Curriculum

Current Academic position

- Associate Professor in Food Inspection (VET/04), at the Department of Veterinary Medicine.

 

Professional qualifications:

-       Doctorate fellowship in “Infectious diseases of carnivore” (XV cicle) (A.A. 1999/2002).

-       Researcher assegnist in “Studies about histological and immunohistochemical diagnostic tests for Leptospirosis in sheep and goats” (A.A. 2002/2004).

-       Specialization course “Pathology and technology of avian species, rabbits and wild animals” (A.A. 2003/2006).

           

Academic assignments:

-       Member of the working group of degree course in Animal Science and Food Productions University of Bari (from 2014).

-       Member of the working group for the orientation of students of secondary schools for the degree course in Veterinary Medicine (Coordinator Prof Quaranta Angelo – from 2008).

-       Secretary of the Post graduate School of Inspection of food of animal origin (from 2012)

-       Coordinator of the theoretical and practical training of the SSD VET/04 for degree course in Animal Science and Food Productions.

 

Teaching activities:

-       Meat processin technology of the Veterinary Medicine course degree.

-       Meat and eggs processing technology of the Animal Science and Food Productions course degree.

-       Inspection of food of animal origin of Environment and Workplace prevention Techniques course degree.

-       Inspection of fish processing technology of Post graduate School of Inspection of food of animal origin.

-       Immunopathological techniques of Post graduate School of Inspection of food of animal origin.

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Main research fields: 

The research activity is focused on epidemiological investigations aimed to determination of Ochratoxin A in feeds and tissues of different animal species; evaluations of cytological and histological alterations.

Determination of residues of heavy metals and principal cytological and histological alterations in muscle, liver and kidney of slaughtered animals.

                                              

Research projects:

-       Evaluation of illegal treatment by dexamethasone in calves through the comparison of analytical techniques.

-       Evaluation of the presence of cadmium in the muscle, liver and kidney of horses and regularly slaughtered in the Province of Bari.

-       Identification of an analytical method for the detection of ochratoxin A in eggs in layng hens experimentally treated.

 

 

Main scientific collaborations:

-       IZS LER – Section of Food Microbiology.

 

 

Editorial:

-       Referee of the following journal: (i) Applied and Environmental Microbiology. (ii) Histology and Histopatholohy. (iii) International Journal of Food Safety. (iv) Food Chemistry. (v) Italian Journal Food Safety. (vi) Journal Food Science.

 

Membership in professional societies:

-       Associazione Italiana Veterinari Igienisti (A.I.V.I.).

Azioni sul documento

published on 31/10/2013 ultima modifica 11/11/2016