
Prof. Francesca BONELLI
Italy
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Bovine Health Management
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
2012 - now Ruminant and Herd Health Service at the Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy).
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2023 Diplomate European College of Bovine Health Management (ECBHM) (EBVS website: https://ebvs.eu/colleges/ECBHM/members/prof-francesca-bonelli)
2023 ESEVT expert in Clinical Sciences – Food-producing Animals.
2021 Italian Scientific Habilitation for Full Professor position in Veterinary Internal Medicine (VET/08).
2018 Italian Scientific Habilitation for Associate Professor position in Veterinary Internal Medicine (VET/08).
2016-22 Alternative Resident European College of Bovine Health Management (ECBHM) exam (Pisa-Bologna, Italy and Bern, Switzerland).
2015 PhD in Veterinary Medicine, University of Pisa with a thesis titled: “Evaluation of plasmatic concentration of Procalcitonin in equine species”.
06/2011 Degree in Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa. Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.).
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2014 – now Master’s degree courses Veterinary Medicine (Internal Medicine of food producing animals and horses, herd and flock health), and at Animal Husbandry Sciences and Technologies (Health management, legislation and integrated control of parasite diseases – previously European Legislation for farm animals), both at the University of Pisa. Seminars and practical training activity to veterinary students.
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa.
Supervising and co-supervising of 42 thesis of bachelor and masters’ students about large animal medicine and herd health.
2019 Cycle of seminars (8 hours), Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Topic: Neonatology in Large Animals.
2019, 20, 22 and 23 Class of Animal Health (24 hours/year), 4th year student of Agronomy Science, UniLaSalle, Beauvais, France.
2020 – now Supervision of two PhD students (third and first year) with two projects about marker of inflammation for an early diagnosis of mastitis in dairy cows and about a smart continuous monitoring of marker of metabolic diseases in cows.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
2017 – 2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa.
2022 – now Associate Professor (permanent position), Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa.
Researcher unique identifier: ORCID id: 0000-0002-4119-7781.
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55240093800
Papers published on peer-reviewed journals: 73
H- index: 14
Number of citations: 527
Update on Jan. 2024
PROJECT FOUNDING
• PNRR: Agritech – Coordinator of the Task 5.3.6 for the University of Pisa (2022-2025).
• Principal Investigator PRIN PNRR 2022: MULTI-OMICS CHARACTERISATION OF COLOSTRUM TO DEVELOP A NUTRACEUTICAL APPROACH FOR IMPROVE HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN LARGE ANIMALS (2023-2025).
VISITING FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITY
• Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland.
Supervision: Prof. Mireille Meylan. Topics: 1) smartphone ECG in arrhythmic cows; 2) plasma procalcitonin evaluation in bovine; 3) plasma procalcitonin evaluation in calves. Periods: 17.05-01.07.16; 2017 – 09.01-17.02; 29.05-13.06; 28.08-15.09; 13.11-15.12; 02.07-24.08.18; 2019 – 04-15.03; 15.07-15.08.
• Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
Supervision: Prof. Thomas J. Divers. Topics: plasma procalcitonin evaluation in equine and bovine. Periods: 08.07-08.11.13; 27.02-25.05.14.
• Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Supervision: Prof. Eduard José Cunilleras. Topics: plasma procalcitonin evaluation in horses and foals.
From these collaborations, 5 publications on peer reviewed journals were published.
SPEAKER AT CONFERENCES
− Invited speaker:
• Talk 1 – L’importanza dell’immunità passiva nel prevenire problematiche cliniche della vitellaia.
• Talk 2 – Diarrea neonatale: fattori di rischio, diagnosi e gestione in campo e in clinica, CORSO DI AGGIORNAMENTO PROFESSIONALE PER I MEDICI VETERINARI PUBBLICI E PRIVATI CHE SI OCCUPANO DI ANIMALI DA REDDITO: LA MULTIDISCIPLINARIETÀ DEL VETERINARIO BUIATRA, Caserta, Italy.
• Emogas-analisi nella clinica del singolo e della mandria, GIORNATA BUIATRICA SIB, 2022, Eboli, Italy.
