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Profilassi ambientale delle strongilosi gastrointestinali degli ovini e dei caprini
Full text linkGastrointestinal strongylosis are the dominant parasitic infections of sheep and goats. The successful control of these parasites cannot be done exclusively with anthelmintics, but the first step is an integrated program for environmental prophylaxis. The correct planning of the prophylaxis program has to be preceded by the analysis of the related problems: (1) the parasitological status of farm livestock; (2) knowledge of the farm management;
(3) hydrogeological, pedological and climatic-environmental aspects. The environmental control strategies can be resumed as follows: avoiding animals from different farms to share the same pasture; avoiding animals of different age classes to graze together; parcel the pastures to permit a rational rotation; rotational grazing of pastures according to the seasonal development of parasites; stocking rate; young animals grazing ahead of the older animai ones; crop management practices (draining, ploughing, harrowing, scrub clearing, fertilizing, etc.). These measures make the habitat less suitable for the free-living stages of gastrointestinal strongyles, reducing the potential of infection of the same pastures
Updates on Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) in Italy
Full text linkAn update on Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) diffusion in Italy during 2003-2005 is reported. CE
seems to have a sporadic diffusion in the northern part of the country where this disease plays a minor role
(prevalence < 1%). Recent investigations have shown the occurrence of CE cases in humans from the
mountains between Reggio Emilia and Modena, with an average year incidence between 9.4 and
5.6/100,000. In Abruzzo prevalences in sheep and cattle are 20.2% and 15.3%, with a fertility of 4.6% and
1.3%, respectively. In the same region, G1 and G3 strains were identified and a prevalence of 31% in dogs
was found with CaELISA. In Campania, CE prevalence was 14.8% in cattle, with no viable cysts recovered,
and 10.5% in water buffaloes, with a fertility of 1.4%. Biotechnologies allowed to find G1 and G3 strains in
water buffaloes. In Sicily, CE was found in 67.1% of cattle, with a fertility of 4%, and in 57.6% of sheep, with
9.2% of viable cysts. Biomolecular investigations have found G1 strain in sheep and cattle. In dogs, a prevalence
of 5.6% forEchinococcus granulosuswas reported. In Sardinia CE prevalence was 75.3% in sheep
and 41.5% in cattle, with a fertility of 10.3% and 2.6%, respectively. CE was found also in 9.4% of pigs, with
fertility of 6.5%. The G1 strain was recovered in sheep and cattle while the G7 in pigs
Il controllo delle endoparassitosi degli equini in sardegna con particolare riferimento agli Strongili Intestinali
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METAZOAN PARASITES OF GREY MULLETS (TELEOSTEA: MUGILIDAE) FROM THE MISTRAS LAGOON (SARDINIA, WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
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