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D’Amico G, Gismondi F, Janssen J, Manca R, Petroni F, di Prignano EV. The study of basic risk processes by discrete-time non-homogeneous Markov processes. Theor Probability and Math Statist 2018. [DOI: 10.1090/tpms/1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sanna G, Pipia A, Tamponi C, Manca R, Varcasia A, Traversa D, Scala A. Anthelmintics efficacy against intestinal strongyles in horses of Sardinia, Italy. Parasite Epidemiol Control 2016; 1:15-19. [PMID: 29988184 PMCID: PMC5991823 DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Intestinal strongyles (IS) are the most important parasites of equids, due to their high prevalence worldwide, pathogenicity and the spread of drug-resistant populations. Despite the large number of horses bred in Sardinia Island, Italy, no data are available on the efficacy of anthelmintic compounds in the control of horse strongylosis. Therefore the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of five commercial anthelmintic formulations containing fenbendazole (FBZ), pyrantel (PYR), moxidectin (MOX) and two ivermectin formulations (IVM1 and IVM2) against IS in Sardinia by performing a fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) and investigating the egg reappearance period (ERP) after treatment. In total, 74 horses from 7 farms were examined. Coprocultures performed for individual fecal samples collected at the day of the treatment revealed that cyathostomins were the predominant parasitic species (98.6%). The FECR for all horses belonging to the treatment groups after two weeks was ≥ 95% with a 95% C.I. > 90%. The expected ERP did not decrease in any of the treatment group as FECR values < 90% were found at D60 for FBZ, at D90 for PYR and IVM1, at D150 for IVM2. All horses treated with MOX showed FECRT > 90% for the entire duration of the trial until D150. The results of the present survey indicate that drug-resistant cyathostomin populations are not present in the examined horse population, contrariwise to what observed in other Italian and European regions. The reasons and implications of these results are discussed.
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- G. Sanna
- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Settore di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Settore di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Settore di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Veterinary practitioner, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Settore di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
- Corresponding author at: Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
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- Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Piazza A. Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Settore di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Fruzzetti F, Perini D, Spirito N, Manca R. [Oral contraceptive pill and thrombotic risk: epidemiological studies]. Minerva Ginecol 2012; 64:539-549. [PMID: 23232538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a rare event during childbearing age and during the assumption of combined oral contraceptive. The absolute risk of VTE in users of combined oral contraceptives is 20-30 per 100000 women years. A number of case-control studies published in recent years have shown an apparent increase in the risk of VTE among users of oral contraceptives (OCs) containing desogestrel, gestodene, drospirenone and cyproterone, relative to the use of levonorgestrel. The data derived from these recent studies is of borderline statistical significance because any important factors are not considered to evaluate the real correlation between the assumption of OCs and risk of venous thromboembolism. Among the factors that should be considered, there are: EE dose, duration of use, coexistance of other risk factors of venous thromboembolism (age, BMI, familiarity, surgical interventions) and other prescription bias. The lack of these factors is likely to contribute to the increased risk of venous thromboembolism observed in users of third-generation OCs when compared to that in users of second-generation OCs. To date, because of the inadequacy of epidemiological studies, the data about the correlation between OCs and TVE, are not conclusive and it will be necessary to carry out other studies to clarify this debating point, definitively.
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MESH Headings
- Activated Protein C Resistance/chemically induced
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Case-Control Studies
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Comorbidity
- Contraceptives, Oral/adverse effects
- Contraceptives, Oral/chemistry
- Contraceptives, Oral, Combined/adverse effects
- Contraceptives, Oral, Combined/chemistry
- Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/adverse effects
- Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/chemistry
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Obesity/epidemiology
- Product Surveillance, Postmarketing
- Risk Factors
- Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin/analysis
- Smoking/epidemiology
- Thrombophilia/blood
- Thrombophilia/chemically induced
- Venous Thromboembolism/epidemiology
- Venous Thromboembolism/etiology
- Young Adult
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- F Fruzzetti
- Dipartimento di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Università di Pisa, Italia.
