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    Martina Piviani, DVM, DACVP

    Bersan, E., Maddox, T., Walmsley, G., Piviani, M., Burrow, R. CT-guided drainage of a brainstem abscess in a cat as an emergency treatment procedure JFMS Open Rep 6: 2055116919896111, 2020.

    Rich, A. F., Piviani, M., Swales, H., Finotello, R., Blundell, R. Bilateral thyroid carcinosarcoma in a cat Journal of Comparative Pathology 171: 24-29, 2019.

    Alcoverro, E., Bersan, E., Sanchez-Masian, D., Piviani, M. Eosinophilic cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis associated with neural Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a dog Veterinary Clinical Pathology 48: 78-82, 2019.

    Verin, R., Cian, F., Stewart, J., Binanti, D., MacNeill, A. L., Piviani, M., Monti, P., Baroni, G., Le Calvez, S., Scase, T. J., Finotello, R. Canine clitoral carcinoma: A clinical, cytologic, histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study Veterinary Pathology 55: 501-509, 2018.

    Robinson, C. S., Singer, E. R., Piviani, M., Rubio-Martinez, L. M. Are serum amyloid A or D-lactate useful to diagnose synovial contamination or sepsis in horses? Veterinary Record 181: 425, 2017.

    Mesquita, L., Mortier, J., Ressel, L., Finotello, R., Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M. Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach Veterinary Clinical Pathology 46: 337-343, 2017.

    Piviani, M., Walton, R. M., Patel, R. T. Significance of mastocytemia in cats Veterinary Clinical Pathology 42: 4-10, 2013.

    Piviani, M., Sanchez, M. D., Patel, R. T. Cytologic features of clear cell adnexal carcinoma in 3 dogs Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41: 405-11, 2012.

    Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M., Alberola, J., Rodriguez-Cortes, A., Planellas, M., Roura, X., O’Brien, P. J., Pastor, J. Serum cardiac troponin I concentrations in dogs with leishmaniasis: correlation with age and clinicopathologic abnormalities Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41: 568-74, 2012.

    Piviani, M., Segura, D., Monreal, L., Bach-Raich, E., Mesalles, M., Pastor, J. Neutrophilic myeloperoxidase index and mean light absorbance in neonatal septic and nonseptic foals Veterinary Clinical Pathology 40: 340-4, 2011.

    Cytology and haematopathology; Cytology-histology correlation; Cell pellet immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of mesothelioma; Markers of sepsis in horses; Clinical pathology changes in canine leishmaniosis

    Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2006 to 2007) Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2008 to 2009) ECVCP Residency in Clinical Pathology University of Pennsylvania (2009 to 2012) ACVP Residency in Clinical Pathology

    Clinical Specialties:

    Clinical Pathology

    Education:

    DVM (Veterinary Medicine) University of Pisa, 2004; SPCAA (Pathology and Clinics of Companion Animals) University of Pisa, 2007; MSc (Veterinary Research-Specialty of Internal Medicine and Surgery) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2008

    Board Certification:

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathology (Clinical Pathology)

    Contact:

    University of Pennsylvania

    School of Veterinary Medicine

    3800 Spruce Street

    Philadelphia, PA 19104