently classified...

Mechanisms of enhancing soil fertility without obviously elevating global warming potential under an optimal rice straw incorporation rate in a paddy soil

The utility of rice straw as an organic fertilizer has been widely recognized as a promising approach to enhancing soil fertility. However, straw return is currently in a dilemma, as it may also provoke greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, leading to serious environmental consequences...

Downscaling SMAP Soil Moisture to 1 km with Machine Learning and MODIS Data for Agricultural Drought Assessment in Békés County, Hungary

Accurate mapping of Soil moisture (SM) is essential for effectively monitoring agricultural drought. However, the coarse spatial resolution of passive microwave products, including the 9 km Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) retrievals, limits their effectiveness at regional and...

Complex effects of sex reversal on reproductive success in wild frogs

Sex reversal, when the environment overrides genotypic sex determination, may hasten or delay climate-driven extinction in ectothermic animals, depending on sex-reversed individuals’ reproductive ability and offspring viability. Empirically, next to nothing is known about these t...

Comparison of differential, adaptive proportional and adaptive quadratic controls applied for a recent collector-solar pot system

Abstract The present study focuses on applying the well-known differential (on/off) and proportional control strategies and a new, quadratic one, proposed in the paper, for a measured solar collector-solar pot system. The solar pot in this paper is a recent invention. Because of...

Across the river and into the trees: Earthworms in a Central European Floodplain National Park

The Danube Floodplain National Park in Austria (Nationalpark Donau-Auen) protects one of the last remaining floodplain landscapes in Europe. It harbors a variety of habitats and is divided by a flood protection dam. The aim of this study was to assess the diversity of earthworms...

Laboratory-Specific Comparison of KASP and a Locally Implemented Gel-Based T-ARMS PCR Workflow for Targeted CSN2 Codon-67 Genotyping in a Holstein–Friesian Panel

Targeted CSN2 codon-67 genotyping supports A2-oriented breeding and herd management. We compared Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) with a locally implemented gel-based tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR (T-ARMS PCR) workflow in a balanced, non-populati...

Interaction Between Cereals and Pea Intercrops During Their Initial Development

The species that make up the intercrop interact with each other during their development, which can be beneficial, harmful, or indifferent to the participants. The aim of this study was to determine whether the developmental differences observed between intercropped and pure stan...

Operational astronaut and payload radiation exposure during the Axiom-4 spaceflight measured by RadNano Infinity Astronaut Dosimeters

Abstract Accurate characterisation of the radiation environment is essential for assessing astronaut exposure and supporting space biomedical research during human spaceflights. Here we present distributed radiation measurements obtained during the Axiom-4 mission using ten compa...

Estimating the technical efficiency of offshore fisheries in Sri Lanka and evaluating the impact of digital technology

As marine resources decline rapidly, integrating digital technologies with traditional fishing practices has become essential for improving resource efficiency and achieving sustainable economic outcomes. This study estimates the technical efficiency of Sri Lanka's inboard multid...

Combined Marbofloxacin-Geraniol-Tris-EDTA Exposure Delays Marbofloxacin Resistance Escalation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa While Early Genomic Changes Remain Limited

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa combines intrinsic resistance, adaptive plasticity, and biofilm formation, making treatment failure common in veterinary and human medicine. We examined whether geraniol and Tris-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Tris-EDTA) modulate marbofloxacin...

Spectral Detection of Kinetic Stress Dynamics in Ornamental Foliage Plants

Kinetic shock triggers thigmomorphogenetic responses in plants, posing both an unintended handling risk and a deliberate technique to enhance ornamental value. Detecting its immediate, non-visual impacts remains a challenge. This study used non-destructive contact spectroscopy to...

From Spatial Evolution to Low-Carbon Transition: Regional Heterogeneity and Stage Diagnosis of Carbon Emissions Across 19 Urban Agglomerations in China

Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon emissions and developing differentiated governance strategies for urban agglomerations are essential for achieving regional low-carbon transformation. This study aims to identify the spatiotemporal patterns, driving mechanisms,...