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SANDRO MAZZARIOL
Position
Professore Ordinario
Address
VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD
Telephone
0498272963
He was born on 18th of May 1976 in Portogruaro (VE). In 2002 he graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova. In 2005, he got a PhD on Public Health, Veterinary Hygiene and of Animal Productions at the University of Padova. He served as Assistant (2005-2018) and Associated Professor later (2018-2022) of General Pathology and Anatomical Veterinary Pathology and currently it has been appointed as full professor. His main research field are the study of marine mammals pathology and, in general, of free-ranging and captive wildlife, focusing on anthropic impaction and related diseases. In particular, he studies forensic diagnostic techniques to confirm an human induced injures or mortality and the existing relationships between pollutants and tissue changes. Since 2010 he's the coordinator of the Cetaceans strandings Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the Italian Ministry of the Environment and he's member of the Italian delegation to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Due to his experience has been nominated in several working groups of Italian Ministries concerning cetaceans, Regione Veneto for the NATURA2000 in the Adriatic, ACCOBAMS for the implementation of guidelines, protocols and capacity building programs. Between 2017 and 2022 he was appointed as Chair of the International Whaling Commission Expert Panel. In 2019 he became part of the IUCN Cetacean's specialist group. Besides cetaceans, he works also as advisor for the Veneto Regional Government on wild reptiles and mammals and alien species management. Since 2022 he's member of the National Future Biodiversity Center within the EU-Recovery Fund and the Partnership for studying the Emerging Infectious Diseases.He's been appointed as member of the working group on wild and exotic species for the implementation of the Animal Law (Reg EU 429/2016) for the Italian Ministry for Health.
Notices
Teachings
- PATHOLOGY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, AA 2024 (SCQ1097398)
- POST-MORTEM INVESTIGATIONS AND BIOMOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO AQUATIC VERTEBRATES, AA 2024 (AVQ0089153)
- PATHOLOGY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, AA 2023 (SCQ1097398)
- POST-MORTEM INVESTIGATIONS AND BIOMOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO AQUATIC VERTEBRATES, AA 2023 (AVQ0089153)
- PATHOLOGY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, AA 2022 (SCQ1097398)
- POST-MORTEM INVESTIGATIONS AND BIOMOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO AQUATIC VERTEBRATES, AA 2022 (AVQ0089153)
- PRINCIPLE OF POST-MORTEM TECHNIQUES AND TISSUE SAMPLING, AA 2021 (AVP7077598)
- PRINCIPLE OF POST-MORTEM TECHNIQUES AND TISSUE SAMPLING, AA 2020 (AVP7077598)
- PRINCIPLE OF POST-MORTEM TECHNIQUES AND TISSUE SAMPLING, AA 2019 (AVP7077598)
- GENERAL ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY AND NECROPSY TECHNIQUES, AA 2015 (MVL1001709)
- GENERAL ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY AND NECROPSY TECHNIQUES, AA 2014 (MVL1001709)
- GENERAL ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY AND NECROPSY TECHNIQUES, AA 2013 (MVL1001709)
- GENERAL ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY AND NECROPSY TECHNIQUES, AA 2012 (MVL1001709)
- GENERAL ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY AND NECROPSY TECHNIQUES, AA 2011 (MVL1001709)
Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-1871
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-1871
Sciancalepore G, Pietroluongo G, Centelleghe C, Milan M, Bonato M, Corazzola G, Mazzariol S. Evaluation of per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in livers of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded along the northern Adriatic Sea. Environ Pollut. 2021 Dec 15;291:118186. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118186. Epub 2021 Sep 18. PMID: 34560576.
Orekhova K, Centelleghe C, Di Guardo G, Graïc JM, Cozzi B, Trez D, Verin R, Mazzariol S. Systematic validation and assessment of immunohistochemical markers for central nervous system pathology in cetaceans, with emphasis on auditory pathways. PLoS One. 2022 Jun 1;17(6):e0269090. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269090. PMID: 35648776; PMCID: PMC9159615.
Van Bressem MF, Duignan PJ, Banyard A, Barbieri M, Colegrove KM, De Guise S, Di Guardo G, Dobson A, Domingo M, Fauquier D, Fernandez A, Goldstein T, Grenfell B, Groch KR, Gulland F, Jensen BA, Jepson PD, Hall A, Kuiken T, Mazzariol S, Morris SE, Nielsen O, Raga JA, Rowles TK, Saliki J, Sierra E, Stephens N, Stone B, Tomo I, Wang J, Waltzek T, Wellehan JF. Cetacean morbillivirus: current knowledge and future directions. Viruses. 2014 Dec 22;6(12):5145-81. doi: 10.3390/v6125145. PMID: 25533660; PMCID: PMC4276946.
Mazzariol S, Centelleghe C, Di Provvido A, Di Renzo L, Cardeti G, Cersini A, Fichi G, Petrella A, Di Francesco CE, Mignone W, Casalone C, Di Guardo G. Dolphin Morbillivirus Associated with a Mass Stranding of Sperm Whales, Italy. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jan;23(1):144-146. doi: 10.3201/eid2301.160239. PMID: 27983493; PMCID: PMC5176224.
Mazzariol S, Centelleghe C, Beffagna G, Povinelli M, Terracciano G, Cocumelli C, Pintore A, Denurra D, Casalone C, Pautasso A, Di Francesco CE, Di Guardo G. Mediterranean Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Threatened by Dolphin MorbilliVirus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;22(2):302-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2202.15-0882. PMID: 26812485; PMCID: PMC4734534.
Research Area
Marine vertebrates conservation, pathology and diseases: this research is aimed to investigate main diseases affecting marine mammals and sea turtles as well as the incidence of the human activities on their conservation, as fishery interaction, pollution and underwater noise exposure. In this regards, research activities are carried out within national and international projects in cooperation with relevant IGOs and cooperating with stranding networks from all the world.
Forensic pathology: directly linked to the previous topic, the development of forensic techniques and approaches are used also in wild terrestrial species, domestic animals and livestock. Research is mainly focused on the application of histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques to support pathological evidences during forensic cases.
