OIE Collaborating Centre Reports
Activities in 2013
Title of Collaborating Centre:
Veterinary Training, Epidemiology,
Food Safety and Animal Welfare
(OIE-CC-IZSAM)
Address of Collaborating Centre:
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del
Molise
"G. Caporale"
Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo
ITALY
Tel.:
(0039) 0861 332204
Fax:
(0039) 0861 332251
e-mail address:
g.migliorati@izs.it
segreteria@izs.it
website:
Name of Director of Institute
(Responsible Official):
www.izs.it
Fernando Arnolfo
Director General
Name (including Title and
Position) of Head of the
Collaborating Centre (formally
OIE Contact Point):
Giacomo Migliorati
Name (including Title and
Position) of writer of this report
(if different from above)
Barbara Alessandrini ( Head of Training
Unit), Paolo Calistri (Head of Epidemiology
Unit), Giampiero Scortichini (Head of
Chemistry Unit), Nicola Ferri (Head of
Animal Welfare Unit)
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Veterinary Training, Epidemiology, Food Safety and Animal Welfare
Summary of activities specifically related to the mandate of
OIE Collaborating Centres
ToR:
To provide services to the OIE, in particular within the region, in the designated
specialty, in support of the implementation of OIE policies and, where required, seek for
collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories
ToR:
To identify and maintain existing expertise, in particular within its region
1.
Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of
techniques within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE
Disease control
Epidemiology, surveillance, risk assessment, modelling
Training, capacity building
Zoonoses
Wildlife
Avian diseases
Aquatic animal diseases
Animal welfare
Diagnosis, biotechnology and laboratory
Veterinary medicinal products
Vaccines
Food safety
Feed safety
Other (Name the category:
)
2
Type of activity
Scope
Training
Two eLearning projects under the “Better Training for Safer Food” strategy,
promoted by the Executive Agency for Health & Consumers (Direction General
SANCO), for the production and management of eLearning courses devoted
to official veterinarians and other professionals of the National Competent
Authorities of member, candidate and third Countries
Training/Animal
Welfare
Project "Renovation and Promoting high quality control posts in the European
Union", awarded to a large European consortium led by CRPA Spa: the
Institute delivered 4 multilingual ( English, French, Spanish, Greek, German
and Italian) eLearning courses for official veterinarians, stakeholders, control
poststaff and transport company workers. The courses were planned in order
to improve animal welfare standards in control posts. IZSAM was also
responsible for the implementation and management of a multi-functional
web site and collaborated to the development and validation of a protocol for
the assessment of animal welfare focused on the long transport of livestock
(cattle and pigs), and the use of Control Posts
Training/Food Safety
An eLearning programme on “Microbiological Criteria and Salmonellosis
control”, in partnership with the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle
Venezie, in the framework of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry
of Health.
Epidemiology/Animal
Welfare
IZSAM experts worked for the success of the7th Framework Programme
project “Companion Animals Multisectorial, Interprofessional,
Interdisciplinary, Strategic Think Tank On Zoonoses (CALLISTO)”, led by the
Federation of European Veterinarians. CALLISTO aims at providing an
overview of the current situation with regard to the role of companion
animals, as a source of infectious diseases for people and food animals, to
identify knowledge and technology gaps for the most important zoonoses and
propose targeted actions to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases transferred
via companion animals. IZSAM chairs the Expert Advisory Group on
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Type of activity
Scope
Epidemiology, is member of the EAG on Sociology and Animal Welfare, and
leader of the work package on knowledge management and dissemination.
The 2nd cycle achievements dedicated to risk assessment, are available at
www.callistoproject.eu.
Epidemiology/ Food
Safety
IZSAM went through the activities foreseen by the International European
Project CAPS2 “Strengthening of Centres for Aquaculture production and
Safety surveillance in Adriatic Cross-border Countries”.
