| epidemiology of bovine tick-borne diseases in southern italy. | this investigation was carried out in an area covering part of three southern italian regions: campania, basilicata and apulia. eighty-one farms were involved using the formula suggested by thrusfield; they were equally distributed over the area which was subdivided into 81 geo-referenced sub-areas. in may and june 1999 from a total of 506 cattle, older than 18 months, blood-samples were taken and ticks were collected and identified. serum samples were tested for antibodies of bahesia bigemina, ... | 2002 | 12199369 |
| [production cycles and risk agents in the agri-food sector]. | italian food processing section includes primary sector (agriculture, fishing and farming), secondary industry and service sector (trade, transport and marketing). the whole process is structured in a sequence of production structures, which constitute a die. the most important food processing dies are fruit and vegetable, cereals, wine, oil, bovine, swine and avian breeding, fishing, milk and cheese. every die presents very different production cycles, jobs and working professionals. considerin ... | 2010 | 21442781 |
| lesions associated with mineral deposition in the lymph nodes and lungs of cattle: a case-control study of environmental health hazard. | this report focuses on the state of health of the cattle raised in the district of taranto - city of italy rated as environmentally at risk. representative samples of lungs, bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes of cattle from district of taranto's slaughterhouses were collected. after a macroscopic examination, samples with marked lesions were processed for light microscopy. samples were also observed with polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and with microanalysis. the macr ... | 2009 | 20430732 |
| serological and molecular evidence that canine respiratory coronavirus is circulating in italy. | canine respiratory coronavirus (crcov) is a group ii coronavirus that was firstly identified in lung samples of dogs with canine infectious respiratory disease (cird) in uk in 2003. we report for the first time the identification of crcov in italy, together with serological evidence that the virus has been circulating in the italian dog population as from 2005. serological investigations on 216 dog sera, carried out by an elisa test using the strictly related bovine coronavirus (bcov) as antigen ... | 2007 | 17215093 |
| molecular epidemiological survey on the vectors of thelazia gulosa, thelazia rhodesi and thelazia skrjabini (spirurida: thelaziidae). | a polymerase chain reaction (pcr)- based assay developed for the specific identification of thelazia gulosa, thelazia rhodesi and thelazia skrjabini (nematoda, spirurida), which cause bovine ocular thelaziosis, was evaluated for its usefulness in detecting the intermediate hosts and in estimating the infection prevalence of vectors in field conditions throughout 5 years (from 1997 to 2001). a total of 5190 flies were captured and identified as musca larvipara, musca osiris, musca autumnalis, mus ... | 2003 | 14636023 |
| tick-borne diseases of livestock in italy: general review and results of recent studies carried out in the apulia region. | this paper reviews basic information on the knowledge of tick-borne diseases, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and theileriosis, in horses, cattle, sheep and goats in italy with particular reference to the southern part of the country. it is stressed that there is limited knowledge about the parasite species present, their vectors, distribution, prevalence and impact on livestock production and there is the need to assess their epidemiology. a study carried out in the apulia region to assess the prevale ... | 1999 | 11071537 |
| persistent pestivirus infection in sheep in apulia (southern italy). | a study in a flock of 100 sheep was carried out to detect animals persistently infected with border disease virus (bdv). from buffy coats of animals without neutralizing antipestivirus antibodies, 6 non cytopathic pestiviruses were isolated in cell cultures. using 3 monoclonal antibodies, the 6 viruses were initially characterized as bdv strains. | 1994 | 8065275 |
| anaplasmosis in cattle in italy. | bovine anaplasmosis caused by anaplasma marginale is a disease transmitted by ticks belonging to the ixodidae family. southern italy is considered an endemic zone but environmental and social factors are changing the epidemiology of the disease to expand to previously anaplasmosis-free regions. the available data of published reports of anaplasmosis in italy together with the data obtained by the national centre of reference for anaplasma, babesia, rickettsia and theileria (c.r.a.ba.r.t.), allow ... | 2007 | 17682850 |
| [ecology of thelazia spp. in cattle and their vectors in italy]. | the genus thelazia (spirurida, thelaziidae) includes a cosmopolitan group of eyeworm spirurids responsible for ocular infections in domestic and wild animals and transmitted by different species of muscids. bovine thelaziosis is caused by thelazia rhodesi desmarest 1828, thelazia gulosa railliet & henry 1910, and thelazia skrjabini erschow 1928, which occur in many countries; t. gulosa and t. skrjabini have been reported mainly in the new world, while t. rhodesi is particularly common in the old ... | 2004 | 15305729 |
| tick-borne diseases (tbds) of dairy cows in a mediterranean environment: a clinical, serological, and hematological study. | a longitudinal study of tick-borne diseases (tbds) in southern italy was carried out by monitoring two dairy farms (a and b) located in the apulia region. on each farm ten calves and ten heifers were observed monthly from may 1999 to february 2001 for clinical signs and blood parameters; antibodies against babesia bigemina and anaplasma marginale using an elisa test were also monitored for the first eight months of the study. totals of 28 and 14 cases of tbds were observed in the complete herds ... | 2002 | 12381611 |
| [seroepidemiological studies on zoonoses in farm workers in apulia]. | | 1995 | 8663974 |
| studies on the occurrence and distribution of hi antibodies against some arboviruses in the serum of domestic mammals in puglia. | the virological and serological studies previously carried out on arboviruses in italy are reviewed. the presence of antibodies to 11 arboviruses was investigated in the serum of various domestic animals (100 horses, 107 pigs, 102 sheep, 205 goats, 100 cattle and 200 dogs) from some areas of puglia. the techniques are described. the results, given in tables and discussed in detail, support the hypothesis that in this region also there are arboviruses circulating, particularly those of group b. | 1977 | 201546 |
| molecular relationship among salmonella dublin isolates identified at the center for enterobacteriaceae of palermo during the years 1971-85. | a molecular epidemiological study was carried out on 60 salmonella dublin isolates identified at the southern italy enterobacteriaceae center between 1971 and 1985. these included 23 isolates from children with diarrhoea in palermo obtained during 1984. all isolates from the outbreak of gastroenteritis in children were resistant to chloramphenicol and streptomycin and harboured two plasmids of 50 mda and 3 mda molecular weight, whereas the majority of the isolates identified before 1984 were sus ... | 1987 | 3678393 |
| goat warble fly infestation by przhevalskiana silenus (diptera: oestridae): immunoepidemiologic survey in the basilicata region (southern italy). | the demonstration of serological cross-reactivity between the hypoderma lineatum antigen and anti-przhevalskiana silenus antibodies led us to prepare an immunological test (elisa) for an early diagnosis of goat warble fly infestation. using the hypodermosis elisa-kit (vétoquinol diagnostic, france) produced for the immunodiagnosis of bovine hypodermosis, an epidemiological assay was carried out in basilicata region where goat breeding is very common and no data are reported with regards to the d ... | 2001 | 11921540 |
| status of malaria vectors in italy. | about 30 yr after malaria eradication, surveys to assess the presence and abundance of anopheline vectors were carried out in central and southern italy and in the islands of sardinia and sicily from 1992 to 1994. anopheles labranchiae falleroni was present in scattered foci in all regions, except for tuscany, where it breeds almost exclusively in rice fields (grosseto province). most common breeding sites were rivers and streams, followed by ponds and ground pools. the highest adult density was ... | 1997 | 9151488 |