Franco Matias-Ferreyra
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology
Section Head, Necropsy
D.V.M. - Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina
M.S. - Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University
Ph.D. - Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Moiser L-223
Phone: 785-532-4076
Email
Service
- Section head (Necropsy)
- Diagnostic Anatomic Pathology: (necropsy, surgical biopsy, collaborative research)
- Species of interest include swine, bovine and domestic farm animals
Teaching
- VDMP902 Diagnostic Medicine: Senior/4th year veterinary student rotation
- VDMP857 Systems Pathology: Sophomore/2nd year veterinary student course (neuropathology)
- Anatomic pathology resident training
Research
- Experimental research under BSL-3 conditions (ASF, RFV, JEV, Mpox, HPAI, Covid etc)
- Swine (infectious diseases- SIV, PCV3, Mhyo, MHP, PRRSV, Salmonella, PSV, PoAstV3, PTV, etc. Nutrition, morphometric analyses)
- Bovine (BRSV, Pestivirus H)
- Insect/mosquito zoonotic diseases
- Currently, I am engaged as a pathologist supporting a wide variety of internal and external collaborative research projects
Focus area
- Neuropathology
- Diagnostic Pathology