Epidemiology
OIE-CC-IZSAM experts continued the research activities in Namibia, in
collaboration with the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Windhoek and
Namibian Veterinary Authorities, on the surveillance and control of major
animal diseases and in the development of a laboratory information system
able to produce relevant epidemiological data
Epidemiology/Training
The collaboration with the National Centre for Animal and Plant Health
(CENSA) of Cuba continued in the framework of common training activities on
epidemiology and risk analysis
Animal Welfare
The ‘Shelter Quality protocol’ (SQP) is a new tool that enables an objective
evaluation of the welfare state of dogs in shelters, highlighting resource- and
management- related criticalities. The SQP represents a first attempt to an
animal-based approach, which is becoming more and more successfully
applied to farm animals welfare assessment (e.g. Welfare Quality Project®).
The protocol was tested and validated assessing 29 rescue shelters in 6
different European countries.
Animal Welfare
Free-roaming dogs in Chile create a range of health and welfare problems for
people, animals and the environment. 174 dogs were assigned to 3 groups:
chemical or surgical treatment and control. Analysis were carried out to
compare behaviour (e.g. aggression, home range) before and after the
neutering.
Animal Welfare
Android® applications (App) can be very effective when collecting data during
field work. The first App integrates GPS and Google mapsTM, to navigate
within the sampling perimeters, and allows semi-automatic data recording.
The second App allows to create a database of animals electronically
identified: the Android® device links with the transponder reader and
automatically opens the animal clinical file. If it is a new record, the App
opens a new file to be filled. Data management and transcription are also
deeply simplified by these software.
Animal Welfare
The worst adverse effects (WAEs) of hazards in EU dairy production systems
and the animal based measures (AMBs), already collected in the field, that
can be utilised to detect such adverse effects were identified. To evaluate the
potential of already collected ABMs for detecting the WAEs, the linkages
between ABMs and WAEs and amongst WAEs were identified using expert
elicitation. The collected data will serve as a basis to evaluate the possible use
of animal based measures for quantitative assessment of the welfare of dairy
cows.
Animal Welfare
A Delphi process was carried out to gather expert opinions across 10 EU
countries about thresholds of acceptability for a selection of animal based
measures, to be included in a high welfare quality system for four livestock
species (pig, cattle, sheep and horses).
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Veterinary Training, Epidemiology, Food Safety and Animal Welfare
ToR:
To propose or develop methods and procedures that facilitate harmonisation of
international standards and guidelines applicable to the designated specialty
2.
Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of
international regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases,
food safety or animal welfare
Proposal title
Scope/Content
Applicable area
Shelter Quality
Protocol
A fully detailed protocol containing the
description of 25 welfare measures, for the
assessment of dogs housed in rescue shelters,
was developed to help shelter managers,
competent authorities and NGOs in identifying
welfare hazards for shelter dogs
Epidemiology
Drafting of the OIE Diagnostic Manual for
Terrestrial Animals and participation in the
activities of the OIE ad hoc group on
Epidemiology
Control Post
Protocols
Protocols on the assessment of Animal Welfare
during transport of different species were
developed in the framework of an EU project
(IZSAM partner of a consortium)
Animal welfare
Epidemiology, surveillance,
risk assessment, modelling
Animal welfare
ToR:
To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres designated
for the same specialty, and should the need arise, with Collaborating Centres in other
disciplines
ToR:
To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with
other centres, laboratories or organisations
3.
Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres
(CC), Reference Laboratories (RL), or organisations designated for the same specialty, to
coordinate scientific and technical studies?
Yes
Name of OIE CC/RL/other
organisation(s)
4
No
Location
Region of
networking Centre
Purpose
OIE-CC on Diagnosis,
Epidemiology and Control of
Animal Diseases in Tropical
Regions- CIRAD/EMVT ; OIE-CC
on Animal Disease Surveillance
Systems and Risk Analysis –
USDA-APHIS-VS-CEAH; and
members of OIE ad hoc group on
bluetongue, OIE Bluetongue
Reference Laboratories
Teramo,
Italy
Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East
In 2013, the OIE-CC-IZSAM continued to
manage the Secretariat of the OIE
bluetongue reference laboratories
network. Experts from the OIE-CCIZSAM worked on the maintenance of
website
(http://oiebtnet.izs.it/btlabnet/)
contents.
