Correction: Socio-economic factors as indicators for various animal diseases in Sardinia.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.

Socio-economic factors as indicators for various animal diseases in Sardinia.

The need to consider the role of social factors in the efficacy of farm management and, consequently, in the onset and persistence of diseases typical to animal farms is increasingly being realized increasingly worldwide. Many risk analysis studies have been conducted to assess the role of various factors in the development of animal diseases; however, very few have accounted for the role of social factors. The aim of this work was to bridge this gap, with the main hypothesis that different socio-economic factors could be valid indicators for the occurrence of different animal diseases.

Spp. and Contamination in Ready-To-Eat Sandwiches Collected from Vending Machines.

Ready-to-eat (RTE) food is characterised by a long shelf-life at refrigerated temperature and can be consumed as such, without any treatment. The aim of the work was to evaluate the presence of spp. and in RTEs collected from refrigerated vending machines placed in hospital environment and accessible to the hospitalised patients.