| occurrence of salmonella in swine in the latium region (central italy) from 1980 to 1989: a retrospective study. | an extensive survey was carried out on 849 biological samples (dead animals, organs and viscera, faeces, and rectal swabs) from pigs in the latium region (central italy) throughout the years 1980-1989. in total, 46 of the samples (5.4%) were found to be bacteriologically positive for salmonellae. among dead animals, typical gross lesions were observed in 6 clinically infected animals. as far as serotypes are concerned, 11 different ones were isolated, with a predominance of salmonella typhimuriu ... | 1992 | 1502777 |
| 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italy the epidemiological pattern of cistic echinococcosis (ce) is incomplete and the information for most regions is out of date, contradictory, and almost exclusively limited to the intermediate hosts.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 |
| hev prevalence in the general population and among workers at zoonotic risk in latium region. | hepatitis e virus (hev) infections are responsible for large waterborne outbreaks in developing countries. sporadic cases in the developed world are mainly imported from endemic areas. hev has been suggested to be a zoonotic infection, for which pigs may be the reservoir; specific swine strains of hev have been identified. humans are susceptible to infections with swine strains. the aim of this study was to analyse whether italian pig farmers, veterinarians and abattoir workers are more exposed ... | 2007 | 17658105 |
| [a case of leptospirosis in an agrarian community]. | a mortal case of leptosprosis happened in a little agricultural community situated in a country town in the south lazio region, and in consequence of that the local health unit originated a series of epidemiological investigation and preventive treatments. serological tests were effectuated both on the residents of the interested area and on animals of the farm. these serological tests gave positive results for four inhabitants and eight animals. the agricultural community were subjected to a ch ... | 1989 | 2483068 |
| prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of salmonella in european wild boar (sus scrofa); latium region - italy. | the prevalence of salmonella spp. infection was determined in 499 wild boars harvested during the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 hunting seasons in the latium region of italy. we conducted a microbiological assessment on faeces collected at slaughter and we examined serum samples for the presence of antibodies to salmonella spp. by elisa assay. out of 383 serum samples examined, 255 (66.5%) were positive for salmonella spp. antibodies. overall, 10.8% (54/499) of the animals were positive by microbiolog ... | 2013 | 23253890 |
| stable isotopes in tissues discriminate the diet of free-living wild boar from different areas of central italy. | the use of isotopic signatures in animal tissues provides information on the environment where they are living and, notably, on their diet. carbon and, whenever possible, nitrogen stable isotope analyses were performed in animal hairs, muscles and fat. particularly, we analyzed both carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions (δ13c and δ15n) on wild boar samples across three different areas of central italy (latium region): tyrrhenian coast (tc), maremma (ma) and central plains (cp). the agricultu ... | 2017 | 28817721 |
| viral and antibody prevalence of hepatitis e in european wild boars (sus scrofa) and hunters at zoonotic risk in the latium region. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is a member of the genus hepevirus within the family hepeviridae. hepatitis e is recognized as a zoonosis, and swine and wild boars (sus scrofa) are known reservoirs of hev infection. the aim of this study was to investigate the presence of hev in wild boars and hunters exposed to infection in central italy (latium region). during the hunting season, blood samples were collected from 228 wild boars and 20 hunters. the seroprevalence of hev infection was determined using a ... | 2015 | 26025105 |