OIE-CC on Animal Welfare:
Australia/New
Zealand/Chile/Uruguay/Mexico
Paris,
France
Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East
During the OIE General Session, an
informal meeting among the OIE
Working Group on Animal Welfare and
the OIE Collaborating Centres was held
to update and connect on-going
initiatives.
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Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres,
Reference laboratories, or organisations in other disciplines, to coordinate scientific and
technical studies?
Yes
ToR:
5.
No
To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE.
Did your Collaborating Centre place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE?
Yes
No
Name of expert
Kind of consultancy
Subject
Dr Armando Giovannini
Participant
Ad hoc Group on Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy
Dr Barbara
Alessandrini, Dr Paolo
Dalla Villa
Participants
Steering Group of OIE Regional Platform on
Animal Welfare for Europe
ToR:
To provide, within the designated specialty, scientific and technical training to personnel
from OIE Member Countries
6.
Did your Collaborating Centre provide scientific and technical training, within the remit of
the mandate given by the OIE, to personnel from OIE Member Countries?
Yes
No
If the answer is yes, please provide the total number of trained persons for each of the following
categories:
a)
Technical visits: ................................................................ 20
b)
Seminars: ......................................................................... 297
c)
Hands-on training courses: .............................................. 10
d)
Internships (>1 month): ................................................... 2
Type of technical
training provided
(a, b, c or d)
Content
Country of origin of the
expert(s) provided with
training
No. participants from
the corresponding
country
a
Training programs in animal
welfare
Spain
1
d
Stray dog population management
and animal welfare
Chile
1
a
Data collection about education
and training activities on animal
welfare
Spain
1
a
Technical visit about stray dog and
cat population management
UK
2
a
Technical visit on specific issues
foreseen by Jumelage institutionnel
entre la Tunisie, la France et l’Italie
Tunisia
1
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Type of technical
training provided
(a, b, c or d)
Content
Country of origin of the
expert(s) provided with
training
No. participants from
the corresponding
country
c
In-field training on specific issues
foreseen by Jumelage institutionnel
entre la Tunisie, la France et l’Italie
Tunisia
3
c
In-field training on specific issues
foreseen by International Atomic
Energy Agency’s Technical
Cooperation Programme
Namibia
1
a
Technical visit on animal health,
food safety and environmental
topics
Brazil
3
c
Diagnostic microbiology,
parasitology, epidemiology, animal
health and veterinary information
systems
Tunisia
4
c
Serology
Georgia
2
b
Transnational network for early
detection and prevention of
emerging animal diseases in the
Mediterranean Basin
Tunisia, Morocco
a
Technical visit on zoonosis and
veterinary public health
Angola
12
b
Welfare assessment protocol for
shelter dogs
Croatia, Serbia, Spain,
Austria
17
b
EC Better Training for Safer Food,
Training course on “Animal Welfare
at slaughter”
33 countries
58
b
EC Better Training for Safer Food,
“Animal welfare during transport”
33 countries
56
b
EC Better Training for Safer Food,
“Animal Welfare in poultry
production (laying hens and
chickens kept for meat production)”
2 editions
1 edition: 31 countries
2 edition: 29 countries
b
EC Better Training for Safer Food,
“Animal welfare in pig production”
33 countries
60
d
In-field training on specific issues
foreseen by International Atomic
Energy Agency’s Technical
Cooperation Programme
Tanzania
1
1Tunisia
2 Morocco
1 edition: 55
participants
2 edition: 48
participants
ToR:
To organise and participate in scientific meetings and other activities on behalf of the
OIE
7.
Did your Collaborating Centre organise or participate in the organisation of scientific
meetings on behalf of the OIE?
Yes
6
No
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National/
International
Title of event
Co-organiser
Date
(mm/yy)
Location
No.
Participants
International
Seminar for OIE National
Focal Points for Animal
Welfare of Europe
Region
March 2013
Teramo,
Italy
65
International
Risk Analysis as a tool for
the control of Animal
Diseases and Zoonoses
in the Mediterranean
Basin
November
2013
Teramo,
Italy
80
ToR:
To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate data and information relevant to
the designated specialty
8.
Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by
the OIE that may be useful to Member Countries of the OIE
(Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category)
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Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: ................. 26
 Angioni S. A., Scortichini G., Diletti G., Perletta F., Ceci R., Ferri N. 2013. Study of the toxic effects of
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flame retardant PBDE-47 on the clam Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758). Veterinaria Italiana, 49 (1), 5968.
Calistri P, Iannetti S, Atzeni M, Di Bella C, Schembri P, Giovannini A. (2013). Risk factors for the
persistence of bovine brucellosis in Sicily from 2008 to 2010. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 110, 329–
334.
Calistri P, Ippoliti C, Candeloro L, Benjelloun A, El Harrak M, Bouchra B, Danzetta ML, Di Sabatino D,
Conte A. 2013. Analysis of climatic and environmental variables associated with the occurrence of West
Nile virus in Morocco. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 110, 549– 553.
Calistri P., Iannetti S., Danzetta M. L., Narcisi V., Cito F., Di Sabatino D., Bruno R., Sauro F., Atzeni M.,
Carvelli A., Giovannini A. 2013. The Components of ‘One World – One Health’ Approach. Transboundary
and Emerging Diseases, 60 (Suppl. 2), 4–13.
Calistri P., Conte a., Natale F., Possenti L., Savini L., Danzetta M.L., Iannetti S., Giovannini A. 2013.
Systems for prevention and control of epidemic emergencies. Veterinaria Italiana, 49 (3), 255-261. doi:
10.12834/VetIt.1206.06.
Cito F., Narcisi V., Danzetta M. L., Iannetti S., Di Sabatino D., Bruno R., Carvelli A., Atzeni M., Sauro F.,
Calistri P. 2013. Analysis of Surveillance Systems in Place in European Mediterranean Countries for West
Nile Virus (WNV) and Rift Valley Fever (RVF). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 60 (Suppl. 2), 40–
44.
Colangeli P., Iannetti S., Ruocco L., Forlizzi L., Cioci D. and Calistri P. 2013. The Italian Information System
on Zoonoses Data Collection. Zoonoses and Public Health. 60, 182-188.
Dalla Villa P., S. Messori, L. Possenti, S. Barnard, M. Cianella, C. Di Francesco. 2013. Pet population
management and public health: a web service based tool for the improvement of dog traceability.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 109 (3-4): 349-353.
Dalla Villa P., S. Barnard, E. Di Fede, M. Podaliri, L. Candeloro, A. Di Nardo, C. Siracusa, J. A. Serpell. 2013.
Behavioral and physiological responses of shelter dogs to long-term confinement. Veterinaria Italiana
2013, 49 (2), 231-241. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.2013.492.231.241.
De Santis R., Ancora M., De Massis F., Ciammaruconi A., Zilli K., Di Giannatale E., Fillo S., Lista F. 2013.
Molecular Strain Typing of Brucella abortus isolates from Italy by two different Multiple-Locus VariableNumber Tandem-Repeat Analysis Techniques. Molecular Biotechnology, 10 pages. DOI 10.1007/s12033013-9659-3.
Di Giannatale E., Alessiani A., Sauro F., Sbraccia F., Croce G., Nissim A., Carnevale A., Migliorati G. 2013.
“Epidemiological study of an outbreak of norovirus in a rest home in Italy”. Vet Ital, 2013, 49 (2) 175180.
Dalmau, A., A. Di Nardo, C. Realini, P. Rodriguez, P. Llonch, D. Temple, A. Velarde, D. Giansante, S.
Messori, P. Dalla Villa. 2013. Effect of the duration of road transport on the physiology and meat quality
of lambs. Animal Production Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN13024.
Ferrer E., Calistri P., Fonseca O., Ippoliti C., Alfonso P., Iannetti S., Abeledo M.A., Fernández O., Percedo
M.I., Pérez A. 2013. Estimation of the sensitivity of the surveillance system for avian influenza in the
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western region of Cuba. Veterinaria Italiana 2013, 49 (1), 99-107.
Garofolo G, Di Giannatale E, De Massis F, Zilli K, Ancora M, Cammà C, Calistri P, Foster JT. 2013.
Investigating genetic diversity of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in Italy with MLVA-16.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 19, 59–70.
