Anthelmintic resistance in cyathostomin populations from horse yards in Italy, United Kingdom and GermanyDonato Traversa
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Italy
Parasit Vectors 2:S2. 2009
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- Faecal Cyathostomin Egg Count distribution and efficacy of anthelmintics against cyathostomins in Italy: a matter of geography?
Piermarino Milillo
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Italy
Parasit Vectors 2:S4. 2009
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- Efficacy and safety of emodepside 2.1%/praziquantel 8.6% spot-on formulation in the treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy
Parasitol Res 105:S83-9. 2009
..Future practical perspectives in feline medicine and the major advantages of the spot-on product compared to the oral paste are discussed...
- Distribution and species-specific occurrence of cyathostomins (Nematoda, Strongylida) in naturally infected horses from Italy, United Kingdom and Germany
Donato Traversa
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Italy
Vet Parasitol 168:84-92. 2010
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- New insights into morphological and biological features of Capillaria aerophila (Trichocephalida, Trichuridae)
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy
Parasitol Res 109:S97-104. 2011
..The results of this study provide key information on the biological cycle of C. aerophila and present key morphological characters for the identification of eggs in faeces...
- Species composition of Gasterophilus spp. (Diptera, Oestridae) causing equine gastric myiasis in southern Italy: parasite biodiversity and risks for extinction
Domenico Otranto
Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
Vet Parasitol 133:111-8. 2005
..inermis, G. pecorum and G. haemorrhoidalis have been decreasing relative to G. intestinalis and G. nasalis which may suggest tendency toward the extinction of the three former species of Gasterophilus...
- Canine and feline infections by cardiopulmonary nematodes in central and southern Italy
Angela Di Cesare
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy
Parasitol Res 109:S87-96. 2011
..Larger surveys are necessary to gain more information on the diffusion of these parasites, especially for C. aerophila and A. vasorum, for which the actual distribution is poorly known...
- Autochthonous foci of canine and feline infections by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in central Italy
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, Teramo, TE, Italy
Vet Parasitol 169:128-32. 2010
..The results are discussed, together with the origin of these new autochthonous foci in central Italy and the present expansion southward of canine and feline filariae in Italy...
- Species-specific identification of equine cyathostomes resistant to fenbendazole and susceptible to oxibendazole and moxidectin by macroarray probing
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100, Teramo, Italy
Exp Parasitol 121:92-5. 2009
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- Efficacy and safety of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% spot-on formulation in the treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy
Parasitol Res 105:S55-62. 2009
..Future practical perspectives in feline medicine and the major advantages of the spot-on product compared to the oral paste are discussed...
- Infection by Eucoleus aerophilus in dogs and cats: is another extra-intestinal parasitic nematode of pets emerging in Italy?
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Res Vet Sci 87:270-2. 2009
..aerophilus infections may have upon animal health and its zoonotic potential, it is strongly advisable to routinely include this disease in the differential diagnosis of (cardio)-respiratory diseases of dogs and cats...
- Efficacy of moxidectin injectable and pour-on formulations in a pilot control program against bovine hypodermosis in Southern Italy
Domenico Otranto
Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy
Prev Vet Med 69:153-9. 2005
..7%). This trial contributed to a significant reduction in infestation rates in the study area and represented the first step through which a national program for eradicating warble fly infestation in Italy...
- Copromicroscopic and molecular assays for the detection of cancer-causing parasitic nematode Spirocerca lupi
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, TE, Italy
Vet Parasitol 157:108-16. 2008
..2%) Israeli samples scored molecularly positive using the PCR-based approach. The potential implications and perspectives for canine spirocercosis of these coproscopic and molecular diagnostic methodologies evaluated herein are discussed...
- Immunoenzymatic analysis and genetic detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in lambs from Italy
Barbara Paoletti
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy
Exp Parasitol 122:349-52. 2009
..This work suggests for the first time that lambs in Italy may shed C. parvum, thus representing a potential public health hazard...
- Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a feline colony from central Italy: clinical features, diagnostic procedures and molecular characterization
Donato Traversa
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100, Teramo, Italy
Parasitol Res 103:1191-6. 2008
..The importance of the disease is discussed together with pros and cons of different conventional and innovative diagnostic approaches...
- Utility of mitochondrial and ribosomal genes for differentiation and phylogenesis of species of gastrointestinal bot flies
Domenico Otranto
Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, P.O. Box 7, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
J Econ Entomol 98:2235-45. 2005
..This study confirms the utility of the COI and 16S and 28S rRNA genes to address diagnostic and phylogenetic questions in Gasterophilus species...
- Report in Europe of nasal myiasis by Rhinoestrus spp. in horses and donkeys: seasonal patterns and taxonomical considerations
Domenico Otranto
Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano Bari, Italy
Vet Parasitol 122:79-88. 2004
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- Otodectes cynotis (Acari: Psoroptidae): examination of survival off-the-host under natural and laboratory conditions
Domenico Otranto
Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Str Prov per Casamassima Km3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
Exp Appl Acarol 32:171-9. 2004
..This basic understanding of off-host survival suggests that, places which have been inhabited by infected animals may need to be disinfected or remain vacated for at least 12 days before occupancy by clean cats or dogs...
