The clinical and laboratory findings observed in 150 dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum, from a large endemic area of southern Italy, are described. There was gradual onset signs the course disease progressive almost all cases. majority were mongrels (43.3 per cent), male (64.7 medium size (50.6 three to seven years old living outdoors (60 cent). They showed generalised (56.7 cent) or symmetrical (32 lymphadenomegaly; mucous membranes 87 (58 pale moderate severe splenomegaly...

Fresh products are characterized by reduced shelf-life because they an excellent growth medium for a lot of microorganisms. Therefore, the microbial spoilage causing significant food supply losses has become enormous economic and ethical problem worldwide. The antimicrobial packaging is offering viable solution to tackle this safety issue extending improving quality fresh products. goal study was investigate effects contact surface polyethylene terephthalate (PET) functionalized with...

Wet-aging (WA) and dry-aging (DA) methods are usually used in the beef industry to satisfy consumers' tastes; however, these not suitable for all anatomical cuts. In this study, WA DA were applied improve quality of two cuts Charolais (Longissimus dorsi Semitendinosus). For 60 days (i.e., 2 days, 15 30 sampling), a physicochemical, rheological, microbiological analysis performed at (vacuum packed; temperature 4 ± 1 °C) (air velocity 0.5 m/s; °C; relative humidity 78 10%) conditions. The...

Fresh fish are highly perishable, owing mainly to their moisture content, high amount of free amino acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Microorganisms chemical reactions cause the spoilage, leading loss in quality, human health risks a market value reduction. Therefore, fishing industry has always been willing explore new technologies increase quality safety products through decrease microbiological biochemical damage. In this context, antimicrobial active packaging is one such promising...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects a long ageing period on microbiological, rheological and physicalchemical characteristics bovine beef. For trial n. 3 Marchigiana breed (live weight 760 kg approximately), slaughtered at 34 months were chosen loin muscles undergone prolonged process. analytical determinations performed were: pH aw values, texture profile analysis, Warner-Bratzler shear force, colour (CIE L*a*b*), centesimal total bacterial count, Enterobacteriaceae, Listeria...

Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the major global public health concerns, and it is indispensable to search for alternatives conventional antibiotics. Recently, antimicrobial peptides have received great attention because their broad-spectrum activity at relatively low concentrations, even against pathogens such as Salmonella enterica, which responsible most food-borne illnesses. This work aimed evaluating antibiofilm innate defense peptide, named 1018-K6, S. enterica. A total 42...

The buffalo dairy sector is extending its boundaries to include new cheese productions beyond mozzarella, overcoming some barriers that make cheeses expensive and unsustainable. This study aimed evaluate the effects of both inclusion green feed in diet Italian Mediterranean buffaloes an innovative ripening system on quality, providing solutions capable guaranteeing production nutritionally competitive sustainable products. For this purpose, chemical, rheological, microbiological analyses...

Loranthus europaeus is a well-known and important medicinal plant, with long history of traditional medicine use. Several studies showed that it contains many bioactive compounds wide range pharmacological effects. In light these past researches, L. were chosen to consider its potential antimicrobial action. To this aim, different protocols performed selectively extract protein compounds, from yellow fruits, evaluate the activity against four phytopathogenic fungi (Aspergillus niger,...

Beef burgers are meat preparations with easy perishability. To ensure a longer shelflife, the Regulation EU 1129/11 allows use of some additives. However, healthconscious consumers prefer products which do not contain synthetic substances. Aim present study was to evaluate effect Red Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) integration on Black Angus made shelf life. beet prepared as powder and added mixture same or in water solution. The split into 2 trials assess extract activity also vacuum-packaged...

Water-bath stunning represents the most-applied system in poultry slaughtering, but within European Union, specific indications on electric parameters that should be used, such as voltage, are missing. The objective of this study was to evaluate efficiency two commercially available types electrical equipment (A and B) broilers with different live body weights influence tested meat quality. Experimental trials a Union-approved slaughterhouse were carried out using stunners. 6600 broilers,...

This study focused on the characterization of salami produced with meat from different pig breeds. The aim consisted in evaluating added value inclusion Apulo-Calabrese production salami, which was characterized by until end maturation (1, 30, 60, and 120 days). experimental design involved three types two were partial 50 75% Italian breed pork (S50 S75, respectively). Physicochemical (pH, aw, fatty acid analysis, malondialdehyde concentration), rheological parameters (texture analyses color...

Since penicillin was discovered, antibiotics have been critical in the fight against infections. However, antibiotic misuse has led to drug resistance, which now constitutes a serious health problem. In this context, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) constitute natural group of short proteins, varying structure and length, that act certain types bacterial pathogens. The peptide 1018-K6 (VRLIVKVRIWRR- NH2) significant bactericidal antibiofilm activity Listeria monocytogenes isolates, different...

The common dentex (Dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)) is an iconic fish in the Mediterranean diet. Due to its commercial and organoleptic importance, this sparid highly appreciated European markets often subjected species substitution frauds. Comparative mitogenomics a suitable approach for identifying new effective barcode markers. This study aimed find molecular tag useful unequivocally discriminating D. dentex. comparison of complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences 16 allowed us highlight...

Recently, several concerns have been expressed on red meat quality and consumption. The aims of this study were to evaluate the influence different breeding techniques a prolonged post dry aging (PDA) maturation process biomolecules level in raw buffalo meat. In first experiment, two groups animals maintained with space availability (15 vs. 10 m2/animal) for 90 days content was evaluated. experiment 2, diets (with or without ryegrass green forage) used assess concentration these...

Nowadays, the search for food products that promote consumers' health has gained interest, and dairy by-products, due to their biological quality, could have a prominent position among with benefits. However, little is known about activity on cancer cells. This study aimed provide evidence effect of ovine colostrum milk whey K562 cells, model human chronic myeloid leukemia cell line. The exposure cells single administration sheep by-products at different concentrations three days treatments...

The valorization of milk whey appears to be a promising strategy for managing by-products from dairy food industries, which incur demanding economic costs treatment and/or disposal. Thanks its numerous bioactive components, is expected increasingly incorporated into foods in the future. We investigated safety ovine through vitro experiments on human primary gingival fibroblast (HGF-1) proliferation and wound healing. Fibroblasts play crucial role repair processes late inflammatory phase...

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Foodborne infections cause illness and death every year worldwide. The aim of this study was to describe trends in 2013–2019 the occurrence human cases salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, listeriosis, hepatitis A Campania region. Human case data were provided by National Surveillance System disease grouped year, province, age group, sex. Moreover, number people hospitalized recorded. In region, total confirmed for diseases investigated 1924, with Hepatitis Salmonellosis as first most reported...