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Biography

Paolo Zucca is a veterinarian and psychologist with an expertise in veterinary public health, medical intelligence and biological risks. He received his DVM from Parma University, a B.Sc. in Psychology from Trieste University, a PhD in Animal physiology and ethology from Bologna University. After his ten-year academic career, he holds a position as veterinary officer at the Directorate for health of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy. He is the principal of the Biocrime Centre which over the last five years has provided biological and zoonotic risk prevention programs in favour of adolescents and Law Enforcement Agencies of various European countries. Until 2015 he has been a Senior Investigative Veterinary Health Police Officer, he is certified as “Exotic & Wildlife animals medicine expert” and “Auditor” of the health system.

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Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IT

Lead Partner/Veterinary Officer (Biocrime Centre)
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of Udine: Udine, IT

Post-Degree Specialization in Aquatic Animal Health (Dept. Veterinary Science)
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University of Trieste: Trieste, IT

BSc Psychology (Faculty of Psychology)
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University of Trieste: Trieste, IT

Post-Doc (Faculty of Psychology)
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University of Parma: Parma, IT

DVM (Doctor in Veterinary Medicine) (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
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University of Bologna: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, IT

PhD (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
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Works (14)

The oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) as a potential vector of honey bee's pathogens and a threat for public health in North‐East Italy

Veterinary Medicine and Science
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1310
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Anna Granato; Franco Mutinelli; Eliana Schiavon; Fulvio Bordin; Marco Dimech; Roberto Andrea Balbo; David Mifsud; Maurizio Dondi; Claudio Cipolat‐Gotet et al.
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7 Biophilia, one health, and humane education: Mitigating global risk through embracing humanity’s interconnection with the natural world

Socio-Political Risk Management
2023-04-12 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1515/9783110731217-007
Part of ISBN: 9783110731217
Contributors: Kimberly Spanjol; Paolo Zucca
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Four cognitive-ecological biases that reduce integration between medical and cyber intelligence and represent a threat to cybersecurity

Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsiae.2022.100046
Part of ISSN: 2666-9374
Contributors: Paolo Zucca
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<i>Carnivore protoparvovirus 1</i> (CPV-2 and FPV) Circulating in Wild Carnivores and in Puppies Illegally Imported into North-Eastern Italy

Viruses
2022-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/v14122612
Contributors: Stefania Leopardi; Adelaide Milani; Monia Cocchi; Marco Bregoli; Alessia Schivo; Sofia Leardini; Francesca Festa; Ambra Pastori; Gabrita De Zan; Federica Gobbo et al.
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Zoonoses—Diseases Naturally Transmitted From Animals to Humans

Frontiers for Young Minds
2022-09-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.833893
Part of ISSN: 2296-6846
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Alessandra Scagliarini; Yashwantrao Ramma; Ali S. Khan
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Laterality preferences at rest and predatory behaviour of the Gyrfalcon (<i>Falco rusticolus</i>): An alpha predator of the sky

Laterality
2022-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1357650x.2021.1958831
Part of ISSN: 1357-650X
Part of ISSN: 1464-0678
Contributors: Luigi Baciadonna; Paolo Zucca; Jaime Samour
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ILLEGAL ANIMAL TRADE ACROSS EUROPE AS AN ORGANISED CRIME: THE TIME IS UP

Unpublished
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26063.41121
Contributors: Paolo Zucca
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A Three-Year Biocrime Sanitary Surveillance on Illegally Imported Companion Animals

Pathogens
2021-08-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10081047
Part of ISSN: 2076-0817
Contributors: Monia Cocchi; Patrizia Danesi; Gabrita De Zan; Marta Leati; Laura Gagliazzo; Margherita Ruggeri; Manlio Palei; Alessandro Bremini; Marie-Christin Rossmann; Melanie Lippert-Petscharnig et al.
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What Do Adolescents Know About One-Health and Zoonotic Risks? A School-Based Survey in Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Mauritius, and Japan

Frontiers in Public Health
2021-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.658876
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Marie-Christin Rossmann; Mitja Dodic; Yashwantrao Ramma; Toshiya Matsushima; Steven Seet; Susanne Holtze; Alessandro Bremini; Ingrid Fischinger; Giulia Morosetti et al.
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The “Bio-Crime Model” of Cross-Border Cooperation Among Veterinary Public Health, Justice, Law Enforcements, and Customs to Tackle the Illegal Animal Trade/Bio-Terrorism and to Prevent the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases Among Human Population

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2020-11-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.593683
Part of ISSN: 2297-1769
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Marie-Christin Rossmann; Jorge E. Osorio; Kevin Karem; Paola De Benedictis; Josef Haißl; Paola De Franceschi; Elisa Calligaris; Michaela Kohlweiß; Giulio Meddi et al.
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Handedness in the echolocating Schreiber's Long-Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)

Behavioural Processes
2010-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.04.006
Part of ISSN: 0376-6357
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Alessandra Palladini; Luigi Baciadonna; Dino Scaravelli
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Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance and Class 1 Integrons in Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Mediterranean Herring Gulls (<i>Larus cachinnans</i>)

Microbial Drug Resistance
2008-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2008.0803
Part of ISSN: 1076-6294
Part of ISSN: 1931-8448
Contributors: F. Gionechetti; P. Zucca; F. Gombac; C. Monti-Bragadin; C. Lagatolla; E. Tonin; E. Edalucci; L.A. Vitali; L. Dolzani
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Piagetian object permanence and its development in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)

Animal Cognition
2007-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0063-2
Part of ISSN: 1435-9448
Part of ISSN: 1435-9456
Contributors: Paolo Zucca; Nadia Milos; Giorgio Vallortigara
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Advantages of having a lateralized brain

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
2004-12-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0200
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Contributors: Lesley J. Rogers; Paolo Zucca; Giorgio Vallortigara
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