- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Signaling Pathways in Disease
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Escherichia coli research studies
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
2014-2024
Canine brucellosis caused by Brucella canis, is an infectious disease affecting dogs and wild Canidae. Clinical diagnosis challenging, laboratory testing crucial for a definitive diagnosis. Various serological methods have been described, but their accuracy uncertain due to limited validation studies. The present study aimed evaluate the performances of three tests B. canis in comparison with bacterial isolation (gold standard), order establish protocol canine brucellosis. A panel sera from...
The significance of Trypanosoma equiperdum as the causative agent dourine cannot be understated, especially given its high mortality rate among equids. International movement equids should subject to thorough health checks and screenings ensure that animals are not infected with equiperdum. This involves implementation quarantine protocols, testing procedures, issuance certificates certify status animals. Three proteins, peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (A0A1G4I8N3), GrpE protein homolog...
Brucella RB51 is a live modified vaccine. Its use in water buffalo has been proposed using vaccination protocol different to that used for cattle, but knowledge of the long-term effects this species remains incomplete. The aim study was evaluate safety and kinetics antibody responses buffaloes vaccinated according described bovine WOAH Manual, with triple dose. Water were vaccine RB51. A booster administered at 12 months age. When turning 23-25 old, female animals induced pregnancy....
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against horse IgG were produced by immunizing Balb/c mice with purified and characterized in indirect ELISA versus immunoglobulins from donkey, cow, buffalo, sheep, pig, chicken. Three MAbs (1B10B6C9, 1B10B6C10, 1B10B6E9) reacted only donkey IgM and, western blotting, specific for the Fc fragment of equine IgG. MAb 1B10B6E9 was used chemiluminescent immunoblotting assay diagnosis dourine immunofluorescence (IFA) African sickness dourine.
Trypanosoma equiperdum is the causative agent of dourine, a parasitic venereal disease equids. In this work, rabbits were infected with T. strain OVI; serological tests (complement fixation test, ELISA and immunoblotting), used for diagnosis dourine in horses, applied to study rabbit humoral immune response characterise antigen pattern recognised by antibodies from rabbits. Moreover protein extract OVI was produced tested skin on detect cell-mediated induced equiperdum, order evaluate its...