Publications by authors named "T Zottola"
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- - The demand for edible snails in the Mediterranean is high, and there is growing concern about diseases affecting them, prompting an analysis of 240 Cornu aspersum samples from Italian farms.
- - Anatomopathological tests revealed significant gastrointestinal and digestive gland alterations, with 70% of samples showing Rickettsia-like organisms and 30% containing Giemsa positive amoebae.
- - While RLOs predominantly caused changes in the digestive gland, further research is needed to determine whether these pathogens pose a risk to humans and animals.
() is a widespread opportunistic pathogen that causes the listeriosis foodborne disease. This bacterium has become a common contaminant of handled food, and a relevant public health issue. Here we describe a nosocomial outbreak of listeriosis caused by an ST451 strain of involving three cancer and one immunocompromised patients hospitalized in different units from the same hospital during September and October 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A retrospective sero-survey for evidence of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in European wild boar () was conducted in the Latium region, Italy, on stored serum samples of the period November 2011 to January 2012.
Methods: Sera were collected from 168 European wild boars and screened for antibodies to WNV and other Flaviviruses by competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA). All sera positive for Flavivirus antibodies by cELISA were further examined by virus neutralization test (VNT).
The human consumption of food animal products is the main topic of an important debate among professionals in this sector: dietologists, dietitians and nutritional biologists. The red meat provides all the essential amino acids, bioavailable iron, zinc, calcium, lipids and B-group vitamins. A valid alternative to beef could be the buffalo meat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConsumer is very careful about healthiness; in this context nutritionists often highlight the importance of fish for human nutrition because of their protein and fatty acid composition. In order to stimulate utilisation and consumption of fish species by unusual target groups such as children, the aim of this research was to formulate and to evaluate shelf-life and nutritional values of fish preparations stored in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). Fish species used for trail were and fished and farmed in Basilicata region respectively.
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