A5003963792- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini"
2015-2025
Universiti Putra Malaysia
2023
Azienda Ospedaliera di Valtellina e Valchiavenna
2021
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
1986-2020
University of Bologna
2011
Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (ARs) can be critical for carnivores, due to their widespread use and impacts. However, although many studies explored the impacts of ARs on small mesocarnivores, none assessed extent which they could contaminate large carnivores in anthropized landscapes. We filled this gap by exploring spatiotemporal trends grey wolf (Canis lupus) exposure central northern Italy, subjecting a sample dead wolves (n = 186) LC-MS/MS method. Most 115/186, 61.8 %)...
The invasive species Aedes (Finlaya) koreicus was first identified in north-eastern Italy 2011, during the ongoing surveillance activity of albopictus. Following this finding, a more intensive monitoring carried out to assess distribution and collect biological data. Herein, we report new records obtained by four years surveillance. presence Ae. checked using ovitraps, adults traps larval collections all possible breeding sites from May 2011 July 2015. started site detection (Province...
Abstract Background One of the most recent innovations in bone augmentation surgery is represented by computer-aided-design/computer-aided-manufacturing (CAD/CAM) customized titanium meshes, which can be used to restore vertical defects before implant-prosthetic rehabilitations. The aim this study was evaluate effectiveness/reliability technique a consecutive series cases. Methods Ten patients need implant therapy were treated using CAD/CAM meshes. A digital workflow adopted design virtual...
The European subtype of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV-Eur; species Orthoflavivirus encephalitidis, family Flaviviridae) was the only flavivirus present in central Europe known to cause neurologic disease humans and several animal species. Here, we report a isolated from Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) with attached ticks, over wide area Alps. Cases were detected 2017 Salzburg, Austria, 2023 Lombardy Piedmont, Italy. strains exhibit 94.8–97.3% nucleotide identities each...
Canine distemper (CD) is a fatal, highly contagious disease of wild and domestic carnivores. In the Alpine territory, several outbreaks have occurred in past few decades within populations. This study investigated presence canine virus (CDV) infections carnivores Lombardy, relating to different circulating genotypes. From 2018 2020, foxes, badgers, martens collected during passive surveillance were subjected necropsy histological examination, showing classical signs microscopic lesions...
Abstract Tick-borne encephalitis was limited to northeast portions of Italy. We report in Lombardy, a populous region the northwest, chamois displaying clinical signs tickborne virus that had multiple virus-positive ticks attached, as well symptomatic man. Further, we show serologic evidence viral circulation area.
Abstract Deer keds ( Lipoptena spp.) are blood‐sucking ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals, also accidentally humans. In Europe, five spp. have been recorded, although the lack specific taxonomic keys has often led to mistaken identification or missing data. The present study aimed develop an key European species identify found on ungulates in northern Italy. total, 390 hippoboscids were collected from Rupicapra rupicapra , Capreolus capreolus Cervus elaphus Ovis aries musimon Alpine...
To characterize parapoxviruses causing severe disease in wild ruminants Stelvio Park, Italy, we sequenced and compared the DNA of several isolates. Results demonstrated that red deer isolates are closely related to parapox New Zealand virus.
Paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) is a globally widespread infectious disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants, caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). The bacterium excreted in the feces characterized high environmental resistance. new Animal Health Law (Regulation EU 2016/429) on transmissible animal diseases, recently force throughout European Union, includes within diseases requiring surveillance EU, listing some Bovidae, Cervidae, Camelidae as potential...
Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease diffused worldwide, and wildlife species are commonly considered to be epidemiological carriers. Four-hundred forty-one serological 198 renal samples from red deer, roe deer chamois collected in the Province of Sondrio were analysed using microscopic agglutination test histopathologic examination. Positive findings found only 15 19 positive serologic reactions recorded. The most frequent serovars Bratislava Grippotyphosa, followed by Pomona,...
Identified in 1998, Ljungan virus (LV; Picornaviridae) causes type 1 diabetes-like symptoms and myocarditis bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from Sweden Denmark, may be a zoonotic agent of several important diseases (e.g., intrauterine fetal death, diabetes, Guillain-Barré syndrome, myocarditis). Using real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay sequence analysis, we detected LV voles, for the first time, yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) collected during 2006 site...
The aim of the study was to perform an investigation on concentration 19 minerals and cortisol in red deer (Cervuselaphus) hair, a matrix that is easy collect with non-invasive painless sampling, able represent integrative values long-term substance concentrations, give useful information, also when performed dead animals, given its extreme stability over time. In thirty-five animals were included, coming from two different sides valley Stelvio National Park, where official water analysis...
The mountain chain of the Alps, represents habitat alpine fauna where red deer (Cervus elaphus) population is outmost numerous, followed by chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) and ibex (Capra ibex) at higher altitudes. Previous reports showed circulation epitheliotropic viruses, belonging to families Papillomaviridae Poxviridae, causing skin mucosal lesions in wild ruminants Stelvio National Park, situated area. To deepen natural dynamics infections, a passive surveillance on all cases...
Many large carnivores have broad geographical ranges, encompassing ecosystems with a different prey base. Our understanding of their diet could therefore be biased by the spatial concentration dietary studies into few areas. We propose protocol to divide range carnivores, areas that are homogeneous respect available food sources, using grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Italy, as case study. mapped potential maximum distribution wolves, on 10 km grid (n = 2,497), and then performed cluster analysis...
Ljungan virus (LV), which belongs to the Parechovirus genus in Picornaviridae family, was first isolated from bank voles (Myodes glareolus) Sweden 1998 and proposed as a zoonotic agent. To improve knowledge of host association geographical distribution LV, tissues 1685 animals belonging multiple rodent insectivore species 12 European countries were screened for LV-RNA using reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. In addition, we investigated how prevalence is associated with various intrinsic...
Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (ARs) can be particularly critical for large carnivores, due to their widespread use and time-delayed impacts on populations. While many studies explored the of ARs small mesocarnivores, no study extent which they could contaminate carnivores in anthropized landscapes Europe.We filled this gap by exploring spatiotemporal trends grey wolf (Canis lupus) exposure central northern Italy, relying a dataset dead wolves (n = 186) tested with standardized...