Dr Ilaria Piras
DVM, PhD, DACVP, DVMS
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology
Bristol Veterinary School
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Research interests
I am a veterinary anatomic pathologist and molecular microbiologist specialising in host-pathogen interaction and immunology. With expertise spanning disease pathology and pathogenesis, pathogen biology and molecular biology I take a comprehensive approach to investigating animal diseases.
Publications
Recent publications
01/05/2025The pathogenesis of West Nile virus-associated lymphohistiocytic proliferative cutaneous lesions of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
Veterinary Pathology
Crocodilian dermatopathology
Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
Pathology of “double scale” skin defect in farmed American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) and the possible association with hepatic fibrosis
Veterinary Pathology
Resolving the structure of crocodilian secondary lymphoid organs
Pathology in Practice-A case of intestinal adenomatous polyposis in a dog
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association