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Doping is the act of consuming artificial and often illegal substances to gain an advantage over others in sporting competitions. (Interpol. 2025. Anti-doping https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Corruption/Anti-doping)

A period in the life of an animal (hibernation and aestivation) or plant during which growth slows or completely ceases. Evolved to allow survival of adverse environmental conditions. Annual plants survive the winter as dormant seeds, while many perennial plants survive as dormant tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001 (http://www.fao.org/biotech/index_glossary.asp?lang=en).,CGRFA-14/13/22, FAO, 2013 (MF804))

Number of replications which were measured or tested in a statistical experiment. (BonaRes project)

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. (Wikipedia. 2025. Alabama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama)

Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess of water. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)

Any water, usually precipitation or irrigation water, that enters, interacts with, and then leaves a landscape. (NALT, 2024 https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34496)

A medium to large vessel (maximum 4-50 m long) and in general with a powerful engine. Some larger dredgers are of the outrigger type with strong outrigger boom allowing the operation of two or more dredges at the same time. (Dredges, FAO/FIIT Fishing Gear Type Fact-Sheet, FAO, 2021 (https://www.fao.org/fishery/docs/CDrom/ARTFIMED/ArtFiWeb/descript/Gear/geartype/gt104.htm).)

The coarse outer covering of the wheat kernel as separated from cleaned and scoured wheat in the usual process of commercial milling. (Tacon, A.G.J., 1987. The nutrition and feeding of farmed fish and shrimp - A training manual 2. Nutrient sources and composition. FAO Field Document. Project GCP/RLA/075/ITA, Field Document No. 5/E Brasilia, Brazil, 129 p. https://www.fao.org/4/ab468e/AB468E00.htm)

Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. (Wikipedia, 2025. Alagoas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagoas)

A trocar (or trochar) is a medical or veterinary device that is made up of an awl (which may be a metal or plastic sharpened or non-bladed tip), a cannula (essentially a hollow tube), and a seal. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocar)

An inflammation of the gall bladder. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cholecystitis)

Dried fish are prepared by exposing the fish to sunlight or drying directly or after boiling in a special installation; the fish may be salted prior to drying. (FAO & WHO. 2023. General Standard for Food Additives. Codex Standard, No. CXS 192-1995. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)