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Vassilis Skampardonis

Associate Professor
Veterinary Epidemiology

Laboratory of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Economics of Animal Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly
 

Research interests

  • Veterinary Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology of infectious and parasitic diseases of pigs
  • Epidemiology of diseases of production and companion animals
  • Study of the epidemiology and risk factors of claw lesions, lameness, urinary tract infections, longevity and welfare in sows.
  • Survival analysis.
  • Multivariable and multilevel modeling of risk factors of infectious and non diseases of animals.
  • Analysis of longitudinal data.
  • Application of two-part models in the analysis of veterinary data.
  • Factor and principal component analysis.

 

Curriculum vitae

Dr Vassilis Skampardonis is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly since June 2022. He was born in Katerini, in 1980. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Thessaly and possesses a doctorate degree from the same institute. He is the author and co-author of 31 scientific publications, with over 260 references and a total h-index of 8. He participated in more than 30 oral and poster presentations in national and international scientific conferences. He is a reviewer in more than 20 scientific journals.

Full curriculum vitae

 

Courses

  • Veterinary Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Animal Health Economics

Selected Publications

  1. Influenza surveillance in pigs: balancing act between broad diagnostic coverage and specific virus characterization.Julia Stadler; Sophia Zwickl; Sophie Gumbert; Mathias Ritzmann; Kathrin Lillie-Jaschniski; Timm Harder; Annika Graaf-Rau; Vassilis Skampardonis; Matthias Eddicks. Porcine Health Management volume 10, Article number: 19 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-024-00367-9
  2. Urinary tract infections in culled sows from Greek herds: prevalence and associations between findings of histopathology, bacteriology and urinalysis. Cernat, M., Skampardonis, V., Papadopoulos, G. A., Kroustallas, F., Chalvatzi, S., Petridou, E., Psychas, V.., Marouda, C., Fortomaris, P., Leontides, L. Porcine Health Management, 2021; 7:33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-021-00212-3
  3. Partial substitution, with their chelated complexes, of the inorganic zinc, copper and manganese in sow diets reduced the laminitic lesions in the claws and improved the morphometric characteristics of the hoof horn of sows from three Greek herds. Nikoleta Varagka, Marina Lisgara, Vassilis Skampardonis, Vassilis Psychas, Leonidas Leontides. Porcine Health Management. 2016; 2:26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-016-0040-3
  4. Effect of diet supplementation with chelated zinc, copper and manganese on hoof lesions of loose housed sows. Marina Lisgara, Vassilis Skampardonis, Leonidas Leontides. Journal of Porcine Health Management. 2016; 2:6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-016-0025-2
  5. A New Sampling Approach for the Detection of Swine Influenza a Virus on European Sow Farms. Kathrin Lillie-Jaschniski; Marina Lisgara; Emanuela Pileri; Agnes Jardin; Eduardo Velazquez; Monika Köchling; Michael Albin; Carlos Casanovas; Vassilis Skampardonis; Julia Stadler.Veterinary Sciences, 2022; 9(7),338. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9070338