PhD in Veterinary Sciences for Animal Health and Food Safety

Selected research products

Portillo A, de Sousa R, Santibáñez S, Duarte A, Edouard S, Fonseca IP, Marques C, Novakova M, Palomar AM, Santos M, Silaghi C, Tomassone L, Zúquete S, Oteo JA, 2017. Guidelines for the detection of Rickettsia spp. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 17(1):23-32. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1966.

Kuleš J, Potocnakova L, Bhide K, Tomassone L, Fuehrer HP, Horvatić A, Galan A, Guillemin N, Nižić P, Mrljak V, Bhide M. The Challenges and Advances in Diagnosis of Vector-Borne Diseases: Where Do We Stand? Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017 May;17(5):285-296. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2074.

Tomassone L, Ceballos LA, Ragagli C, Martello E, De Sousa R, Stella MC, Mannelli A. Importance of common wall lizards in the transmission dynamics of tick-borne pathogens in the Northern Apennine Mountains, Italy. Microb Ecol. 2017, 74(4):961-968. doi: 10.1007/s00248-017-0994-y.

Bignone I, Tomassone L, Lotti U, Gianella P. Chronic enteropathy food- and immunosuppressant-responsive: comparison of clinicopathological findings and follow-up. Veterinaria 2017, 31(4):219-226

Paternoster G*, Tomassone L*, Tamba M, Chiari M, Lavazza A, Piazzi M, Favretto AR, Balduzzi G, Pautasso A, Vogler BR. The degree of One Health implementation in the West Nile Virus integrated surveillance in Northern Italy, 2016. Front Public Health. 2017, 5:236. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00236 [*first authors]

Irico L, Tomassone L, Martano G., Gottardo F., Tarantola M. Animal welfare and reproductive performance in two Piemontese housing systems. Italian Journal of Animal Science 2017, 2: 499-504. doi: 10.1080/1828051X.2017.1369181

Tomassone L, Berriatua E, de Sousa R, Duscher EG, Mihalca A, Sprong H, Silaghi C, Zintl A. Neglected vector-borne zoonoses in Europe: into the wild. Veterinary Parasitology 2018, 251: 17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.12.018

Ravagnan S*, Tomassone L*, Montarsi F, Krawczyk AI, Mastrorilli E, Sprong H, Milani A,  Rossi L, Capelli G. First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks of northern Italy. Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2713-z [*first authors]

Tomassone L, Portillo A, Nováková M, de Sousa R, Oteo JA. Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses. Parasit Vectors. 2018;11(1):263. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2856-y.

Selmi M, Tomassone L, Ceballos LA, Crisci A, Ragagli C, Pintore MD, Mignone W, Pautasso A, Ballardini M, Casalone C, Mannelli A. Analysis of the environmental and host-related factors affecting the distribution of the tick Dermacentor marginatus. Exp Appl Acarol. 2018; 75(2):209-225. doi: 10.1007/s10493-018-0257-8

Millet I, Ragionieri M, Tomassone L, Trentin C, Mannelli A, 2019. Assessment of the exposure of people to questing ticks carrying agents of zoonoses in Aosta Valley, Italy. Vet Sci. 17;6(1). pii: E28. doi: 10.3390/vetsci6010028

Martello E, Mannelli A, Grego E, Ceballos LA, Ragagli C, Stella MC, Tomassone L, 2019. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and spotted fever group rickettsiae in small rodents and attached ticks in the Northern Apennines, Italy. Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 10(4):862-867. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.04.005.

Jaarsma RI, Sprong H, Takumi K, Kazimirova M, Silaghi C, Mysterud A, Rudolf I, Beck R, Földvári G, Tomassone L, Groenevelt M, Everts RR, Rijks JM, Ecke F, Hörnfeldt B, Modrý D, Majerová K, Votýpka J, Estrada-Peña A, 2019. Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks. Parasit Vectors 12(1):328. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3583-8.

Braks M, Giglio G, Tomassone L, Sprong H, Leslie T, 2019. Making Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Work: New Opportunities From the SDG Perspectives. Front Vet Sci. 6:232; doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00232

Tiezzi F, Tomassone L, Mancin G, Cornale P, Tarantola M. The assessment of housing conditions, management, animal-based measure of dairy goats’ welfare and its association with productive and reproductive traits. Animals (Basel). 2019; 9(11):893. doi: 10.3390/ani9110893.

Garcia-Vozmediano A, Krawczyk AI, Sprong H, Rossi L, Ramassa E, Tomassone L. Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020;11(5):101489. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101489.

Garcia-Vozmediano A, Giglio G, Ramassa E, Nobili F, Rossi L, Tomassone L. Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus, and their infection by SFG Rickettsiae and Francisella-like endosymbionts, in mountain and periurban habitats of northwestern Italy. Vet. Sci. 2020, 7, 157. doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040157.

