Curriculum 1: Biotechnology applied to veterinary sciences
- Bio-morphology of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and their therapeutic applications;
- Morphological, biological and applicative aspects of extracellular vesicles;
- Development of in vitro models for the study of tissue regeneration
- Development of biological products and devices for tissue engineering
- Nerve Grow Factor in Squirrel
Curriculum 2: Veterinary public health and food safety
- Diagnostic improvement of infectious diseases of domestic animals, with special attention to dogs, cats, horses, and tortoises.
- Creation of an alert system/surveillance for parvovirus infections in dogs and cats.
- Comparison and integration of surveillance systems for infectious diseases of animals and humans.
- Emerging infectious diseases in tortoises.
- Mathematical models applied to infectious diseases of the animals.
- Antibiotic resistance: phenotypic and genotypic characterization in bacterial strains isolated from poultry (Salmonella spp, E. coli, Campylobacter spp), comparative evaluation with strains of human origin and preliminary studies on the contribution of outer membrane vesicles (OMV) in the transfer of antibiotic resistance
- Influence of genetic lines on the innate immune response in poultry: impact on health, and performance
- Diagnostic methods of equine reproductive tract infections and role of endogenous retrovirus in equine reproduction
- Diagnostics and treatment strategies of veterinary and zoonotic respiratory infections
- Antimicrobial resistances in veterinary clinical and zoonotic microorganisms
- Biomolecular characterization of equine infectious anemia virus
- Vector-borne diseases in horses and pets
- Usutu: pathology, mechanisms of virus-host interaction and post-mortem monitoring of susceptible species
- Evaluation of the effects deriving from Usutu virus and additional infectious agents co-infections in wild birds, with particular attention to avian hemoprotozoa
- Evaluation of safety, shelf-life and nutritional values of novel fish products.
- Effects of bioactive compounds obtained from food by-products against food borne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in traditional meat products.
- Evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant effects of natural substances and food by-products extracts in traditional dairy products.
- Game meat and related products hygiene and safety.
- Risk exposure to chemical contaminants in foods of animal origin
- Risk-based meat inspection and integrated meat safety assurance (https://ribmins.com)
- Quantitative risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in traditional RTE product (https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.e170906)
- A risk assessment model for Escherichia coli in lymph nodes of bovine carcasses (https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/eu-fora-hosting-sites-2019-2020.pdf)
- Ropy Slime–Producing Leuconostoc mesenteroides Virulence Characteristics and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
- Ritual slaughter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIALREL).
- Enterotoxin production by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from mastitic cows (our work cited by wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus)
- A risk assessment model for Salmonella spp. in bovine carcasses (https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/engage/fellowship)
Curriculum 3: Clinical sciences and veterinary diagnostic
- Training-induced coagulation changes in TB Race Horses
- Qualitative and quantitative changes in stored whole blood and canine, feline and equine blood components
- Effect of leukoreduction on the conservation of stored whole blood and concentrated red blood cells in dogs, cats and horses
- Identification of breed reference values for haematological and biochemical-clinical parameters in the various animal species
- Study of the diagnostic and prognostic peculiarities in hematopoietic neoplasms in animals
- Epidemiological study of emerging infectious and parasitic diseases in the blood of blood donor dogs and cats
- Pleurodesis in swine
- Stem cells in small animals
- Osteoarthritis in small animals
- Electrochemotherapy in Canine Sarcom
- Pharmacokinetic, efficacy and tolerability studies of analgesic drugs administered by different routes in companion and production animals. These studies involve the determination of pharmacokinetic parameters and the evaluation of efficacy by applying pain scales and determining the mechanical nociceptive threshold. "
- Study on the anatomical of the cervical spine and pelvis of the horse in correlation to poor performance
- Equine orthopedic infections: new therapeutic strategies
- Use of dynamic endposcopy in the evaluation of poor-performance in the athletic horse
- Use of laparoscopy for the minimally invasive treatment of gastrointestinal diseases of the horse
- Neuropathology of wild birds: evaluation of basic response patterns to damage, with particular attention to neuronal satellitosis
- SSTR2 expression and cytotoxicity studies on canine meningioma cell cultures using somatostatin analogues
- Inter-observer agreement in diagnosis and grading of canine meningioma
- Morphological and immunohistochemical characterization of intraventricular gliomas of the dog.