RICERCA ITALIANA     

Programmi di ricerca simili:

• 1 - Analisi del rischio ed aspetti economici delle parassitosi nell'industria suinicola
• 2 - INFEZIONE DEL CANE DA CORONAVIRUS PANTROPICO: ASPETTI EPIDEMIOLOGICI, PATOGENETICI E MOLECOLARI
• 3 - Ruolo del Circovirus suino tipo 2 (PCV-2) nella immunopatogenesi della sindrome del deperimento progressivo post-svezzamento. Interazioni con le batteriosi opportunistiche e polifattorialità del danno produttivo.
• 4 - Infezioni respiratorie: epidemiologia molecolare, cross-protection e impatto delle strategie preventive
• 5 - Benessere animale, salute, biodiversità: effetti del gene candidato NR31C (Recettore dei Glucocorticoidi) in avicoltura.
• 6 - Nuovi vaccini e basi epidemiologiche per la loro applicazione
• 7 - Sistema nervoso centrale e periferico ed infezione da virus dell'epatite C: manifestazioni clinico-patologiche, potenziali fattori favorenti la neuro-invasione, meccanismi del danno neurale.
• 8 - Valutazione dell'espressione delle Metalloproteasi 1-5 del dermatofita Microsporum canis sia in condizioni sperimentali che in vivo.
• 9 - Eziopatogenesi del sarcoma di Kaposi: ruolo dello Human Herpesvirus 8 e di altri co-fattori potenzialmente coinvolti.
• 10 - EPIDEMIOLOGIA, DIAGNOSI E STRATEGIE DI CONTROLLO DELLA DIARREA VIRALE DEL BOVINO (BVD)

Classificazione scientifico-disciplinare

• Area scientifico disciplinare: Scienze agrarie e veterinarie
  • PATOLOGIA GENERALE E ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA VETERINARIA
  • MALATTIE INFETTIVE DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI

Classificazione brevettuale

• CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
• HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Classificazione geografica

• Regione: Emilia Romagna

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Parole Chiave

EPATITE E, ZOONOSI, SUINO, EPIDEMIOLOGIA, SICUREZZA ALIMENTARE, HEV