Maria Grazia Pennisi
Name:
Maria Grazia Pennisi
Institution:
Full Professor in Veterinary Clinical Medicine
University of Messina (Italy)
1974-1979
Studies Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Italy: Dr. Med. Vet.
1979-1982
PhD Applied Microbiology, University of Messina, Italy.
1980
Scolarship (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italia).
1981-1983
Scolarship (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italia).
1983-1991
Ricercatore Universitario, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Italia.
1991-2000
Associate Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Italia.
1997-present
Editorial Board “Bollettino AIVPA”, member.
1997-present
Editorial Board “Rassegna di Medicina Felina”, member.
1999-2007
Dottorato di Ricerca “Small Animal Internal Medicine”, University of Messina, Italy, Coordinator.
2000-present
Full Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
2005-2011
Associazione Italiana Veterinari Patologia Felina, Board Member.
2005-present
European Advisory Board on Cat Disease, Board Member.
2006
LeishVet ECSG (European Clinical Standardization Group), Founding Member.
2007-2008
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina.

Small animal vector-borne diseases, feline medicine, feline infectious diseases, clinical immunology, epidemiology.

Ordine dei Medici Veterinari della provincia di Reggio Calabria
Società Italiana delle Scienze Veterinarie
International Society of Feline Medicine
Cornell Feline Health Center
Associazione Italiana Veterinari Patologia Felina
Associazione Italiana Veterinari Piccoli Animali (honour member)
World Association for the Advance in Veterinary Parasitology

ca. 200 papers published in peer reviewed journals, bookchapter, oral presentations and lectures as invited speaker at National and International Congresses.

TICKS AND ASSOCIATED PATHOGENS COLLECTED FROM CATS IN SICILY AND CALABRIA (ITALY), Pennisi M.G., Persichetti M.F., Serrano L., Altet L., Reale S., Guolotta L., Solano-Gallego L., Parasit Vectors, 8:512, 2015

LEISHMANIOSIS OF COMPANION ANIMALS IN EUROPE: AN UPDATE. Pennisi M.G., Vet Parasitol, 208: 35-47, 2015

PAPULAR DERMATITIS DUE TO LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION IN SEVENTEEN DOGS: DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES , EXTENT OF INFECTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOME. Lombardo G., Pennisi M.G., Lupo T., Chicharro C., Solano-Gallego L. , Parasit Vectors, 7:120, 2014

FELINE LEISHMANIOSIS IN ITALY: RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF 24 CLINICAL CASES. World Leish 5, Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil, May 13-17, 2013, Abstract Book,
LEISHMANIOSIS IN CATS: ABCD GUIDELINES ON PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. Pennisi M.G., Hartmann K., Lloret A., Addie D., Belak S., Boucraut-Baralon C. et al., J Feline Med Surg, 17: 638-642

DETECTION OF LEISHMANIA INFANTUM DNA BY REAL-TIME PCR IN CANINE ORAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL SWABS AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES. Lombardo G., Pennisi M.G., Lupo T., Migliazzo A., Caprì A., Solano-Gallego L., Vet Parasitol, 184: 10-17, 2012

DIRECTIONS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, CLINICAL STAGING, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS. Vet Parasitol, 165: 1-18, 2009

CLINICAL EFFICAY OF TWO DIFFERENT DRUG COMBINATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANINE LEISHMANIASIS. Pennisi M.G., Lo Giudice S., Masucci M., De Majo M., Reale S., Vitale F. Vet Res Commun, 32 (Suppl 1):S303-S305

CANINE LIESHMANIOSIS – NEW CONCEPTS AND INSIGHTS ON AN EXPANDING ZOONOSIS: PART TWO. Miró G., Cardoso L., Pennisi M.G., Oliva G., Baneth G. Trends Parasitol, 24:371-377, 2008

INFECTION OF SANDFLIES BY A CAT NATURALLY INFECTED WITH LEISHMANIA INFANTUM. M. Maroli, M.G. Pennisi, T. Di Muccio, C. Khoury, L. Gradoni, M. Gramiccia. Vet Parasitol, 145: 357-360, 2007

Leishmania infantum characterization from three cases of feline leishmaniAsis in Sicily (Italy). M. Gramiccia, T. Di Muccio, F. Vitale, S. Caracappa, M.G. Pennisi. Proceedings of the third world congress on Leishmaniasis, Palermo-Terrasini Sicily 10-15 April 2005, 146

Efficacy of the treatment of dogs with leishmaniosis with a combination of metronidazole and spiramycin. Pennisi MG, De Majo M, Masucci M, Britti D, Vitale F, Del Maso R. Vet Rec, 156(11):346-9, 2005. Erratum in Vet Rec 2005. 156:653

REAL TIME PCR IN DOGS TREATED FOR LEISHMANIASIS WITH ALLOPURINOL Pennisi M.G., Reale S., Lo Giudice S., Masucci M., Caracappa S., Vitale M., Vitale F., Vet Res Commun, 29 Suppl 2:301-303

CASE REPORT OF LEISHMANISIS IN FOUR CATS. Pennisi M.G., Venza M., Reale S., Vitale F., Lo Giudice S. Veterinary Research Communications, 28 Suppl. 1, 363-36, 2004

CANINE LEISHMANIASIS IN THE NEWBORN PUPPY. Masucci M., De Majo M., Contarino R.B., Borruto G., Vitale F., Pennisi M.G. Veterinary Research Communications, 27 Suppl. 1 (2003) 771-774

A HIGH PREVALENCE OF FELINE LEISHMANIASIS IN SOUTHERN ITALY. Pennisi M.G. in Canine leishmaniasis: moving towards a solution. Proceedings of the second International Canine Leishmaniasis Forum. Sevilla , Spain 2002, 39-48

TROMBOSI AORTICA IN UN CANE CON LEISHMANIOSI . De Majo M., Masucci M., Pennisi M.G., Meli F., Mazzullo G., Galofaro V. Obiettivi e Documenti Veterinari, 22 (5): 49-53, 2001

STUDIO DELL’INFEZIONE DA LEISHMANIA MEDIANTE PCR IN GATTI CHE VIVONO IN ZONA ENDEMICA. Pennisi M.G. , Maxia L. , Vitale F . , Masucci M. , Borruto G. , Caracappa S. Atti S.I.S.Vet., 54:,215-216, 2000

PRESENZA DI ANTICORPI ANTI-LEISHMANIA IN GATTI FIV+ CHE VIVONO IN ZONA ENDEMICA. Pennisi M.G., Masucci M., Catarsini O. Atti S.I.S.Vet., 52: 265-266, 1998