Chiesa F*, Tomassone L*, Savic S, Bellato A, Mihalca AD, Modrý D, Häsler B, De Meneghi D. A survey on One Health perception and experiences in Europe and neighboring areas. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:609949. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.609949 [*first authors]

Audino T, Pautasso A, Bellavia V, Carta V, Ferrari A, Verna F, Grattarola G, Iulini B, Pintore M, Bardelli M, Cassina G, Tomassone L, Peletto S, Blanda V, Torina A, Caramelli M, Casalone C, Desiato R. Ticks infesting humans and associated pathogens: a cross-sectional study in a three-year period (2017-2019) in Northwest Italy. Parasit Vectors. 2021;14(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04603-x.

Bonvegna M, Grego E, Sona B, Stella MC, Nebbia P, Mannelli A, Tomassone L. Occurrence of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (MRCoNS) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Pigs and Farm Environment in Northwestern Italy. Antibiotics, 2021; 10(6):676. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10060676.

Sandberg M, Hesp A, Aenishaenslin C, Bordier M, Bennani H, Bergwerff U, Chantziaras I, De Meneghi D, Ellis-Iversen J, Filippitzi ME, Mintiens K, Rosenbaum Nielsen L, Norström M, Tomassone L, van Schaik G, Alban L. Assessment of evaluation tools for integrated surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance based on selected case studies. Front. Veterinary Science, 8: 620998. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.620998

Garcia-Vozmediano A, Giglio G, Ramassa E, Nobili F, Rossi L, Tomassone L. Low risk perception about ticks and tick-borne diseases in an area recently invaded by ticks in northwestern Italy. Vet. Sci. 2021, 8(7), 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8070131

Bellato A., Pintore M.D., Catelan D., Pautasso A., Torina A., Rizzo F., Mandola M.L., Mannelli A., Casalone C., Tomassone L, 2021. Risk of tick-borne zoonoses in urban green areas: a case study from Turin, northwestern Italy. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127297

Marchino M, Paternoster G, Favretto AR, Balduzzi G, Berezowski J, Tomassone L, 2021. Process evaluation of integrated West Nile virus surveillance in Northern Italy: an example of One Health approach in public health policy. Evaluation and Program Planning, 89: 101991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101991

Garcia-Vozmediano, A., Tomassone, L., Fonville, M., Bertolotti, L., Heylen, D., Fabri, N.D., Medlock J.M., Nijhof, A.D., Hansford, K.M., Sprong, H., Krawczyk, A.I., 2021. The genetic diversity of Rickettsiella symbionts in Ixodes ricinus throughout Europe. Microb. Ecol. doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01869-7.

Cediel Becerra NM, Olaya Medellin AM, Tomassone L, Chiesa F, De Meneghi D, 2021. A Survey on One Health Approach in Colombia and Some Latin American Countries: From a Fragmented Health Organization to an Integrated Health Response to Global Challenges. Front Public Health, 9: 649240. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.649240

Stroffolini G, Segala FV, Lupia T, Faraoni S, Rossi L, Tomassone L, Zanet S, De Rosa FG, Di Perri G, Calcagno A. Serology for Borrelia spp. in Northwest Italy: A Climate-Matched 10-Year Trend. Life 2021, 11(12):1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121310

Garcia-Vozmediano A, De Meneghi D, Sprong H, Portillo A, Oteo JA, Tomassone L. A One Health Evaluation of the Surveillance Systems on Tick-Borne Diseases in the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Veterinary Sciences. 2022; 9(9):504. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9090504

Garcia-Vozmediano A, Bellato A, Rossi L, Hoogerwerf MN, Sprong H, Tomassone L. Use of Wild Ungulates as Sentinels of TBEV Circulation in a Naïve Area of the Northwestern Alps, Italy. Life. 2022; 12(11):1888. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12111888

Moroni B, Coenda F, Garcia-Vozmediano A, Nicoletti A, Pregel P, Mina A, Tomassone L, Rossi L, Scaglione FE. Subcutaneous Ticks in Wild Carnivores: Any Host-Related Differences? Animals. 2022; 12(23):3411. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233411

Bonvegna M, Tomassone L, Christensen H, Olsen J.E. Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Analysis of Virulence and AMR Genes in Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli from Animal and Environmental Samples in Four Italian Swine Farms. Antibiotics. 2022, 11, 1774. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11121774

Laing G, Duffy E, Anderson N, Antoine-Moussiaux N, Aragrande M, Beber CL, Berezowski J, Boriani E, Canali M, Carmo LP, Chantziaras I, Cousquer G, De Meneghi D., Rodrigues Sanches da Fonseca AG, Garnier J, Hitziger M, Jaenisch T, Keune H, Lajaunie C, Franco Martinez L, Maudling R, McIntyre MK, McMahon BJ, Munoz Prieto A, Rosenbaum Nielsen L, Özçelik R, Rossen JWA, Rüegg SR, Savić S, Pires Simoes M, Thomson DJ, Tomassone L, Tvarijonaviciute A, Vilhena M, Vogler B, Häsler B. Advancing One Health: Updated core competencies. CABI One Health 2023. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0002

Alban L, Bordier M, Häsler B, Collineau L, Tomassone L, Bennani H, Aenishaenslin C, Norström M, Aragrande M, Filippitzi ME, Moura PJ, Sandberg M. Capturing systematically users' experience of evaluation tools for integrated AMU and AMR surveillance. Front. Vet. Sci. - Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 10:1107122. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1107122.

