Publications 2014

Iannetti S., Savini L., Palma D., Calistri P., Natale F., Di Lorenzo A., Cerella A., Giovannini A. 2014. An integrated web system to support veterinary activities in Italy for the management of information in epidemic emergencies, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2014 Mar 1;113(4): 407-16.
Ferrer E., Alfonso P., Ippoliti C., Abeledo M., Calistri P., Blanco P., Conte A., Sánchez B., Fonseca O., Percedo M., Pérez A., Fernández O., Giovannini A. 2014. Development of an active risk-based surveillance strategy for avian influenza in Cuba. Preventive Veterinary Medicine DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.05.012
Di Sabatino D., Lorusso A., Di Francesco C., Gentile L., Di Pirro V., Bellacicco A.L., Giovannini A., Di Francesco G., Marruchella G., Marsilio F., Savini G. 2014. Arctic lineage-canine distemper virus as a cause of death in Apennine wolves (Canis lupus) in Italy. PLoS One. Jan 20;9(1):e82356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082356.
Marcacci M., Ancora M., Mangone I., Teodori L., Di Sabatino D., De Massis F., Cammà C., Savini G., Lorusso A. 2014. Whole genome sequence analysis of the arctic-lineage strain responsible for distemper in Italian wolves and dogs through a fast and robust next generation sequencing protocol. J Virol Methods. Jun 15; 202: 64-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.02.027. Epub 2014 Mar 15.
Giansante C., Conte A., Giovannini A., Castriota L., Andaloro F., Ferri N. 2014. Assessment of the effect of the climate variations of coastal surface water and study of Sepia officinalis spawing. Veterinaria Italiana 2014, 50(2), 87-97. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.2014.52.
Di Gennaro A., Lorusso A., Casaccia C., Conte A., Monaco F., Savini G. 2014 . Serum-Neutralization Assay Can Efficiently Replace Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test for Detection and Quantitation of West Nile Virus Antibodies in Human and Animal Serum Samples. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00426-14.
Di Sabatino D., Bruno R., Sauro F., Danzetta M.L., Cito F., Iannetti S., Narcisi V., De Massis F., Calistri P. 2014. Epidemiology of West Nile Disease in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin from 2009 to 2013. BioMed Research International 09/2014; 2014:10.
Colangeli P., De Massis F., Cito F., Mercante M. T., Ricci L., 2015. Laboratory Information Management Systems: Role in Veterinary Activities. In A. Moumtzoglou, A. Kastania, and S. Archondakis (Eds.) Laboratory Management Information Systems: Current Requirements and Future Perspectives (pp. 297-309). Hershey, PA: doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6320-6.ch015.
Calistri P., Savini L., Candeloro L., Di Sabatino D., Cito F., Bruno R., Danzetta M.L. 2014. A transitional model for the evaluation of West Nile virus transmission in Italy. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi:10.1111/tbed.12290.
Ben Hassine T., De Massis F., Calistri P., Savini G., BelHaj B.M., Ranen A., Di Gennaro A., Sghaier S., Hammami S. 2014. First Detection of Co-circulation of West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Equids in the South-west of Tunisia. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 61: 385-389.
Sulli N.M., De Massis F., Salucci S., Costantini B., Iannetti L., Prencipe V., 2014. Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food samples in Avezzano, Sulmona and Castel di Sangro (province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy) between 2000-2009. Veterinaria Italiana 50: 177-184.
Di Domenico M., Curini V., De Massis F., Di Provvido A., Scacchia M., Cammà C., 2014. Coxiella burnetii in Central Italy: novel genotypes are circulating in cattle and goats. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 4 (10), 710-715. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1587.
Migliorati G., Prencipe V., Iannetti L., Di Giannatale E., Matteucci O., Salini R., Calistri P. 2015. Survey of domestic food purchases and related home handling practices in the Abruzzo region (central Italy): Data collection and analysis through a language-independent classification system. Food Control, 49, 23-33.

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Animal welfare principles

The training course "Animal welfare principles" was held from 24 to 26 November as part of the OIE Twinning on animal welfare between IZSAM and the Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire (ENMV) of Tunisia.