To improve the efficiency of the National equine infectious anaemia (EIA) surveillance
program in Italy, a three-tiered diagnostic system has been adopted. This procedure involves …

In June 2020, a cat from Arezzo (Italy) that died from a neurological disease was diagnosed
with West Caucasian Bat Lyssavirus (WCBV). The virus retained high identity across the …

Babesia caballi and Theileria equi are tick-borne pathogens causing equine piroplasmosis
infecting the Equidae family in which they cause significant sanitary and economic losses. …

Background West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) are emerging vector-borne zoonotic
flaviviruses. They are antigenically very similar, sharing the same life cycle with birds as …

In January 2015, during a 3-week period, 12 captive Tonkean macacques at a sanctuary in
Italy died. An orthopoxvirus infection was suspected because of negative-staining electron …

Only limited information is available on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of Bovine
Herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) in domestic buffalos. In this study, a virulent BoHV-1 field strain isolated …

Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly lethal contagious viral pathogen mainly found in
domestic and wild canids and mustelids. Although, in Italy, circulating strains of Europe 1, …

Background Inflammatory myopathy and perivasculitis have been recently described in
horses with chronic equine piroplasmosis (EP). These alterations may be linked to poor …

The most common form of posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is
characterised by positional, paroxysmal, upbeat nystagmus, with a torsional component …

Horses affected by chronic piroplasmosis may develop poor performance and muscle
atrophy. Here we investigate the pathological and immunopathological aspects of myopathy …