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2. An integrated approach to control Cystic Echinococcosis in southern Italy
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Cringoli, G., primary, Pepe, P., additional, Bosco, A., additional, Maurelli, M.P., additional, Baldi, L., additional, Ciaramella, P., additional, Musella, V., additional, Buonanno, M.L., additional, Capuano, F., additional, Corrado, F., additional, Ianniello, D., additional, Alves, L.C., additional, Sarnelli, P., additional, and Rinaldi, L, additional
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- 2021
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3. First survey of endoparasites in pet ferrets in Italy
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d’Ovidio, D., Pepe, P., Ianniello, D., Noviello, E., Quinton, Jean-Francois, Cringoli, G., and Rinaldi, L.
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- 2014
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4. FLOTAC for diagnosis of endo-parasites in pet squirrels in southern Italy
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d’Ovidio, D., Rinaldi, L., Ianniello, D., Donnelly, T.M., Pepe, P., Capasso, M., and Cringoli, G.
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- 2014
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5. An integrated approach to control Cystic Echinococcosis in southern Italy
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Paola Pepe, M.L. Buonanno, L. Rinaldi, Davide Ianniello, Giuseppe Cringoli, L. Baldi, F. Corrado, M.P. Maurelli, Paolo Sarnelli, Leucio Camara Alves, F. Capuano, A. Bosco, Paolo Ciaramella, Vincenzo Musella, Cringoli, G., Pepe, P., Bosco, A., Maurelli, M. P., Baldi, L., Ciaramella, P., Musella, V., Buonanno, M. L., Capuano, F., Corrado, F., Ianniello, D., Alves, L. C., Sarnelli, P., and Rinaldi, L.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Livestock ,Sheep Diseases ,Pilot Projects ,Feces ,Dogs ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Echinococcosis ,Environmental health ,Zoonoses ,parasitic diseases ,Dog ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,One Health ,Dog Diseases ,Echinococcus granulosus ,Sheep ,General Veterinary ,biology ,business.industry ,Control programme ,Public health ,Zoonosis ,General Medicine ,Integrated approach ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Echinococcus granulosu ,Outreach ,Italy ,Parasitology ,business ,Human - Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a severe zoonosis, caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. This helminth infection is of increasing public health and socio-economic concern due to the considerable morbidity rates that cause economic losses both in the public health sector and in the livestock industry. Control programmes against E. granulosus are considered long-term actions which require an integrated approach and high expenditure of time and financial resources. Since 2010, an integrated approach to control CE has been implemented in a highly endemic area of continental southern Italy (Campania region). Innovative procedures and tools have been developed and exploited during the control programme based on the following strategies: i) active and passive surveillance in livestock (using geospatial tools for georeferencing), ii) diagnosis in dogs (using the FLOTAC techniques and molecular analysis), iii) targeted treatment of farm dogs (using purpose-built confinement cages), iv) early diagnosis in livestock (by ultrasonography), v) surveillance in humans (through hospital discharge records analysis), vi) monitoring the food chain (analysing raw vegetables), vii) outreach activities to the general public (through dissemination material, e.g. brochures, gadgets, videos, virtual reality). Over eight years, the integrated approach and the new strategies developed have resulted in a noteworthy reduction of the parasite infection rates in livestock (e.g. up to 30 % in sheep). The results obtained so far highlight that using a one health multidisciplinary and multi-institution effort is of pivotal importance in preparing CE control programmes at regional level and could be extended to other endemic Mediterranean areas.
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- 2020
6. Pooling sheep faecal samples for the assessment of anthelmintic drug efficacy using McMaster and Mini-FLOTAC in gastrointestinal strongyle and Nematodirus infection.
