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Animal Science and Veterinary
Italy
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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77
Citations
18420
World Ranking
99
National Ranking
5

Immunology

D-Index
77
Citations
18422
World Ranking
1846
National Ranking
72

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

Overview

Nicola Decaro is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has an academic focus spanning multiple fields including Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's research heavily intersects with subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, and Genetics, while also addressing topics in Epidemiology and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics Decaro has contributed to include Animal Virus Infections Studies, Virus-based gene therapy research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Several recent publications highlight Decaro's research output. These include:

  • Novel human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A lesson from animal coronaviruses, 2020, Veterinary Microbiology
  • 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

Decaro frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Vito Martella
  • Gianvito Lanave
  • Canio Buonavoglia
  • Gabriella Elia
  • Georgia Diakoudi

The scientist regularly publishes in several journals with repeated contributions, including:

  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animals
  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • Viruses

Nicola Decaro has also contributed to academic literature in book form. A notable publication under the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique is FELINE AND CANINE NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC CARE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR VETERINARIANS, published in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for evolution of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy

    Canio Buonavoglia;Vito Martella;Annamaria Pratelli;Maria Tempesta

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

    Nicola Decaro;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy.

    E. I. Patterson;G. Elia;A. Grassi;A. Giordano

  • Novel human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A lesson from animal coronaviruses.

    Nicola Decaro;Alessio Lorusso

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • Canine Adenoviruses and Herpesvirus

    Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Characterisation of the canine parvovirus type 2 variants using minor groove binder probe technology

    Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella;Marco Campolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Canio Buonavoglia
Canio Buonavoglia 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)
Julia F. Ridpath
Julia F. Ridpath Agricultural Research Service
Vito Colella
Vito Colella University of Melbourne

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