Speaker bio page for Maria Teresa Capucchio

Bio

Professor of General Pathology/Anatomic Pathology at the University of Torino, Italy, Maria Teresa earned her Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine at Torino University, in 1992, and her PhD in Comparative Pathology from the University of Milano, Italy in 2000. Her final dissertation was on neuropathology of domestic animals and particularly on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. After completing her PhD, Maria Teresa accepted a position of Researcher (1999-2014) at Torino University. During that time, she worked especially on neuropathology of domestic and laboratories animals (tumors, E. cuniculi infection in rabbits, cerebral Theileriosis in cattle, listeriosis) and on pathology due to biological agents focusing in particular her attention on systemic/local infectious diseases like tuberculosis in large animals. In 2014, she accepted an Associate Professor position at the University of Torino, where she has been since that time. At present she is continuing her works on animal neuropathology, but she moved her main research activity on animal production pathology mainly focusing on the evaluation of gut health/systemic morphological alterations following the use of new dietary supplements (natural antioxidants, immunomodulators, milk glycoproteins; antimicrobial peptides, probiotics and insects).