Publications by authors named "L Ruocco"

Article Synopsis
  • * The virus re-emerged in 2007, leading to outbreaks in various regions including Italy, where the first case was documented in a wild boar in January 2022, eventually spreading to pig farms by mid-2023.
  • * The report highlights the response to ASF outbreaks in Lombardy, focusing on epidemiological investigations and measures taken to minimize economic impacts on the pig industry, in compliance with national and European regulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: To design a novel artificial intelligence-based software platform that allows users to analyze text data by identifying various coherent topics and parts of the data related to a specific research theme-of-interest (TOI).

Materials And Methods: Our platform uses state-of-the-art unsupervised natural language processing methods, building on top of a large language model, to analyze social media text data. At the center of the platform's functionality is BERTopic, which clusters social media posts, forming collections of words representing distinct topics.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

African swine fever is a devastating contagious viral disease of kept and wild porcine animals that will challenge the Veterinary Services involved in its eradication. Nowadays, ASF represents one of the biggest challenges for the pig sector at a global level. Following a number of simulated virus random introductions, the paper estimates the average number of farms (including their type) and animals that will be under restriction, and finally the average distance of infected farms from the nearest rendering plant.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study described a SARS-CoV-2 infection in minks on an Italian farm. Surveillance was performed based on clinical examination and a collection of 1879 swabs and 74 sera from dead and live animals. The farm was placed under surveillance for 4.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF