Pharmaco-epidemiological evaluation of veterinary antimicrobial prescriptions for cattle, swine, small ruminants, poultry, rainbow trout, and food-producing horses in Umbria in 2014.

Veterinary  antimicrobial  use  could  lead  to  problems  such  as  the  spread  of  antimicrobial resistance or the presence of residues in animal-derived products for human consumption. Related  to  this,  data  on  drug  consumption  is  in  strong  demand.  The  aims  of  this  study are  therefore  to  evaluate  a  regional  Defined  Daily  Dose  (DDDvet_Umbria)  for  all  of  the antimicrobials  prescribed  in  Umbria  during  2014  and  to  analyse  prescriptions  for  cattle, swine,  small  ruminants,  poultry,  rainbow  trout,  and  food-producing  horses.

Trichinella spiralis as a modulator of Shope fibroma virus.

After the works on the promoting effect of trichinellosis on some viral infections in rodents, many studies successively demonstrated that Trichinella spiralis confers resistance to many unrelated antigens including pathogens, such as Protozoa, Bacteria and tumour cells (B16 melanoma). Considering the above contradictory results, the present work was undertaken to study, in rabbits, T. spiralis as a modulator of Shope's fibroma virus, an oncogenic virus responsible for a benign neoplasia.