| the impact of predators on livestock in the abruzzo region of italy. | free-living populations of wolves (canis lupus linnaeus, 1758) and brown bears (ursus arctos linnaeus, 1758) regularly cause damage to livestock in the abruzzo region of italy. the laws of the region provide for compensation payments to owners for losses caused by predators. in the present paper, 4,993 validated claims made between 1980 and 1988 are examined. losses ascribed to wolf, bear and wild boar attacks were 92.1%, 7.8% and 0.1%, respectively, of the total losses caused by predators durin ... | 1993 | 8518446 |
| isolation and characterisation of an aujeszky's disease virus naturally infecting a wild boar (sus scrofa). | isolation of aujeszky's disease virus (adv) from an injured, female wild boar (sus scrofa), shot dead by hunters, in an area adjacent to the abruzzo national park is reported. the brain was submitted for attempted virus isolation following episodes of mortality in several dogs and cats fed with meat from the wild boar. virus was isolated on first passage from the brain of the wild boar. the restriction fragment length polymorphism profile of the isolate was assessed as a type i. the role of stre ... | 1997 | 9220606 |
| cystic echinococcosis in italy from the 1950s to present. | in italy the epidemiological pattern of cistic echinococcosis (ce) is incomplete and the information for most regions is out of date, contradictory, and almost exclusively limited to the intermediate hosts. the disease is found most frequently in particular social and economic conditions: widespread use of extensive or semi-extensive sheep farming, illegal slaughtering, and high numbers of sheepdogs and other types of dogs. the highest incidence in sheep is found in sardinia (70.6-92.8%), sicily ... | 2004 | 16044697 |
| updates on cystic echinococcosis (ce) in italy. | an update on cystic echinococcosis (ce) diffusion in italy during 2003-2005 is reported. ce seems to have a sporadic diffusion in the northern part of the country where this disease plays a minor role (prevalence < 1%). recent investigations have shown the occurrence of ce cases in humans from the mountains between reggio emilia and modena, with an average year incidence between 9.4 and 5.6/100,000. in abruzzo prevalences in sheep and cattle are 20.2% and 15.3%, with a fertility of 4.6% and 1.3% ... | 2006 | 16881397 |
| brucella suis biovar 2 multi locus sequence type st16 in wild boars (sus scrofa) from abruzzi region, italy. introduction from central-eastern europe? | porcine brucellosis occurs in many countries where pigs are farmed, often representing an underrated problem. b. suis biovar 2 is the most common isolate in europe, with high prevalence reported in wild boars in which it is generally isolated in the absence of gross lesions. in the last five years, we tested for brucella spp. 389 lymph nodes of wild boars collected during hunting seasons or during necropsy procedures. in this paper, we describe the first case of isolation of b. suis biovar 2 fro ... | 2017 | 28867593 |
| the role of the wolf in endemic sylvatic trichinella britovi infection in the abruzzi region of central italy. | during the period 2004-2014 in the abruzzi region (central italy), muscle samples gathered from hunted wild boars (n=16,323) and retrieved from carcasses of other susceptible wild mammals (n=838) and birds (n=438) were tested for trichinella larvae according to european union regulations. although no positive samples were found from wild birds, 91 wild mammals tested positive. six species were found to harbor trichinella spp. infections, namely wolf (canis lupus, 59 positive samples out of 218), ... | 2016 | 27522469 |
| implementation of a system for the regional management of animal health emergencies. | a telematic system to support decisions and operations in case of animal health emergencies has been designed and implemented in the abruzzo region of italy. the system aims to improve decision-making by veterinary services in the event of an outbreak of exotic disease. the system has been tested, first by a simulated outbreak of foot and mouth disease, and then during an outbreak of swine vesicular disease. critical problems were detected and corrected in both cases. | 2000 | 11107627 |
| isolation of brucella suis biovar 2 from a wild boar in the abruzzo region of italy. | a female wild boar, aged approximately two years, was found dead by local veterinary services in pianola di roio in l'aquila province situated in the abruzzo region of central italy. the carcass was submitted to the istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale dell'abruzzo e del molise 'g. caporale' in teramo for necropsy. brucella suis biovar 2 was isolated from submandibular lymph nodes. this is the first report of isolation of b. suis in the abruzzo region. several authors agreed in the past on the ... | 2012 | 23277120 |