Giovannini A., Rivezzi G., Carideo P., Ceci R., Diletti G., Ippoliti C., Migliorati G., Piscitelli P., Ripani A.,
Salini R., Scortichini G. 2013. Dioxins levels in breast milk of women living in Campania region:
assessment of environmental risk factors. Chemosphere 10/2013.
Høgåsen H.R., C. Er, A. Di Nardo, P. Dalla Villa. 2013. Free-roaming dog populations: A cost-benefit
model for different management options, applied to Abruzzo, Italy. Preventive Veterinary Medicine.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.07.010
Ippoliti C., Gilbert M., Vanhuysse S., Goffredo M., Satta G., Wolff E., Conte A. 2013. Relationship
between landscape and Culicoides imicola in the Sardinia and Tuscany regions of Italy. Geospatial Health
8(1), 267-277
Jan Peters, Annamaria Conte, Jasper Van doninck, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Eva De Clercq, Maria Goffredo,
Bernard De Baets, Guy Hendrickx and Els Ducheyne. On the relation between soil moisture dynamics
and the geographical distribution of Culicoides imicola. Ecohydrology Article first published online : 25
MAR 2013, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1383.
Lorusso A., Sghaier S., Carvelli A., Di Gennaro A., Leone A., Marini V., Pelini S., Marcacci M., Rocchigiani
A. M., Puggioni G., Savini G. 2013. Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4 in Sardinia during autumn 2012:
New incursion or re-infection with old strains?. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 19 (2013) 81–87.
Mardulyn P., Goffredo M., Conte A., Hendrickx G., Meiswinkel R., Balenghien T., Sghaier S., Lohr Y.,
Gilbert M. 2013. Climate change and the spread of vector-borne diseases: using approximate Bayesian
computation to compare invasion scenarios for the bluetongue virus vector Culicoides imicola in Italy.
Molecular Ecology.
Migliorati G., Prencipe V.A., Iannetti L., Di Giannatale E., Matteucci O., Salini R. & Calistri P. (2013).
Survey of domestic food purchases and related home handling practices in the Abruzzo region (central
Italy): data collection and analysis through a language-independent classification system. Food Control,
Ehead of print . doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.09.008.
Monaco F., Goffredo M., Federici V., Carvelli A., Capobianco Dondona A., Polci A., Pinoni C., Danzetta
M.L., Selli L., Bonci M., Quaglia M., Calistri P. Surveillance strategies in Italy after SBV outbreak in 2012.
2013. Veterinaria Italiana 2013. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.1101.11 Accepted: 02.09.2013 | Available on line:
16.09.2013.
Pleadin J., Persi N., Kovacevic D., Vahcic N., Scortichini G., Milone S. 2013. Ochratoxin A in traditional
dry-cured meat products produced from sub-chronic-exposed pigs. Food Additives and Contaminants:
Part A, 30(10), 1827-1836.
Rivezzi G., Piscitelli P., Scortichini G., Giovannini A., Diletti G., Migliorati G., Ceci R., Cirasino L., Carideo
P., Black D.M., Garzillo C., Giani U. 2013. A general model of dioxin contamination in breast milk: results
from a study on 94 women from the Caserta and Naples areas in Italy. International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health. 2013 Nov 8;10(11):5953-70.
Scacchia M., Di Provvido A., Ippoliti C., Kefle U., Tekleghiorghi Sebhatu T., D’Angelo A., De Massis F.
2013. Prevalence of Brucellosis in Dairy cattle from the main dairy farming regions of Eritrea.
Onderstepoort
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of
Veterinary
Research,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v80i1.448.
Tran A., Ippoliti C., Balenghien T., Conte A., Gely M., Calistri P., Goffredo M., Baldet T., Chevalier V. 2013.
A Geographical Information System-Based Multicriteria Evaluation to Map Areas at Risk for Rift Valley
Fever Vector-Borne Transmission in Italy. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 60 (Suppl. 2), 14–23.
International conference presentations: ......................... 11
 Garde, E., J. Serpell, G. Perez, R. Vanderstichel, N. Zenteno Vargas, P. Dalla Villa. Behaviour assessment of
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male free-roaming dogs following surgical and non-surgical sterilization in Puerto Natales, Chile.
