| blood meal analysis, flavivirus screening, and influence of meteorological variables on the dynamics of potential mosquito vectors of west nile virus in northern italy. | an extended area of northern italy has experienced several west nile virus (wnv) outbreaks and the emergence of usutu virus (usuv) during previous years. our aim was to study some of the factors that could explain disease patterns in the trentino region, where circulation was detected in human sera and sentinel chickens, but no human or equine cases were reported. we collected culex species (diptera: culicidae) in peridomestic environments. the collected specimens were analyzed for feeding behav ... | 2012 | 22548533 |
| prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth infections in free-range laying hens under mountain farming production conditions. | 1. a cross-sectional study was conducted from september 2015 to july 2016 in south tyrol, northern italy to examine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in free-range laying hens under mountain farming production conditions. 2. a total of 280 laying hens from 14 free-range mountain farms (4 organic, 10 conventional) were randomly collected at the end of the laying period. faecal samples were taken to analyse faecal egg counts (fec) and faecal oocyst counts (foc). the gastrointestinal tra ... | 2017 | 28891678 |