Paolo Silvestrini, DVM, PhD, DECVIM

C. Torrente, P. Silvestrini, R. Ruiz de Gopegui. Severe life-threatening hypokalemia in a cat with suspected distal renal tubular acidosis. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. 2010;20(2):250-257 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00490.x

P. Silvestrini, M. Piviani, D. Vrabelova, C. Torrente and R. Ruiz de Gopegui; Canine packed red blood cell transfusions in Spain. Comparative Clinical Pathology. 2011;20: 375-379 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-009-0949-x

P. Silvestrini, M. Piviani, R. Tetas, C. Torrente and R. Ruiz de Gopegui: Study of the hemogram and platelet function in blood donor dogs. Comparative Clinical Pathology. 2011;20(3):195-199 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-010-1007-4

D. Vrabelova, P. Silvestrini, J. Ciudad, J.C. Gimenez, M. Ballesteros, P. Puig, R. Ruiz de Gopegui. Analysis of 2,735 canine uroliths in Spain and Portugal. A retrospective study: 2004-2006. Research in Veterinary Science. 2011 Oct; 91(2):208-211 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.12.006.

P. Silvestrini, M. Piviani, J. Alberola, A. Rodríguez-Cortés, M. Planellas, X. Roura, P.J. O’Brien, J. Pastor: Serum cardiac Troponin I concentration in dogs with leishmaniasis: correlation with age and clinico-pathological abnormalities. Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 2012;41(4):568-574 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-165X.2012.00467.x

P. Silvestrini, A. Zoia, M. Planellas, X. Roura, J. Pastor, JJ Ceron, M. Caldin. Iron status and C-reactive protein in canine leishmaniosis. Journal of Small Animal Practice. 2013;55(2):95-101 doi: 10.1111/jsap.12172.

M. Fernandez, L. Altet, V.L. Martinez-Diaz, M.D. Tabar, P. Silvestrini, O. Francino, X. Roura. Assessment of PCR status of vector-borne pathogens in dogs presenting arrhythmias. Journal of Comparative Clinical Pathology 2014; 23:1447-1452 doi:10.1007/s00580-013-1803-8

M.R. Trehy, A.J. German, P. Silvestrini, G. Serrano, D. Batchelor. Hypercobalaminaemia is associated with hepatic and neoplastic disease in cats: a cross sectional study. BMC Veterinary Research 2014; 10(1): 175 doi: 10.1186/s12917-014-0175-x.

K. Murtagh, D. Batchelor, A. German, M. Piviani, P. Silvestrini. Congenital cobalamin malabsorption (Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome) in two Beagles in the UK. Veterinary Record Case Report. 2015,3.1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2015-000201

C. Costa Devoti, K. Murtagh, D. Batchelor, P. Silvestrini. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency with
concurrent pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease and cholangiohepatitis in a cat. Veterinary Record-Case Report 2015; 3 https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2015-000237

P. Silvestrini, D. Batchelor, K. Allenspach, C. Maunder, M. Seth, A. Mas, T. Hill, G. Serrano, X. Roura, M. Planellas, A.J. German, J. Pastor. Clinical leishmaniasis in the UK. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2016; 57:453-458 https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12503

L. Mesquita, J. Mortier, L. Ressel, R. Finotello, P. Silvestrini, M. Piviani. Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach. Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 2017; 46:337–343. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12474

A. Ribas Latre, A. McPartland, D. Cain, D. Walker, V. Black, N. Van Den Steen, S. Warmen, I. Battersby, K. Murtagh, P. Silvestrini, D. Batchelor, S.W. Tappin. Canine sterile steroid-responsive lymphadenitis in 49 dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2019; 60(5): 280-290 doi: 10.1111/jsap.12980.

P. Silvestrini. Dealing with leishmaniosis in dogs and cats. Veterinary Record 2019; 23-184(8): 254-255 doi: 10.1136/vr.l824

R. Finotello, L. Schiavo, L. Ressel, A. Frohmader, P. Silvestrini, R. Verin. Lipoxygenase-5 expression in canine urinary bladder: normal urothelium, cystitis and transitional cell carcinoma. Journal Comparative Pathology 2019; 170:1-9 doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2019.05.001.

del Busto, A. German, E. Treggiari, E. O’Connell, G. Romanelli, D, Batchelor, P. Silvestrini, K. Murtagh. Incidence of post-operative complications and outcome of 48 dogs undergoing surgical management of insulinoma. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2020;34(3):1135-1143 doi: 10.1111/jvim.15751.

