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Evolution of infectious bronchitis virus in the field after homologous vaccination introduction

Veterinary Research, 2019
Despite the fact that vaccine resistance has been typically considered a rare phenomenon, some episodes of vaccine failure have been reported with increasing frequency in intensively-raised livestock.
Giovanni Franzo, Matteo Legnardi, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Michele Drigo, Marco Martini, Mattia Cecchinato   +5 more
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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Epidemiology in an Integrated Pig Company of Northern Italy: A Multilevel Threat Requiring Multilevel Interventions

Viruses, 2021
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is probably the most relevant viral disease affecting pig farming. Despite the remarkable efforts paid in terms of vaccination administration and biosecurity, eradication and long-term control have ...
Giovanni Franzo, Giacomo Barbierato, Patrizia Pesente, Matteo Legnardi, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Giampietro Sandri, Michele Drigo   +6 more
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Thermographic Screening of Beef Cattle Metatarsal Growth Plate Lesions

Animals, 2022
Lameness represents one of the main causes of decreased productive performance and impaired animal welfare in the bovine industry. Young beef bulls are predisposed to develop diseases of the growing skeleton, especially growth plate lesions.
Giorgia Fabbri, Matteo Gianesella, Rossella Tessari, Andrea Bassini, Massimo Morgante, Barbara Contiero, Vanessa Faillace, Enrico Fiore   +7 more
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Effect of genome composition and codon bias on infectious bronchitis virus evolution and adaptation to target tissues

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is one of the most relevant viruses affecting the poultry industry, and several studies have investigated the factors involved in its biological cycle and evolution.
Giovanni Franzo, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Matteo Legnardi, Mattia Cecchinato   +3 more
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The Welfare of Beef Cattle in the Scientific Literature From 1990 to 2019: A Text Mining Approach

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Beef cattle are the third most numerous terrestrial farmed animals worldwide. Factors such as geographical region, animal category, breed, and rearing system pose specific animal welfare challenges that can have an impact on animal and public health ...
Elena Nalon, Barbara Contiero, Flaviana Gottardo, Giulio Cozzi   +3 more
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Effect of dietary supplementation with full-fat silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) chrysalis meal on growth performance and meat quality of Rhode Island Red × Fayoumi crossbred chickens

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2020
The objective was to study the effect of the partial substitution of soybean meal and oil with full-fat silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) meal (SWM) in the diet of growing chickens, on their growth and meat quality traits. A total of 195 1-day-old chicks of both
Mohammad Yousuf Miah, Yazavinder Singh, Marco Cullere, Sandro Tenti, Antonella Dalle Zotte   +4 more
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Phylodynamic and phylogeographic reconstruction of IBV lineages: diverse paths and determinants, one goal for control

Scientific Reports
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a genetically diverse avian coronavirus that significantly impacts global poultry production. While IBV evolution and spread have been widely studied, most analyses lack global scope and statistical evaluation of ...
Giovanni Franzo, Matteo Legnardi, Riccardo Baston, Francesca Poletto, Cristina Andolfatto, Claudia Maria Tucciarone, Mattia Cecchinato   +6 more
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Mapping out Map Libraries

LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries, 2008
Discussing the requirements for map data quality, map users and their library/archives environment, the paper focuses on the metadata the user would need for a correct and efficient interpretation of the map data. For such a correct interpretation, knowledge of the rules and guidelines according to which the topographers/cartographers work (such as the
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Usefulness of Maternal and Fetal Parameters for the Prediction of Parturition Date in Dogs

Animals, 2021
An accurate parturition timing is of key importance for breeders and veterinarians in order to give professional assistance to parturition in dogs. However, pregnancy length calculated from the breeding date has a wide variability.
Giulia Siena, Chiara Milani
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Description and validation of a circular padding method for linear roughness measurements of short data lengths

MethodsX, 2020
Surface topography measurements are vital in industrial quality control. Linear roughness measurements are among the most preferred methods, being quick to perform and easy to interpret.
Stijn Schoeters, Wim Dewulf, Jean-Pierre Kruth, Han Haitjema, Bart Boeckmans   +4 more
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