Proceeding of the 5th International Symposium on Non-Surgical Methods of Pet Population Control,
Portland, (Oregon, U.S.), 20-22 June 2013.
Pedernera C, K de Roest, W Ouweltjes, M Marahrens, K Steinkamp, B Mounaix, M Gębska, S Messori, A
Velarde. Animal welfare assessment after long transports: an animal-based approach. UFAW
International Animal Welfare Science Symposium, Barcelona (Spain), 4-5 July 2013.
Sossidou, E. N., S. Messori, B. Mounaix, W. Ouweltjes, C. Pedernera, V. Vousdoula, H. Spoolder.
Assessment Protocol for Measuring and Monitoring Sheep Welfare in Long Distance Transportation.
Proceedings of the 64th EAAP Annual Meeting, Nantes (France), 26-30 August 2013.
Barnard S., L. Matthews, S. Messori, L. Candeloro, M. Podaliri Vulpiani, N. Ferri. Is laterality in sheep
predictive of behavioural stress during separation of lambs from their dams? Proceedings of the
Behaviour 2013 Conference, Newcastle-Gateshead (UK), 4-8 August 2013.
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 Sossidou N.E., S. Messori. Assessment protocol for sheep transported over long distance throughout
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Europe. Proceedings of the Joint East and West central Europe ISAE regional meeting, Skopje (Republic of
Macedonia), 9-10 October 2013
Barnard S., C. Pedernera, M.M. Vučinić, A. Hammond-Seaman, P. Dalla Villa. Animal-based indicators to
assess dog welfare in long-term shelters. Proceedings of the Joint East and West central Europe ISAE
regional meeting, Skopje (Republic of Macedonia), 9-10 October 2013.
Barnard S., Candeloro L., Matthews L., Messori S., Ferri N. Dog welfare assessment in rescue shelters: a
novel risk analysis approach. Proceedings of the Risk analysis in the Mediterranean basin conference,
Teramo (Italy), 5-7 November 2013
Alessandrini B., “Training opportunities for veterinary services in the Mediterranean basin”, Conference
on Strengthening systems for the prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases in the
Maghreb and Egypt to establish a Mediterranean Animal Health Network (REMESA). Hammamet, 30,
November, 2013
Alessandrini B., “Learning risk analysis through web-based methods”, International Conference on Risk
Analysis as a tool for the control of Animal Diseases and Zoonoses in the Mediterranean Basin, Teramo,
Italy, 5 -7, November, 2013
D’Albenzio S., “Vocational training on animal transport: focus on Control Posts”, 31st World Veterinary
Congress, Global seminar on animal welfare, Prague, 17-20 September 2013
Alessandrini B., "OIE Twinning projects", Workshop on "Veterinary cooperation in the Mediterranean
basin", 67th Conference of the Italian Society for Veterinary Sciences (SISVET), Brescia, Italy, 18,
September, 2013
National conference presentations: ................................ 5
 Scortichini G., “Dioxin contamination of the food chain in the area of Taranto: an update, Conference
“First Bologna POP’s day - Food and human contamination”, Bologna, Italy, 3 May 2013.
 Scortichini G., “Consumer Protection: the role of the National Reference Laboratory for dioxins and PCBs
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in feed and food”, VI Conference of the Italian Association of Food and Nutrition Researchers, Teramo,
Italy, 9 May 2013.
Diletti G., “Study of the toxic effects of flame retardant PBDE-47 on the clam Chamelea gallina”
Conference on the Research at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise in
2012, Teramo, Italy, 23 May 2013.
Scortichini G., “Performance criteria of analytical methods for the official control of dioxins and PCBs in
feed”, VI Conference of the Italian Veterinary Institute on animal feed, Rome, Italy, 11 June 2013.
Scortichini G., “Information system for the management of a monitoring plan on environmental
contaminants in food”, XXIII Conference of the Italian Veterinary Hygiene Association, Rome, Italy, 13
June 2013, Roma.
Other: ...............................................................................
(Provide website address or link to appropriate information)
www.izs.it
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