The strange case of a cat from Arezzo that fell victim to Lyssavirus spillover
Towards the end of June 2020, a cat from Arezzo, Central Italy, was diagnosed with a rare case of infection by Lyssavirus. The virus ...
Contact with familiar people modulates horses’ heart rate
Horses have an acknowledged capacity for distinguishing between people they know and people they don’t know. This ability suggests that familiarity level can influence horses’ ...
Euthanasia in beekeeping: a question of animal welfare
Attention to animal welfare has grown considerably in recent years, appropriately accompanied by regulatory recognition and support for livestock, pets, and animals used for scientific ...
A holistic approach to assess human health risk of nano- and microplastics
A large international consortium recently provided a review and summary of current and new paradigms to assess risks to human health related to nano- and ...
Pinna nobilis: mortality events in Italy and Spain linked to the co-presence of pathogens
In recent years, mass mortality of the noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis), a marine bivalve mollusc, has been reported in the Mediterranean, with an outbreak ...
Isolation of a strain belonging to a new Salmonella serovar
The Italian National and OIE Reference Centre for Salmonellosis of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) has identified a strain of Salmonella attributable to ...