TURIN. Historical capital of Italy. City of Art, Nature, Food and Sport. Turin is crossed by the Po river, the Italy s longest river

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1 TURIN Historical capital of Italy City of Art, Nature, Food and Sport Turin is crossed by the Po river, the Italy s longest river

2 The Mole Antonelliana ( ), Meters tall is the symbol of the city

3 Turin is also famous around the World for the Duomo, hosting the Sacred Shroud

4 and for the acclaimed soccer teams

5 College of Veterinary Medicine in Grugliasco (Turin) Veterinary Hospital College Farm Dept. Animal Pathology Dept. Animal Production, Epidemiology and Ecology Dept. Veterinary Morphophysiology Classrooms, didactic laboratories and slaughterhouse

6 1769 Turin Veterinary Medicine College was founded in 1769 by G. Brugnone. It is the oldest veterinary college in Italy and the 4th in the World.

7 2002 visited and approved by EAEVE, the official institution which controls the quality standards of the European Colleges of Veterinary Medicine EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION of ESTABLISHMENTS for VETERINARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE des ETABLISSEMENTS d'enseignement VÉTÉRINAIRE

8 Department of Morphophysiology The research is focused on areas of interest in the following fields: :: Animal Anatomy :: Animal Phisiology :: Biochemistry :: Botany

9 Department of Animal Production, Epidemiology and Ecology :: Animal Nutrition :: Zootecnics :: Infectious Deseases and Epidemiology :: Parasitology

10 Department of Animal Production, Epidemiology and Ecology :: Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology - Lentivirus prevalence in small ruminant (serological test, recombinant antigen production, biomolecular test) - Genetic Characterization of Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis - Study of viruses, bacteria and parasites causing bovine abortion (es. BVD) - Study of the most important viruses implicated in respiratory diseases (es. BHV1, BRSV, Parainfluenza III) - Molecular Epidemiology of Borrelia lusitaniae - Ixodidae Ticks and their role in disease transmission - Spatial Analysis and tick-flora correlation - Drug resistance, Antibiotic resistance

11 Department of Animal Production, Epidemiology and Ecology :: Parasitology - Leishmaniosis and other zoonoses: characterization and epidemiology of human, canine and feline strains - Biomolecular techniques for the identification of Babesia canis, equii, caballis - Serological tests for Echinococcus identification - Mites in dairy production ovine-caprine in mountain pasture - Biological antagonism between Candida Albicans and Helicobacter spp. in cats: a comparison with the human

12 Department of Animal Pathology The research is focused on areas of interest in the following fields: :: Clinical Medicine :: Food Safety and Hygiene :: Pathological Anatomy :: Pharmacology and Toxicology :: Clinical Surgery :: Clinical Obstetrics

13 Department of Animal Pathology :: Clinical Medicine - Diagnosis of Transmissible Spongiphorm Encephalophaties (TSE) in live animals - Identification of stress biomarkers as well-fare evaluation :: Clinical Obstetrics - Improvement of animal production and food hygiene in African developing countries

14 Department of Animal Pathology :: Pharmacology and Toxicology - Illicit drugs used to increase animal performance: modelling cellular response for identification of treatment biomarkers in live animals - Proteomics and Genomics techniques applied to detection of treatment biomarkers :: Pathological Anatomy - Comparative neuropathology and TSE - Swine pathology - Development of diagnostic test for animal pathology - Evaluation of anabolic drugs on animal cells proliferation

15 Department of Animal Pathology :: Food Safety and Hygiene - Investigation of safety of production, processing and transformation of food of animal origin - Application of new analytic techniques, and traditional methods for the control of the production processes 1. Chemical laboratory 2. Laboratory for Microbiological Analyses 3. Laboratory for Biomolecular Analyses

16 Department of Animal Pathology 1. Chemical laboratory: - Food composition analysis - Identification and characterization of proteins, food addictives, chemical compounds modification during ripening and preservation in cheese and meat products. Current researches: - Research on sanitary and qualitative characteristics of organic meats and dairy products - Research of Ocratoxin residues in organic milk and eggs.

17 Department of Animal Pathology 2. Laboratory for Microbiological Analyses - Identification of critical control points in the production processes of food of animal origin. - Pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. - Serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes strains Current researches: - Microbiological risk identification and characterization in collective catering, vegetable products, traditional alpine products - Campylobacter identification in poultry industry - Inhibitory effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria isolated from sausages and cheese towards Listeria monocytogenes.

18 Department of Animal Pathology 3. Laboratory for Biomolecular Analyses - Setting up and application of biomolecular techniques for species identification. - Setting up and application of biomolecular techniques for bacterial identification. Current researches: - Design of primers for ETEC, EPEC, EIEC identification in dairy products Salmonella spp. e Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in swine - Application of PFGE as an epidemiological tool for human sporadic salmonellosis detection - PFGE and AFLP characterization of L.monocytogenes strains and comparison of the two typing techniques

Department of Animal Pathology - Characterization and typing of Lactococcus garviae isolated from fish and dairy products and investigation on its citotoxic

19 Department of Animal Pathology - Characterization and typing of Lactococcus garviae isolated from fish and dairy products and investigation on its citotoxic effects; - Identification of Vibrios and Aeromonas species through specie-specific PCR; - Application of SNPs for the identification of tuna and ruminant species.

20 Department of Animal Pathology Prof.ssa T Civera: tiziana.civera@unito.it Dott. D Pattono: daniele.pattono@unito.it Dott. D Nucera: daniele.nucera@unito.it Prof.ssa MT Bottero: mariateresa.bottero@unito.it Prof.ssa A Grassi: auxilia.grassi@unito.it Dott.ssa. A Dalmasso: alessandra.dalmasso@unito.it

Course Curriculum for Master Degree in Food Hygiene /Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Course Curriculum for Master Degree in Food Hygiene /Faculty of Veterinary Medicine The Master Degree Food Hygiene /Veterinary Medicine is awarded by the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Jordan University