Insects, a manifesto for public health

2023-06-05T09:50:48+02:00June 20th 2023|Avian mycoplasmosis, Beekeeping, Diseases at the animal/human Interface, Highlights, Research & Projects|

Insects are by far the most common animals on the Earth, with over 1.5 million known species. Besides playing a key role in the health ...

How can you protect yourself from listeria in food? [Video]

2023-05-24T15:46:12+02:00June 6th 2023|Communication & Media, Food safety, Highlights|

Listeria monocytogenes is a relatively ubiquitous species of bacteria that can contaminate food at any level of the production to consumption chain. One distinctive characteristic ...

CONNETTI-CAT: analysing the circulation of bat-associated lyssaviruses in owned cats

2023-05-23T10:30:35+02:00May 23rd 2023|Highlights, Rabies, Research & Projects|

The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) has launched a research project entitled CONNETTI-CAT (RC IZSVe 07/22) designed to assess exposure to lyssaviruses in owned ...

Successful testing of DNA vaccines against viral diseases of rainbow trout

2023-05-23T10:30:39+02:00April 12th 2023|Fish, crustacean and mollusc pathology, Highlights, Research & Projects|

Italy is one of Europe’s leading producers of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). However, farming is severely limited by the impact of two viral diseases: Viral ...

Food fraud, a method for recognizing the authenticity of black pepper

2023-05-23T10:30:44+02:00March 22nd 2023|Food safety, Highlights, Research & Projects|

Black pepper is one of those spices our kitchens cannot do without. Unfortunately, due to commercial fraud, not all the black pepper that reaches our ...

EFSA, ECDC, EURL: ongoing avian influenza outbreaks in birds, low risk to the public

2023-03-13T12:07:25+01:00March 13th 2023|Avian influenza & Newcastle disease, Monitoring & Prevention|

The situation regarding avian influenza continues to evolve in Europe and globally, with new outbreaks reported in birds and occasional infections in mammals. Sporadic human ...

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