D. Casamián-Sorrosal, P. Silvestrini, R. Blake André Kortum, P. Watson, Y. Martínez-Pereira, J. López-Alvarez, S. Keegan. Clinical features and long-term follow-up of 70 cases of canine idiopathic eosinophilic lung disease. Veterinary Record 2020; doi:10.1136/vr.105193

P. Silvestrini, M. Piviani, D. Sanchez Masian. Ischaemic myelopathy in a cat with chronic kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, and hyperaldosteronism. Veterinary Record Case Reports. 2020; 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.11

J. Barton, M. Didier, P. Silvestrini, A. German, R. Ferriani. A noninvasive method of temperature measurement using a noncontact handheld infrared thermometer fails to correlate with rectal temperature in dogs and cats. Journal of American Veterinary Medicine Association 2022; https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.21.09.0403

L. Jesus, C. Arenas, M. Dominguez-Ruiz, P. Silvestrini, R.E. Englar, X. Roura, R. Oliveira Leal. Xanthinuria secondary to Allopurinol treatment in dogs with Leishmaniosis: current perspectives of the Iberian Veterinary Community. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases 2022; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101783

J. Bestwick, B. Skelly, J. Swann, B. Glanemann, N. Bexfield, Z. Gkoka, D. Walker, P. Silvestrini, S. Adamantos, M. Seth, J. Warland. The use of splenectomy in the management of canine primary immune-mediated hemolytic anemia and primary immune-mediated thrombocytopenia. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2022;36(4):1267-1280 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16469

F. Wotton, B. Glanemann, S. Langley-Hobbs, C. Breheny, S. Fowlie, F. Whitworth, P. Silvestrini, A. Threlfall, S. Sorrell, V. Black. Feline non-erosive immune-mediated polyarthritis: a multicentre, retrospective study of 20 cases (2009-2020). Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2022; https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X221107783

S. Calleja, R. Shiel, L. Bree, P. Silvestrini, M. Trehy, L. McMahon, K. Murtagh. Duration of signs and jaundice are prognostic in dogs with acquired hepatopathy causing portal hypertension. The Canadian Veterinary Journal – 2023; 64:174-180 PMCID: PMC9847403 PMID: 36733641

P. Silvestrini, B. Lloyd-Bradley, B. Glanemann, E. Barker, H. Badham, S. Tappin, A. Haines, A. Mas, X. Roura, M. Piviani. Clinical presentation, diagnostic investigations, treatment protocols and outcomes of dogs diagnosed with tick-borne diseases living in the United Kingdom:76 cases (2005-2019). Journal Small Animal Practice. 2023; 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13592

A. Petrelli, A.J. German, E.M. O’Connell, P.Silvestrini. Serum insulin concentration in dogs with insulinoma as a clinical marker for presence of metastasis at the time of diagnosis.
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 2023; 37(3): 1139-1145 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16720

J. Herr, M. Piviani, K. Wallace, Y. Porat-Mosenco, P.Silvestrini. Hepatic amyloidosis in a dog with sterile pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis. Veterinary Record – Case Reports. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.754

E. Roberts, I.K. Ramsey, R. Gostelow, A. Latysheva, L. Battaglia, P. Silvestrini, G. Benchekroun, K. Brenner, B. Conversy, R. Ferriani, A. Kortum, L. Stammeleer, N. Van den Steen, F. Tavares, J. Lieser, A. Hibbert, A. Duclos, T. Bunn, A.M. Boag, C. Arenas, K. Roe, F.K. Zeugswetter, Y. Cui, I. Schofield, F. Fracassi. Clinical findings, treatment, and outcomes in cats with naturally occurring hypoadrenocorticism: 41 cases. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 2025; 39(1): https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.17243

H. Swales, D. J. Batchelor, T. Bodnarova, A. Kent, S. Campbell, A. G. Gow, M. Kuijlaars, P.J. M. Noble, A. Threlfall, P. Silvestrini, J. Stallwood, H. Warwick, A. J. German. A multi-center observational study comparing survival of pugs and dogs of other breeds with protein-losing enteropathy. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine – accepted & in press

M.M.E. Steele, C.J. Scudder, M. F. van den Berg, S. Galac, M. Dordio, A. Threlfall, C.Gomez, A. Paul, M. Nolff, N. S. Ruckstuhl, G. Benchekroun, F. Allerton, B. Mendoza, S. Spence, P. Valiente, A. Boag, F. Fracassi, A. Carranza, J. Pena-Ramos, B. Lloyd-Bradley, M. Seth, F.Yu Foo, R. Heilman, P. Silvestrini, A. Lyssens, E. Vangrinsven, C.C. Acuna, A. Hrovat, C. Arenas. M. Cervone, C. Mooney, R. O Leal, K. Piekos, G. Olivares, G. Ruiz, S. J. Caulfield, S. Keyte, A. Lamoureux, R. Gostelow. A multi-center, retrospective analysis of long-term survival of medically and surgically managed cases of canine pheochromocytoma: 255 cases (2010 – 2021). Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine – accepted & in press

Vector-borne diseases with particular interest in canine and feline Leishmaniosis

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2007 to 2010)
Residency, Small Animal Internal Medicine

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2006 to 2007)
Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery

Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (CPS) – University of Liverpool (2016 to 2016)
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)