Valcárcel F., Elhachimi L., Vilá M., Tomassone L., Sánchez M., Selles SMA, Kouidri M., González M. G., Martín-Hernández R., Valcárcel Á., Fernández N., Tercero J. M., Sanchis J., Bellido-Blasco J., González-Coloma A., Olmeda A. S.. Emerging Hyalomma lusitanicum: from identification to vectorial role and integrated control. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2023, doi: 10.1111/mve.12660

Moura PJ, Collineau L, Sandberg M, Tomassone L, De Meneghi D, Norström M, Bennani H, Häsler B, Colomb-Cotinat M, Bourély C, Filippitzi ME, Mediouni S, Boriani E, Asaduzzaman M, Caniça M, Aenishaenslin C, Alban L. Users’ perception of the OH-EpiCap evaluation tool based on its application to nine national antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems. Front. Public Health 11:1138645. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1138645

Ardakani Z, Canali M, Aragrande M, Tomassone L, Simoes M, Balzani A, Luiz Beber C. Evaluating the contribution of antimicrobial use in farmed animals to global antimicrobial resistance in humans. One Health, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100647

Menzano A, Tizzani P, Farber MD, Garcia-Vozmediano A, Martinelli L, Rossi L, Tomassone L. Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks from Vegetation and Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) in the Maritime Alps, Italy. Animals. 2024; 14(15):2251. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14152251

Tomassone, L., Scali, F., Formenti, N., Alborali, G. L., Aragrande, M., Canali, M.,Romanelli, C., Suprani, V., De Meneghi, D. Evaluation of ‘ClassyFarm’, the Italian integrated surveillance system of livestock farms, in the context of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2024; 23(1), 1426–1438. https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2024.2407092

Tomassone L, Martello E, Mannelli A, Vicentini A, Gossner CM, Leonardi-Bee J. A Systematic Review on the Prevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Milk and Milk Products in Europe. Zoonoses Public Health. 2025. doi: 10.1111/zph.13216

Ippolito D, Colombino E, Zoppi S, Cucco I, Perotti M, Caruso C, Origlia S, Mioletti S, Tarantola M, Tomassone L, Tursi M, Alborali GL, Vercelli C, Capucchio MT. Anatomo-pathological investigations in pigs of the Piedmont region (Northern Italy) for infectious diseases surveillance in an antimicrobial resistance perspective, Veterinary Microbiology, 305, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2025.110470.

Courses

• Anatomia patologica veterinaria II e III, Patologia aviare e delle Specie minori (VET0032)
  Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicina Veterinaria
• Animal nutrition, production and health in tropical areas (SAF0232)
  Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze animali - SAN
• Epidemiologia e sanità pubblica veterinaria (VET0227 )
  Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicina Veterinaria
• Igiene e profilassi delle malattie infettive (SVE0207B)
  Corso di Laurea in Tecniche di assistenza veterinaria - TAVET
• Malattie virali (VET0019A)
  Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicina Veterinaria
• Microbiologia veterinaria (SVE0223A)
  Corso di Laurea in Sistemi zootecnici sostenibili - SIZOS
• Patologia aviare e patologia delle specie minori (VET0032C)
  Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicina Veterinaria
• Principi di microbiologia e parassitologia veterinaria (SVE0223)
  Corso di Laurea in Sistemi zootecnici sostenibili - SIZOS
• Principi di patologia generale veterinaria e delle malattie infettive (SVE0207)
  Corso di Laurea in Tecniche di assistenza veterinaria - TAVET

Research topics

Veterinary epidemiology, transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance

Epidemiologia veterinaria, studio dei meccanismi di trasmissione delle malattie, malattie a trasmissione vettoriale, zoonosi, antimicrobicoresistenza

Research projects

• Infezioni trasmesse da zecche e zanzare e "one Healt" :.....

Activities in agenda

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Academic bodies

• Consiglio Integrato dei Corsi di Studio in Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie

• Consiglio di Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Animali

• Commissione OTP
• Consiglio di Dipartimento

• Consiglio di Corso di Studio

• Consiglio Integrato dei Corsi di Studio in PGAAS/SIZOS/TAVET

• Consiglio del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Medicina Veterinaria

• Teaching Committee

Office hours

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