A5028674787- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Animal health and immunology
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
University of Pisa
2022-2025
Mastitis is one of the most frequent diseases in dairy farms and occurs both clinical subclinical forms, resulting substantial economic losses. Asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) symmetrical (SDMA) are biomarkers that inhibit nitric oxide synthesis. Elevated ADMA levels associated with an increased risk mortality human medicine dogs a potential need for intensive care, while SDMA correlates poor prognoses humans progression renal disease horses, though its impact varies depending on...
Procalcitonin (PCT) and protein carbonylated content (PCC) are promising biomarkers for bacterial infection inflammation in veterinary medicine. This study examined plasma PCT PCC levels healthy cows (H) with subclinical mastitis (SCM). A total of 130 (65 H 65 SCM) were included this study. Blood samples collected, was frozen at -80 °C. determined using a bovine procalcitonin ELISA kit, while measured following the methodology Levine et al. Statistical analysis revealed significant...
Summary The study evaluated the effectiveness of a commercially available polyherbal dewormer to control intestinal strongyles in naturally infected donkeys. animals were allotted two groups: treated with herbal (n=8) according manufacturer recommendations and untreated group (n=6). Fecal samples taken from each animal on days 0 (day treatment), 14, 21 second additional 35, 42. Faecal egg count reduction tests showed very negligible or no number strongyle eggs for donkeys phytotherapeutic...
The aim of the present study was to investigate efficacy and egg reappearance period (ERP) ivermectin (IVM) in donkeys during a 13-week period. involved total 14 adult Amiata breed donkeys, 7 - 13 years age, naturally infected with small strongyles. A group 10 treated IVM oral paste at dose rate 200 mcg/kg BW. Another 4 kept as untreated control group. Faecal samples were collected examined for strongyle eggs on day 0 before treatment. based faecal count reduction test (FECRT)...
We evaluated the udder cistern (UC) size during dry period using ultrasound. Forty healthy quarters were in both longitudinal and cross-section of UC. Quarters at drying-off (T0) 24 h later (T1), then regularly until end (T7–T58), colostrum production phase (TCPP) 7 days milking (T7PP). The Spearman test was applied to find correlation between ultrasonographic UC (UUCS) assessment time. Friedman Dunn’s for multiple comparisons as a post-hoc performed compare forequarter hindquarter...
The aim was to evaluate the use of a bovine procalcitonin (PCT) ELISA kit (Cusabio, China) for assessing PCT in milk samples. Validation performed by using 10 plasma and corresponding samples from mastitic cows. limit detection (LOD) calculated. coefficient variation (CV%) readings five measured times same plate (intra-assay) CV% read three separate plates evaluated. Parallelism determined serial twofold dilutions Milk were analyzed with without centrifugation. Regarding PCT, method...
Traditional lectures, where students listen passively, often do not reflect the complexity of real-life decision-making situations. Furthermore, modern are using online devices for daily activities, and this has a challenging side effect educators, as many people these days can only maintain their focus if topics discussed in concise engaging ways. For reasons, there is growing interest use games educational purposes. The aim study was to introduce board game based on Clue final-year...
Traditional lectures, where students listen passively, often do not reflect the complexity of real-life decision-making situations. Furthermore, modern are using online devices for daily activities, and this has a challenging side effect educators, as many people these days can only maintain their focus if topics discussed in concise engaging ways. For reasons, there is growing interest use games educational purposes. The aim study was to introduce board game based on Clue final-year...
Lameness is a serious animal welfare and production issue in the modern dairy herds. The development of scoring system that able to categorize farm on basis its hazard risk level may help clinicians farmers identify potential issues reduce costs caused by lameness. aim this study was develop an easy fast score for evaluation structural managerial factors potentially involved pathogenesis foot lesions, categorization farms. A total six free-stall farms were evaluated during 3 month-period....