Dini, Filippo Maria
Rojas, Alicia
Muscatello, Luisa Vera
Galuppi, Roberta
Torri, Debora
Scremin, Mara
Bassi, Patrizia
Maioli, Giulia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (Ricerca Corrente, Project “Emerging tickborne zoonoses”- PRC2022011)
Article History
Received: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 16 March 2026
First Online: 8 April 2026
Declarations
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: Carcasses were submitted to the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna within the framework of the wildlife health surveillance plan (Deliberation No. 1763, November 29, 2017), aimed at monitoring parasitic diseases through the analysis of vertebrate carcasses. No live animals were handled, and no experimental procedures were performed; therefore, ethical approval and consent to participate were not required.
: Not applicable.
: Seth Redmond is an Associate Editor for Parasites & Vectors and was not involved in the peer review of this paper. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.