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2026
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2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
81
Citations
21379
World Ranking
70
National Ranking
4

Microbiology

D-Index
81
Citations
21325
World Ranking
1107
National Ranking
23

Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
21379
World Ranking
16764
National Ranking
672

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Canio Buonavoglia is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields related to veterinary medicine, animal science, and infectious diseases. The scientist has notable contributions within medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Their work frequently intersects subfields such as infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, genetics, epidemiology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's primary areas of study cover a range of topics including animal virus infections studies, virus-based gene therapy research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, parvovirus B19 infection studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, animal disease management and epidemiology, and vector-borne animal diseases.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Viruses
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Recent papers include:

  • Canine parvovirus vaccination and immunisation failures: Are we far from disease eradication? (2020, Veterinary Microbiology)
  • COVID-19 from veterinary medicine and one health perspectives: What animal coronaviruses have taught us (2020, Research in Veterinary Science)
  • Bovine respiratory disease in beef calves supported long transport stress: An epidemiological study and strategies for control and prevention (2020, Research in Veterinary Science)
  • Virucidal and antiviral effects of Thymus vulgaris essential oil on feline coronavirus (2021, Research in Veterinary Science)
  • Long-term persistence of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pets (2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases)

Canio Buonavoglia frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicola Decaro
  • Gianvito Lanave
  • Vito Martella
  • Paolo Capozza
  • Michele Camero

Best Publications

  • Evidence for evolution of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy

    Canio Buonavoglia;Vito Martella;Annamaria Pratelli;Maria Tempesta

  • Zoonotic aspects of rotaviruses

    V. Martella;Krisztián Bányai;Jelle Matthijnssens;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Canine parvovirus—A review of epidemiological and diagnostic aspects, with emphasis on type 2c

    Nicola Decaro;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Canine distemper virus.

    Vito Martella;Gabrielle Elia;Canio Buonavoglia

  • A real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and quantitation of canine parvovirus type 2 in the feces of dogs.

    Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella;Costantina Desario

  • Canine parvovirus infection : Which diagnostic test for virus?

    Costantina Desario;Nicola Decaro;Marco Campolo;Alessandra Cavalli

  • Detection of canine distemper virus in dogs by real-time RT-PCR

    Gabriella Elia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Francesco Cirone

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Canine Parvovirus, Europe

    Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Diane D. Addie;Vito Martella

  • Full Genomic Analysis of Human Rotavirus Strain B4106 and Lapine Rotavirus Strain 30/96 Provides Evidence for Interspecies Transmission

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Vito Martella;Yang Xuelei

  • Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs

    Canio Buonavoglia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Gabriella Elia

  • Heterogeneity within the hemagglutinin genes of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains detected in Italy

    V. Martella;F. Cirone;G. Elia;E. Lorusso

  • Indomethacin has a potent antiviral activity against SARS coronavirus.

    Carla Amici;Antonino Di Caro;Alessandra Ciucci;Lucia Chiappa

  • Occurrence of Canine Parvovirus Type 2c in the United States

    Charles Hong;Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Patrick Tanner

  • Detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale DNA in blood samples of cattle by real-time PCR

    Grazia Carelli;Nicola Decaro;Alessio Lorusso;Gabriella Elia

  • Canine respiratory viruses.

    Canio Buonavoglia;Vito Martella

  • An update on canine coronaviruses: Viral evolution and pathobiology

    Nicola Decaro;Canio Buonavoglia

  • First detection of canine parvovirus type 2c in pups with haemorrhagic enteritis in Spain.

    N. Decaro;V. Martella;C. Desario;A. L. Bellacicco

  • Clinical and virological findings in pups naturally infected by canine parvovirus type 2 Glu-426 mutant.

    Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Marco Campolo;Gabriella Elia

  • Detection and Molecular Characterization of a Canine Norovirus

    Vito Martella;Eleonora Lorusso;Niccola Decaro;Gabriella Elia

  • Detection of bovine coronavirus using a TaqMan-based real-time RT-PCR assay

    Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Marco Campolo;Costantina Desario

  • Evidence for immunisation failure in vaccinated adult dogs infected with canine parvovirus type 2c.

    Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Decaro
Nicola Decaro University of Bari Aldo Moro
Vito Martella
Vito Martella University of Bari Aldo Moro
Gabriella Elia
Gabriella Elia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Costantina Desario
Costantina Desario University of Bari Aldo Moro
Eleonora Lorusso
Eleonora Lorusso University of Bari Aldo Moro
Krisztián Bányai
Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs
Antonio Lavazza
Antonio Lavazza Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini"
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Etienne Thiry
Etienne Thiry University of Liège

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