• Possible role of procalcitonin as inflammatory biomarker in bovine and equine species, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE, 2019, Phoenix, USA.
• Principali patologie bovina da latte legate all’alimentazione, UNIVERSITA’ DI PISA, DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE VETERINARIE, 2018, Pisa, Italy.
• Aggiornamenti in dermatologia equina, ORDINE DEI MEDICI VETERINARI DELLA PROVINCIA DI PISA, 2016, Pisa, Italy.
• Stato dell’arte sui test da sforzo in campo, SIVE CONFERENCE “NOZIONI DI BASE IN MEDICINA SPORTIVA EQUINA”, 2012, Rome, Italy.
− Oral communication:
• Convegno LXXIII S.I.S.Vet OLBIA 19-22 Giugno 2019.
• 50th National S.I.B. Conference BOLOGNA 11-13 Ottobre 2018.
• Convegno LXXII S.I.S.Vet TORINO 20-22 Giugno 2018.
• E.B.F. Congress BILBAO 04-06 Ottobre 2017.
• Convegno LXXI S.I.S.Vet NAPOLI 28 Giugno-1 Luglio 2017.
• 8th E.C.E.I.M. Congress UTRECHT 05-07 Novembre 2015.
• Convegno LXIX S.I.S.Vet PERUGIA 15-17 Giugno 2015.
• 7th E.C.E.I.M. Congress PRAGUE 06-08 Novembre 2014.
• Convegno LXVIII S.I.S.Vet PISA 16-18 Giugno 2014.
• Convegno LXVI S.I.S.Vet ROMA 12-14 Settembre 2012.
− Poster with moderator:
• E.S.D.A.R. Conference BERN 24-26 Agosto 2017.
• 9th E.C.E.I.M. Congress HELSINKI 03-05 Novembre 2016.
• XLVIII Congresso Nazionale S.I.B. MONTICHIARI (BS) 08-09 Settembre 2016.
• XXI Congresso SIVE-FEEVA PISA 06-08 Febbraio 2015.
• A.V.E.F. Congress DEAUVILLE 11-13 Dicembre 2012.
• XVIII Congresso SIVE BOLOGNA 03-03 Febbraio 2012.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
• Editor in chief for Veterinary Quarterly (1st June 2023).
• Editorial Board of the Journal "Large Animal Review".
• Editorial Board of the "Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal".
• Review Editor for Animal Nutrition and Metabolism, "Frontiers in Veterinary Science".
• Associate Editor for "BMC Veterinary Research".
• Reviewer for the following peer reviewed journals:
American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Annals of Animal Science, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Veterinary Medicine Open Journal, Journal of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, BMC Veterinary Research, The Veterinary Journal, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animals.
AWARDS
2018 Award for the best junior assistant professor (RTDa) of the Scientific Area 07, which included Department of Veterinary Sciences and Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Pisa, based on the results achieved in the research activity carried out during 2018.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
2016-2020 Coordinator of the international research group for research activity on ruminants between the University of Pisa and the University of Bern.
2018-2019 Coordinator of the international and national research group for research activity performed at Centro di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali “E. Avanzi”, University of Pisa.
2018-now: Research Committee of the Department of Veterinary Sciences, which monitor the research activity of the Department.
2018 – 2022 She is involved in the Area 07 Commission, which evaluate the scientific production of the Department of Veterinary Sciences and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Pisa. The commission also evaluated the proposals for assigning the Research Project of Athenaeum (PRA) grant. 01.11.2022-now: she is the deputy Director of the Centro di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali “E. Avanzi”.
2019 – 2021 Member of the PhD College of the Department of Veterinary Sciences.
2020 – now Coordinator of research activities coming from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Department of Veterinary Sciences.
2022 – now Deputy Director of the Centro di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali “E. Avanzi” of the University of Pisa (Research Institute focused on Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences).
2022 – now Coordinator of the 4th year students of Veterinary Medicine master’s degree having the responsibility to organize groups for practical activity and to coordinate students’ activity.
Member of :

European College of Bovine Health Management