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Montagna F, Cortesini C, Manca R, Montagna L, Piras A, Manfredini D. Epidemiology of dental professional liability. Minerva Stomatol 2011; 60:179-193. [PMID: 21471941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The aim of this article is to collect data relating to dental professional liability in Italy and provide a common platform for discussions among clinicians, legal medicine practitioners, and experts in law. On the basis of two different dental-legal statistical samples (1,670 reports of legal dental experts and 320 civil court decisions) we analyzed the dental professional liability lawsuit in the areas of distribution of lawsuits among the different dental specialties, recurrence and type of errors, outcome of civil suits, parameters of compensation. Some ideas are also proposed for possible strategies in the management of clinical risk (prevention of errors) and court proceedings.
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- F Montagna
- SIOLA, Società Italiana Odontoiatria Legale e Assicurativa, Verona, Italy.
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Rizzo A, Minoia G, Ceci E, Manca R, Mutinati M, Spedicato M, Sciorsci R. The Effect of Calcium-Naloxone Treatment on Blood Calcium, β-Endorphin, and Acetylcholine in Milk Fever. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:3454-8. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Manca R, Rizzo A, Trisolini C, Minoia G, Mutinati M, Spedicato M, Sciorsci RL. Intra-vesicle administration of d-cloprostenol for induction of abortion in mid-gestation bitches. Anim Reprod Sci 2008; 106:133-42. [PMID: 17521834 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study evaluated a new method for mid-gestation termination in the bitch, which consisted of ultrasound-guided administration of a single dose of d-cloprostenol, a PGF(2alpha) analogue, into a single gestational sac. Effects on serum progesterone concentration (P(4)) were also investigated. The study was performed between days 28 and 35 of gestation on 15 privately owned crossbred bitches, randomly divided into two groups: group A comprised 10 bitches treated with 15 microg per head d-cloprostenol diluted in 0.8 ml sterile saline (final volume 1 ml); group B comprised 5 bitches treated with 1 ml of sterile saline solution (0.9% NaCl), administered in the same way. In all bitches of group A, fetal death was successfully induced within 5 days (mean: 3.1 days, S.D. 1.2) with no clinical or behavioural complications. Mild adverse effects were observed in two bitches, each weighing less than 10 kg, including salivation, defecation and hyperventilation, which disappeared within 15 min. None of the subjects in group B aborted within 10 days post-treatment. In group A, P(4) declined 2.8 days before pregnancy termination to a mean value below 30 nmol/l (S.D. 2.9 nmol/l). However, two bitches showed a higher concentration of P(4) throughout the sampling period. Our study demonstrates that intra-vesicle administration of a single low dose of D-cloprostenol is an effective and safe technique for induction of abortion, which offers an additional option for termination of unwanted pregnancy in the mid-gestation bitch.
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- R Manca
- Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Bari, Italy
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Mutinati M, Spedicato M, Manca R, Trisolini C, Minoia G, Rizzo A, Sciorsci RL. Influence of antibiotic therapy on serum levels of reactive oxygen species in ovariectomized bitches. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2008; 31:18-21. [PMID: 18177314 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2007.00919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study was conducted on 60 ovariectomized bitches. The objectives were to measure the mean reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentrations before, during and after surgery, and to investigate the effect of the administration of five different antibiotic treatments: amoxicillin, benzylpenicillin/dihydrostreptomycin, sulfametazine/sulfamerazine/sulfathiazole, enrofloxacin, lincomycin/spectinomycin. The first value recorded represented the mean ROS concentration in anestral bitches and constitutes a reference level with which to compare the subsequent measurements. After premedication, induction of anesthesia and during maintenance and surgery, ROS serum concentrations showed constant values until the end of surgery. After surgery and during antibiotic administration, an increase in ROS concentration occurred, which differed among the five groups in relation to the antibiotics employed. The lowest increases occurred in the groups treated with the combination of lincomycin/spectinomycin, and with amoxicillin; whereas the highest increases were detected in the group treated with enrofloxacin. The three other antibiotics showed an intermediate level of influence on oxidative status.
