Maria Grazia Pennisi

Board Member

Maria Grazia Pennisi, DVM, PGDipl

e-mail: mariagrazia.pennisi@unime.it

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3169-4194

Academic degrees

1974-1979 Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

1979-1982 PG Dipl, School of Applied Microbiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2010-2011 PG Dipl, Advanced Training Course “Companion Animal Ethology and Behavioural Medicine”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Career

1980 Scholarship, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italia

1981-1983 Scholarship, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italia

1981-2012 Consultant of Companion Animal Medicine, Companion Animal Outpatient Clinic, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

1983-1991 Researcher, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

1991-2000 Associate Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2004-2008 Erasmus project Coordinator, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

1999-2008 Coordinator of the Council of the PhD course “Companion Animal Internal Medicine”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2000-2022 Full Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2002-2006 Head of the Internal Medicine service, VTH, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2002-2020 Consultant of Feline Medicine, VTH, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2007-2022 Member of the Council of the PhD course “Veterinary Sciences”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2013-2020 Head of the Feline Medicine Service, VTH, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2016-2022 Head of the laboratory for “Serological and microscopical veterinary investigations”, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2023: Retirement from University of Messina

Membership in International and National Scientific Commettees

1997-2018 Scientific Board of the journal “Rassegna di Medicina Felina”, member

1997-ongoing Scientific Board of the “Italian Journal of Companion Animal Practice”, member

2005-ongoing “European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases”, board member

2005-2011 “Associazione Italiana Veterinari Patologia Felina”, board member

2005-2024 “LeishVet” Scientific Association, founding and executive board member

2023-ongoing “I Periodeuti” Scientific Association, founding member and president

Publications

Author or coauthor of about 200 papers published in peer reviewed journals, and book chapters.

 Fields of Interest

Companion animal vector-borne diseases, feline medicine with specific focus on infectious and parasitic diseases

 

My list of 10 selected publications

  • Maroli M, Pennisi MG, Di Muccio T, Khoury C, Gradoni L, Gramiccia M. Infection of sandflies by a cat naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Vet Parasitol. 2007 Apr 30;145(3-4):357-60. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.11.009. Epub 2006 Dec 14. PMID: 17174035.
  • Brianti E, Pennisi MG, Risitano A.L, Gaglio G, Giannetto S. Feline aelurostrongylosis an understimated disease: prevalence study and therapeutic trial in cats of southern Italy. Parassitologia. 2008, 50, ISSN: 0048-2951.
  • Pennisi MG, La Camera E, Giacobbe L, Orlandella B.M., Lentini V, Zummo S, Fera M.T. (2010). Molecular detection of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae in clinical samples of pet cats from Southern Italy. Research in Veterinary Science, 88: 379-384. ISSN: 0034-5288.
  • Persichetti MF, Pennisi MG, Vullo A, Masucci M, Migliazzo A, Solano-Gallego L. Clinical evaluation of outdoor cats exposed to ectoparasites and associated risk for vector-borne infections in southern Italy. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Mar 20;11(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2725-8. PMID: 29554931; PMCID: PMC5859451.
  • Priolo V, Martínez-Orellana P, Pennisi MG, Masucci M, Prandi D, Ippolito D, Bruno F, Castelli G, Solano-Gallego L. Leishmania infantum-specific IFN-γ production in stimulated blood from cats living in areas where canine leishmaniosis is endemic. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Mar 26;12(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3386-y. PMID: 30909952; PMCID: PMC6434818.
  • Donato G, De Luca E, Crisi PE, Pizzurro F, Masucci M, Marcacci M, Cito F, Di Sabatino D, Boari A, D’Alterio N, Pennisi MG, Lorusso A. Isolation and genome sequences of two Feline Morbillivirus genotype 1 strains from Italy. Vet Ital. 2019 Jun 30;55(2):179-182. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.1847.9883.1. PMID: 31274181.
  • Priolo V, Masucci M, Donato G, Solano-Gallego L, Martínez-Orellana P, Persichetti MF, Raya-Bermúdez A, Vitale F, Pennisi MG. Association between feline immunodeficiency virus and Leishmania infantum infections in cats: a retrospective matched case-control study. Parasit Vectors. 2022 May 10;15(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05230-w. PMID: 35534884; PMCID: PMC9084934.
  • Masucci M, Donato G, Persichetti MF, Priolo V, Castelli G, Bruno F, Pennisi MG. Hemogram Findings in Cats from an Area Endemic for Leishmania infantum and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infections. Vet Sci. 2022 Sep 16;9(9):508. doi: 10.3390/vetsci9090508. PMID: 36136724; PMCID: PMC9504703.
  • Donato G, Masucci M, Hartmann K, Goris MGA, Ahmed AA, Archer J, Alibrandi A, Pennisi MG. Leptospira spp. Prevalence in Cats from Southern Italy with Evaluation of Risk Factors for Exposure and Clinical Findings in Infected Cats. Pathogens. 2022 Sep 30;11(10):1129. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11101129. PMID: 36297186; PMCID: PMC9609655.
  • Donato G, Caspanello T, Caprì A, De Majo M, Iannelli NM, Rosace F, Bruno F, Castelli G, Pennisi MG, Masucci M. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate and other markers of inflammation in cats tested for Leishmania infantum and feline immunodeficiency virus antibodies. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Jul 30;17(1):324. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06396-1. PMID: 39080701; PMCID: PMC11290220.