Research
MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS
- immunopathologic processes associated with common diseases affecting domestic animals (equine and bovine laminitis, equine asthma, bovine mastitis, canine inflammatory bowel disease, canine leishmaniosis)
- biomarkers of innate immunity activation
- non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties)
- phytochemicals (potential applications and toxicity for animal species of veterinary interest).
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (COORDINATION/PARTICIPATION)
As the Principal Investigator
- 2018 - Pharmaceutical Company (liberal funding)
- 2017 - Pharmaceutical Company (liberal funding)
- 2014 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2012 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2008 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
As a Co-Investigator
- 2022 - MUR (PON, Agrifood area)
- 2021 - UniBA (Horizon Europe Seeds)
- 2015-16 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2009 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2008 - MIUR (PRIN)
- 2007 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2006 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2005 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2004 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2003 - IZS of Puglia and Basilicata (Current Research Programme)
- 2003 - MIUR (PRIN)
- 2002 - IZS of Puglia and Basilicata (Current Research Programme)
- 2002 - UniBA (former 60% programme)
- 2001 - MIUR (FIRB)
OTHER FUNDINGS
- 2017 - UniBA (FFABR)
MAIN SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
- Amol University of Special Modern Technologies (Amol, Iran) - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Islamic Azad University, (Babol, Iran) - Babol Branch, Department of Veterinary Parasitology
- University of Life Sciences (Lublin, Poland) - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Protection
- University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy) - Department of Veterinary Sciences
- University of Camerino (Matelica, Italy) - School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine
- University of Teramo (Teramo, Italy) - Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
- 2022 (november) - present: member of the Editorial Board of the journal Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- 2021 (november) - present: member of the Editorial Board of the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science (specialty section: Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- 2012 - present: Peer Reviewer for various international scientific journals in the field of veterinary pharmaco-toxicology
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- 2000 – 2010: Società Italiana delle Scienze Veterinarie (SISVet)
- 2018 (march) - present: Società Italiana di Farmacologia e Tossicologia Veterinaria (SIFTVet), Federata SISVet
- 2023 (january) - present: Società Italiana Veterinari per Animali da reddito (SIVAR)
PARTICIPATION IN THE ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESSES
- 2023 - Chairperson at the 76th National Congress of SISVet (21-23 June 2023, Bari, Italy)
- 2009 - Chairperson and member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 11th International Congress of EAVPT (European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology) (12-16 July 2009, Leipzig, Germany)