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- M Mutinati
- Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Usai P, Manca R, Cuomo R, Lai MA, Boi MF. Effect of gluten-free diet and co-morbidity of irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms on health-related quality of life in adult coeliac patients. Dig Liver Dis 2007; 39:824-8. [PMID: 17644056 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Revised: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Both coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome show impaired health-related quality of life, however, the impact of irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms on health-related quality of life in coeliac disease is unclear. AIM To evaluate the effect of gluten-free diet adherence and irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms co-morbidity on health-related quality of life in adult coeliac disease patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 1130 adults were enrolled in the study comprising 1001 controls from the general population and 129 diagnosed coeliac disease patients from the University Clinic in Cagliari. Irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms and health-related quality of life were assessed using the Rome II and the SF-36 questionnaires, respectively. RESULTS Irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms prevalence in controls was 10.1% (102/1001) and 55% (71/129) in the coeliac disease patients. Irritable bowel syndrome-type symptom controls and coeliac disease patients both presented significantly lower health-related quality of life (p<or=0.05) compared to healthy controls. Strict diet coeliac disease patients, compared to partial diet patients, showed significantly (p<or=0.05) better scores in all domains, except physical functioning, physical-role and bodily pain. The lowest scores were found in partial diet coeliac disease patients with irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The present results confirm the burden of irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms and coeliac disease on health-related quality of life. Moreover, these data show that health-related quality of life in coeliac disease is impaired by poor compliance and by co-morbidity with irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms.
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- P Usai
- Gastroenterology Unit, University of Cagliari, S.S. 554 Bivio per Sestu, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy.
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Trisolini C, Minoia G, Manca R, Rizzo A, Robbe D, Valentini L, Sciorsci RL. Plasma homocysteine levels in cycling, pregnant, and spayed bitches. Anim Reprod Sci 2007; 108:29-36. [PMID: 17681438 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological range of homocysteine (Hcy) exhibited by bitches during the follicular (pro-oestrus), luteal (dioestrus) and anoestrus phases of cycling animals, and in pregnant and spayed bitches. The lowest concentrations of Hcy were observed during dioestrus (3.2+/-1.27micromol/L) and in pregnant bitches (3.9+/-1.72micromol/L), and the highest concentrations during anoestrus (7.8+/-0.6micromol/L) and in spayed bitches (12.1+/-5.16micromol/L).
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- C Trisolini
- Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy
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Rizzo A, Minoia G, Trisolini C, Manca R, Sciorsci RL. Concentrations of free radicals and beta-endorphins in repeat breeder cows. Anim Reprod Sci 2006; 100:257-63. [PMID: 16989966 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Repeat breeding (RB) is one of the major problems that affect the reproductive efficiency and economy of milk production in dairy animals. So far, the etiopathogenesis of this pathology has not been defined completely. Stress has been hypothesized to be a cause of impaired reproductive efficiency. Stress may cause an overproduction of beta-endorphins and free radicals; in particular, reactive oxygen species (ROS). The aim of this work is to determine the concentrations of these substances in RB cows and to evaluate the correlation with the serum level of progesterone. The study was performed on 60 dairy cows: 26 RB and 34 control cows. Blood samples were collected on day 12 and day 16, after artificial insemination (AI) in all subjects, in order to assess the concentrations of progesterone, free radicals and beta-endorphins. The stressors, free radicals and beta-endorphins, that we considered, were higher in repeat breeders (day 12, 93.32(+/-1.91) UCarr and 0.50(+/-0.03) ng/ml; day 16, 94.42(+/-1.91) UCarr and 0.61(+/-0.03) ng/ml), with a lower level of progesterone, which probably is responsible for failure to conceive. The stress factors (free radicals and beta-endorphins) may actually enhance each other and induce an inhibition of progesterone synthesis in repeat breeders.
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- A Rizzo
- Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy
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Dettori M, Carcangiu V, Cengarle L, Tilloca G, Manca R, Vacca G. Fatty acid profile of lamb <i>semitendinous</i> muscle
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genotypes. J Anim Feed Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/74090/2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mercuro G, Rivano CA, Ruscazio M, Lai L, Manca R, Rossetti ZL, Cherchi A. Effects of 1-Year’s Therapy with the Dopamine2 Agonist Dihydroergotoxine on Blood Pressure and Plasma Noradrenaline Levels in Essential Hypertension. Clin Drug Investig 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03259216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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