DVM, PhD Francesco Lo Piccolo

Senior Clinician in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Dipl. ECVIM-CA
(Internal Medicine)

Specification

German Board-Certified Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA), Internal Medicine
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Languages

Areas of interest

Respiratory and pulmonary diseases, aerodigestive disorders, and functional airway diseases in dogs and cats

Education and career

Since 2025Head of the Service for Airways and Lung Diseases,
Clinic for Small Animal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Since 2024Senior Clinician in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Clinic for Small Animal Medicine,
Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2020 – 2023Head Senior Clinician, Small Animal Internal Medicine,
Evidensia Tierärztliche Klinik für Kleintiere Norderstedt GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

2016 – 2020Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA),
Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany

2013 – 2016PhD in “Public Health, Veterinary Hygiene and Animal Production”,
University of Messina, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Messina, Italy, and University of Lisbon, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, CIISA, Laboratory of Antibiotic and Biocide Resistance, Lisbon, Portugal

2013 – 2014Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery,
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vétérinaire, ONIRIS – Nantes Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, Nantes, France

2005 – 2011Degree in Veterinary Medicine,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Italy

Publications

> Toxoplasma gondii-associated cholecystitis in a cat receiving immunosuppressive treatment

Lo Piccolo F, Busch K, Palic J, Geisen V, Hartmann K, Unterer S. – 2019 Tierärztliche Praxis Kleintiere/Heimtiere

> Detection of multidrug resistance and extended-spectrum/plasmid-mediated AmpC betalactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from diseased cats in Italy

Lo Piccolo F, Belas A, Foti M, Fisichella V, Marques C, Pomba C. - 2019 – Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

> Occurrence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from clinical specimens of dogs

Foti M, Giudice E, Fisichella V, Lo Piccolo F, Giacopello C. – 2013 – Veterinaria

> Distension scrotale chez un chaton

Lo Piccolo F, Gogny A. – 2015 - Pratique Vet 50 : 221-222, 2015

> Adénomegalie généralisée chez un jeune chat

Lo Piccolo F, Ibisch C. – 2015 - Pratique Vet 50 : 221-222

> Antibiotic resistance of Gram negative isolates from symptomatic breeder Domestic Canaries (Serinus canaria domestica)

Giacopello C, Foti M, Fisichella V, Lo Piccolo F. – 2015 - Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine -

> Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Enterobacteriaceae in European Wild Bird Species Admitted in a Wildlife Rescue Centre

Giacopello C, Foti M, Mascetti A, Grosso F, Ricciardi D, Fisichella V, Lo Piccolo F. – 2016 – Veterinaria Italiana

DVM, PhD Francesco Lo Piccolo