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Kenyon F, Rinaldi L, McBean D, Pepe P, Bosco A, Melville L, Devin L, Mitchell G, Ianniello D, Charlier J, Vercruysse J, Cringoli G, and Levecke B
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- Animals, Anthelmintics therapeutic use, Gastrointestinal Diseases drug therapy, Gastrointestinal Diseases parasitology, Nematodirus drug effects, Parasite Egg Count, Sheep, Strongylida Infections diagnosis, Strongylida Infections drug therapy, Anthelmintics pharmacology, Feces parasitology, Gastrointestinal Diseases veterinary, Nematoda drug effects, Parasitology methods, Sheep Diseases drug therapy, Sheep Diseases parasitology, Strongylida Infections veterinary
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In small ruminants, faecal egg counts (FECs) and reduction in FECs (FECR) are the most common methods for the assessment of intensity of gastrointestinal (GI) nematodes infections and anthelmintic drug efficacy, respectively. The main limitation of these methods is the time and cost to conduct FECs on a representative number of individual animals. A cost-saving alternative would be to examine pooled faecal samples, however little is known regarding whether pooling can give representative results. In the present study, we compared the FECR results obtained by both an individual and a pooled examination strategy across different pool sizes and analytical sensitivity of the FEC techniques. A survey was conducted on 5 sheep farms in Scotland, where anthelmintic resistance is known to be widespread. Lambs were treated with fenbendazole (4 groups), levamisole (3 groups), ivermectin (3 groups) or moxidectin (1 group). For each group, individual faecal samples were collected from 20 animals, at baseline (D0) and 14 days after (D14) anthelmintic administration. Faecal samples were analyzed as pools of 3-5, 6-10, and 14-20 individual samples. Both individual and pooled samples were screened for GI strongyle and Nematodirus eggs using two FEC techniques with three different levels of analytical sensitivity, including Mini-FLOTAC (analytical sensitivity of 10 eggs per gram of faeces (EPG)) and McMaster (analytical sensitivity of 15 or 50 EPG).For both Mini-FLOTAC and McMaster (analytical sensitivity of 15 EPG), there was a perfect agreement in classifying the efficacy of the anthelmintic as 'normal', 'doubtful' or 'reduced' regardless of pool size. When using the McMaster method (analytical sensitivity of 50 EPG) anthelmintic efficacy was often falsely classified as 'normal' or assessment was not possible due to zero FECs at D0, and this became more pronounced when the pool size increased. In conclusion, pooling ovine faecal samples holds promise as a cost-saving and efficient strategy for assessing GI nematode FECR. However, for the assessment FECR one will need to consider the baseline FEC, pool size and analytical sensitivity of the method., (Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2016
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7. Comparison of individual and pooled faecal samples in sheep for the assessment of gastrointestinal strongyle infection intensity and anthelmintic drug efficacy using McMaster and Mini-FLOTAC.
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Rinaldi L, Levecke B, Bosco A, Ianniello D, Pepe P, Charlier J, Cringoli G, and Vercruysse J
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- Animals, Gastrointestinal Diseases diagnosis, Gastrointestinal Diseases parasitology, Parasite Egg Count veterinary, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sheep, Sheep Diseases diagnosis, Sheep Diseases drug therapy, Specimen Handling methods, Strongylida Infections diagnosis, Strongylida Infections parasitology, Anthelmintics therapeutic use, Feces parasitology, Gastrointestinal Diseases veterinary, Sheep Diseases parasitology, Specimen Handling veterinary, Strongylida Infections veterinary
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A field study was conducted to validate pooled faecal samples in sheep for the assessment of gastrointestinal (GI) strongyle infection intensity (faecal egg count - FEC) and anthelmintic drug efficacy (FEC reduction - FECR). Ten sheep farms located in the Campania region of southern Italy were selected for the study. In each farm, individual faecal samples from 20 adult sheep (when possible) were collected, before (D0) and after (D14) an anthelmintic treatment with albendazole. For each farm and at each time point (D0 and D14) the faecal samples were examined individually and as pools. Specifically, three different pool sizes (5, 10 and 20 individual sheep samples) and three different analytic sensitivities (namely 10 using Mini-FLOTAC; 15 and 50 using the two variants of McMaster - McM15 and McM50) were compared for FEC and FECR using individual and pooled faecal samples. GI strongyle intensity (eggs per gram of faeces - EPG) of pooled samples correlated positively with mean EPG of individual samples, with very high correlation coefficients (ranging from 0.94 to 0.99) across the 3 different pool sizes and analytic sensitivities. Mini-FLOTAC was more sensitive compared to the two variants of McMaster (McM15 and McM50) for the diagnosis of GI strongyles in sheep (100% vs 88.5% vs 75.9%) and resulted in significant higher FEC compared to both McM15 and McM50, with a mean difference in egg counts of approximately 90 EPG (p<0.001). The drug efficacy results showed that FECR was higher than 98% at most farms independently of the pool size and analytic sensitivity. With the exception of two farms, FECR was 100% when calculated for individual animals and across the different pool size and analytic sensitivities. In conclusion, the present study highlighted that pooling ovine faecal samples is a rapid procedure that holds promise as a valid strategy for assessing GI strongyles FEC and FECR in sheep., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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8. First survey of endoparasites in pet ferrets in Italy.
