A5036399492- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Helminth infection and control
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Bartonella species infections research
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
University of Turin
2016-2025
Research Institute for Nature and Forest
2023
University of Naples Federico II
2019-2020
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta
2015
In Europe, free-ranging wildlife has been linked to the emergence of several vector-borne diseases such as rodents for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. particular, wild carnivorans are one most important sources emerging zoonotic pathogens worldwide, although little information is available regarding epidemiology parasites in these animals. Thus, aim this paper was investigate prevalence Babesia spp., Anaplasma Ehrlichia Hepatozoon spp. and Leishmania infantum alpine canids mustelids from Italy....
Piroplasmosis are among the most relevant diseases of domestic animals. Babesia is emerging as cause tick-borne zoonosis worldwide and free-living animals reservoir hosts several zoonotic species. We investigated epidemiology spp. Theileria in wild ungulates carnivores from Northern Italy to determine which these apicomplexan species circulate wildlife their prevalence infection. PCR amplification V4 hyper-variable region 18S rDNA sp./Theileria sp was carried out on spleen samples 1036...
Bartonella is a genus of bacteria known to cause various rare but potentially dangerous diseases in humans and wildlife. The objective this study was investigate the presence spp. red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) from Piedmont Aosta Valley (NW Italy) explore potential association between environmental humidity infection using remote sensing data. A total 114 spleen samples were collected hunted screened for DNA qPCR assay targeting ssrA locus. Samples that tested positive further analyzed...
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious disease affecting all suids and wild boar (Sus scrofa). Since 2007, ASF has spread to more than 30 countries in Europe Asian regions, the most recent outbreak been mainland Italy (reported on January 2022). When genotype II of virus infects population, mortality rate close 90% usually reported. This drop abundance produces cascade effect entire ecosystem. In this context, effective monitoring tools for deriving management parameters are...
The European Observatory of Wildlife (EOW) as part the ENETWILD project, aims to improve capacity for monitoring wildlife populations, implementing international standards data collection, providing guidance on density estimation, and finally, promote collaborative, open networks develop monitoring, initially focusing terrestrial wild mammals. This report presents estimates species that are widely distributed (wild boar (Sus scrofa), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red (Cervus elaphus)) by...
The role of wild and free-roaming domestic carnivores as a reservoir Leishmania infantum was investigated on the Mediterranean island Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), an endemic area for this disease. Serum, blood and/or spleen samples from 169 animals [48 dogs kennel, 86 wild-caught feral cats, 23 pine martens (Martes martes), 10 common genets (Genetta genetta) two weasels (Mustela nivalis)] were analysed. Seroprevalence determined by Western blotting 38% in 16% while prevalence...
Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite that able to infect almost all warm blooded animals. In Europe, the domestic cat main definitive host. Worldwide, 6 billion people are infected with this parasite. The goal of our research evaluate prevalence T. infection in wild animals from a previously unsampled area Northern Italy where 0.1% women seroconvert during pregnancy each year. We sampled and tested skeletal muscle central nervous system tissue 355 by PCR (n = 121 roe deer Capreolus...
The ticks Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus are two of the most important vectors in Europe. Climate niche modelling has been used many studies to attempt explain their distribution predict changes under a range climate change scenarios. aim this study was assess ability different approaches known I. D. Europe.A series models, using combinations input data, were constructed assessed. Species occurrence records obtained from systematic literature searches Global Biodiversity...
Parasites constitute a significant economic burden and highly impact environmental, public, animal health. The emergence of many parasitic diseases is environmentally mediated they share the same biogeography with humans both domestic wild animals. American liver fluke, Fascioloides magna – trematode parasite ungulates an example anthropogenic introduction “invasive alien species” in Italy Europe. Multiple introductions to Europe have led biogeographical expansion across Danube region mainly...
Tick-borne diseases are among the major widespread emerging zoonotic diseases, and their circulation in environment is influenced by a broad range of abiotic biotic factors, including abundance vectors vertebrate hosts. In this study, we estimated prevalence tick-borne pathogens impact wildlife head count on lowland natural area northwestern Italy. We collected ticks camera trap pictures from 14 sampling points every 2 weeks for 1 year identified through molecular analyses: Babesia capreoli...
The geographical distribution of ticks on companion animals needs to be monitored develop and plan effective control measures, as suggested by the European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites. aim this study was conduct first Italian national survey tick privately owned dogs.The performed over 20 months (February 2016 - September 2017) involved 153 veterinary practices in 64 different provinces covering 17/20 (85%) regions. Participating practitioners were asked examine five dogs...
Abstract Background Parasites that infect cats include protozoa, helminths and arthropods, many of which are transmissible to humans. Effective control relies on a good knowledge parasite distribution the risk factors for infection. The present study was aimed at evaluating prevalence major feline parasites in Italy associated with their occurrence. Methods Over 12-month period, feces, hair ectoparasites from naturally infected feral colonies, shelters private households were analyzed 13...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect Hermetia illucens (HI) and Tenebrio molitor (TM) live larvae as environmental enrichment on mucin composition, local immune response microbiota broilers. A total 180 four-day-old male broiler chickens (Ross 308) were randomly allotted three dietary treatments (six replicates/treatment; ten animals/replicate): (i) control (C); (ii) C+HI; (iii) C+TM. Live distributed based 5% expected daily feed intake. At slaughter (39 days age), samples...
The goal of this report is i) to model the occurrence and hunting yield (HY) density wild ungulates not only for widely distributed species in Europe, but also those ones which have a constrained distribution ii) compare output with observed HY. Random Forest function was used modelling species. We data available from past 30 years, HY (period 2015-2020) records collected by ENETWILD. Like previous models based on HY, response variable maximum number ruminants annually hunted 2015-2020...
Abstract The crested porcupine ( Hystrix cristata ) is a rodent present in Africa and southern Europe (Italy exclusively). Italian population expanding from the centre to north south, but little known about species' abundance. Reliable density estimates are important for monitoring trends wildlife populations developing effective conservation management strategies. In this context, we aimed first report on northern limit of its current distribution range using non‐invasive approach....
Sarcocystis spp. are protozoan parasites which can infect a wide range of vertebrates, including humans; the latter act as definitive hosts for two cattle spp.: hominis and heydorni. Reports intestinal sarcocystosis well documented in literature, but PCR-based methods have been scarcely used to identify species human stools, limited molecular analysis 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) gene sequences. Since mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) is one most promising tools...
Abstract The American mink Neogale vison is an invasive alien species in Europe that threatens endemic biodiversity and can transmit zoonotic diseases, including the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus. last attempt to map geographic range of this Europe, at continental scale, dates back 2007. We aimed update distribution feral assess its temporal trends. information we collected was critically analysed with aim improving future monitoring protocols data collection. gathered standardised from 34 databases,...