Genetic traceability: a tool for the promotion of local alpine products
Some autochthonous mountain cattle breeds, like Alpine Grey and Burlina in Northern Italy, are decreasing due to their substitution with more productive and highly ...
Tail docking in Italian Heavy pig: the impact on animal welfare
The results of a study carried out by IZSVe have been published regarding the feasibility of avoiding tail docking in Italian heavy pigs. Tail biting ...
How Italian consumers perceive food quality
Quality food is also safe food: Italian consumers agree with this equivalence. They do not agree instead on the characteristics that determine when a product ...
How effective can nanotechnologies be for food safety?
The use of nanotechnology in the field of food safety is one of the frontiers to which companies are looking with increasing interest. The research and development ...
NEAT project: a European network to integrate economics and veterinary medicine
To optimize resource allocation in a global production setting characterized by the spread of new and re-emerging epidemics, veterinary medicine professionals need to be able ...
Risk of influenza transmission from animal to human: the Flurisk project results
The final report of the European project, Flurisk, coordinated by the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, has now been published on the website of the ...