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d'Ovidio D, Pepe P, Ianniello D, Noviello E, Quinton JF, Cringoli G, and Rinaldi L
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- Ancylostoma, Ancylostomiasis diagnosis, Ancylostomiasis epidemiology, Animals, Cross-Sectional Studies, Feces parasitology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic epidemiology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic parasitology, Italy, Parasite Egg Count, Parasitic Diseases, Animal diagnosis, Parasitic Diseases, Animal parasitology, Prevalence, Sarcocystis, Sarcocystosis diagnosis, Sarcocystosis epidemiology, Ancylostomiasis veterinary, Ferrets parasitology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic veterinary, Parasitic Diseases, Animal epidemiology, Pets parasitology, Sarcocystosis veterinary
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Endoparasites are infrequently reported in ferrets. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in pet ferrets in southern Italy. Fresh fecal samples were randomly collected from 50 ferrets housed in pet shops or privately owned. All fecal samples were processed using the FLOTAC pellet technique to identify and count helminthic eggs/larvae and protozoan cysts/oocysts. In addition, the samples were analyzed also by the Remel XpectGiardia/Cryptosporidium immunoassay. Intestinal parasites were detected in 15 out of 50 ferrets (30%). Eggs of ancylostomids were found in 28.0% (14/50) of the animals and oocysts of Sarcocystis were detected in one ferret (2.0%). None of the samples was positive for Cryptosporidium or Giardia. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of sarcosporidiosis in a pet ferret in Italy., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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9. FLOTAC for diagnosis of endo-parasites in pet squirrels in southern Italy.
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d'Ovidio D, Rinaldi L, Ianniello D, Donnelly TM, Pepe P, Capasso M, and Cringoli G
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- Animals, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures veterinary, Feces parasitology, Helminths physiology, Italy, Helminthiasis, Animal diagnosis, Pets parasitology, Sciuridae parasitology
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The present study investigated the occurrence of endoparasites in pet squirrels in southern Italy. Fresh fecal samples were collected from 50 asymptomatic pet squirrels belonging to five different species (Callosciurus finlaysonii, n=6, C. prevosti, n=6; Tamias striatus, n=26, T. sibiricus, n=10; Sciurus carolinensis, n=2) housed both in pet shops and/or in private residences. All fecal samples were processed using the FLOTAC pellet technique to identify and count helminth eggs/larvae and protozoan cysts/oocysts. In addition, to detect Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. the samples were analyzed by the Remel Xpect(®) immunoassay. Helminth eggs were detected in 9 out of 50 squirrels. Specifically, eggs of Dicrocoelium dendriticum were found in 5 squirrels (C. finlaysonii, n=2; C. prevosti, n=2; T. striatus, n=1); eggs of the pinworm Syphacia spp. in 3 squirrels (C. prevosti, n=2; T. striatus, n=1); and eggs of gastrointestinal nematoda (Nippostrongylus-like) were found in 1 subject (C. prevosti). Finally, two squirrels (C. prevosti) had multiple parasitic infections with D. dendriticum and Capillaria hepatica, and with D. dendriticum and Strongyloides spp., respectively. None of the samples were positive for Cryptosporidium spp. or Giardia spp. or any other protozoa (e.g. Eimeria). To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a D. dendriticum natural infection in pet rodents., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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