Email: georgevaliakos@uth.gr
Τηλέφωνο: +30 24410 66111

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George Valiakos

Associate Professor

Bacteriology and Bacterial Diseases of Animals

 

Research interests

Microbiology, Use of Antimicrobials in Veterinary Medicine, Antibiotic Resistance, One Health, Risk Factors Recognition for Infectious Diseases of Animals

 

Curriculum vitae

George Valiakos is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly since December 2017. He was born in 1980, in Larissa. He is a graduate of the Veterinary School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has a master's degree from the Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly related to Public Health and a doctorate from the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the same University. He is the author and co-author of 56 scientific publications, with over 700 references and a total h-index of 14 (Scopus). He has participated in more than 80 oral and poster announcements at national and international scientific conferences.

Full curriculum vitae

 

Courses

  • General Microbiology
  • Diagnostic Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases of Animals and Related Legislation I
  • Infectious Diseases of Animals and Related Legislation II
 

Selected Publications

Colistin resistant mcr genes prevalence in livestock animals (Swine, bovine, poultry) from a multinational perspective. a systematic review. Valiakos G, Kapna I. Veterinary Sciences 2021; 8(11), 265; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8110265

Use of Wild Bird Surveillance, Human Case Data and GIS Spatial Analysis for Predicting Spatial Distributions of West Nile Virus in Greece. Valiakos G, Papaspyropoulos K, Giannakopoulos A, Birtsas P, Tsiodras S, Hutchings MR, Billinis C. PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(5):e96935. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0096935

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains, Isolated from Clinical Cases of Companion Animals in Greece. Lysitsas M, Triantafillou E, Chatzipanagiotidou I, Antoniou K, Valiakos G. Veterinary Sciences 2023;10(11), 635;
https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10110635

Use of Geographical Information System and Ecological Niche Model to analyse potential exposure of small ruminants to Coxiella burnetii infection, Greece. Valiakos G, Giannakopoulos A, Spanos SA, Korboua F, Chatzopoulos DC, Mavrogianni VS, Spyrou V, Fthenakis GC, Billinis C. Small Ruminant Research. 2017; 147:77-82. DOI:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.12.042

Antimicrobial practices among small animal veterinarians in Greece: a survey. Valiakos G, Pavlidou E, Zafeiridis C, Athanasakopoulou Z, Tsokana CN, Del Rio Vilas VJ. One Health Outlook. 2020; 2:7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-020-00013-8

Subclinical Mastitis in Lacaune Sheep: Etiologic Agents, the Effect on Milk Characteristics, and an Evaluation of Infrared Thermography and the YOLO Algorithm as a Preprocessing Tool for Advanced Analysis. Lysitsas M, Botsoglou G, Dimitriadis D, Termatzidou S, Kazana P, Tsoumakas G, Tsokana CN, Malissiova E, Spyrou V, Billinis C, Valiakos G. Veterinary Sciences 2024; 11(12), 676; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11120676