Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health

Team

Dr. med. vet. Simone Pisano, DipECZM (Wildlife Population Health)

Head of wildlife division (top sharing). Crayfish plague

Positions
since 2020	Deputy head of the wildlife group and PostDoc researcher (sarcoptic mange project) (50%), assistant in fish diagnostic (50%) at Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern
2017-2019	Doctoral student and resident of the European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Populaton Health) at Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern
2016	Research assistant at the Robert Koch Insitute (P3: Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms). Project: The role of duikers in the Epidemiology and Ecology of Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast
2014-2016	Rotating clinical internship in small animal medicine at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Bern. Project: Evaluation of inflammatory markers, traditional coagulation tests and rotational thromboelastometry in dogs with acute injury

Education
2020	Diplomate European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Populaton Health)
2019	Dr. med. vet. Spatiotemporal spread of sarcoptic mange in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and interspecies transmission of fox-derived Sarcoptes scabiei in Switzerland
2013	Approbation
2008-2013	Study of veterinary medicine at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Swtzerland

Comparative morphology (year 1)

Block course fish / wildlife (Bern and Zurich, year 4)

Continuous training ECZM(WPH) residency

Publication list available ORCID, Researchgate, Publons

European College of Zoological Medicine

Wildlife Disease Association

European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians

American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians

Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärzte

Schweizer Vereinigung für Wild-, Zoo- und Heimtiermedizin

Schweizer Vereinigung für Tierpathologie

Sarcoptic mange in free-ranging wildlife

Diseases of red foxes and other carnivores

Wildlife Disease Ecology (e.g. crayfish plague)

Zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases (e.g. tularemia and African swine fever)

One Health

@pisano_srr