Zanardello Claudia

Palceholder Foto Dirigente IZSVe Role Veterinarian
Structure SCS4 – Diseases under Surveillance Plans and Specialist Diagnostics
Histopathology Laboratory
Phone +39 049 8084447
E-mail czanardello@izsvenezie.it

Professional profile

Claudia Zanardello is a veterinary officer at the SCS4 – Diseases under Surveillance Plans and Specialist Diagnostics Unit of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe).

She graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Padua (2009) and completed a postgraduate specialization in Breeding, Hygiene, Pathology of Aquatic Species, and Control of Derived Products (University of Padua, 2012). In 2014, she attended a course in Avian and Exotic Species Pathology at the University of Utrecht and completed a residency at the Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Pathology at the University of Bern.

Her work is mainly dedicated to avian and exotic species pathologies and small animal veterinary oncological diagnostics, supported by the Animal Tumor Registry for the provinces of Venice and Vicenza. She also manages the monitoring of illegal treatments in beef cattle through histological evaluations of target tissues and the identification of indirect treatment bioindicators.

She collaborates with the National Reference Centre for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease at IZSVe, with the IZS of Piedmont, Liguria, and Aosta Valley on the Animal Tumor Registry, and with other Istituti Zooprofilattici on standardizing histological screening methods for assessing illegal treatments in beef cattle.

She is the author and co-author of scientific publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, national publications, and national and international conference proceedings.