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Ricardo Manuel Vinagre Lopes

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal · University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU

https://researchid.co/ricardolopes
@cespu.pt
21Scopus Publications
187Google Scholar Citations
7Google Scholar h-index
6Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Clinical Pathology; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Medicine; One Health Epidemiology; Planetary Health; Vector-Borne Diseases; Veterinary Medicine

Biography

Ricardo Lopes is a veterinary clinician-scientist and clinical pathologist at Cedivet Laboratories (Unilabs Group), and an Assistant Professor at CESPU – University Institute of Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in Veterinary Sciences (Biomedical Sciences) from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD, Portugal), with a specialisation in Infectious Diseases. With several years of experience in emergency and critical care medicine, he brings a translational, decision-oriented perspective to laboratory diagnostics. His work focuses on clinical pathology, infectious and transmissible diseases, and One Health/Planetary Health, with particular emphasis on diagnostic innovation and laboratory-based epidemiology.

Education

Ricardo Manuel Vinagre Lopes holds a PhD in Veterinary Sciences/Biomedical Sciences, with specialisation in Infectious Diseases, from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal. His doctoral thesis, “Infectious and Transmissible Diseases – the Stockholm Paradigm in the Context of Planetary Health”, was awarded the final classification of Very Good. He also holds an Integrated Master’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine, with specialisation in Clinical Sciences, from the University of Évora, School of Sciences and Technology, Portugal, completed with a final classification o...

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Mapping Feline Oncology in Portugal: A National Characterization
    Animals, 2026
  2. Every Tumour Counts: A Comprehensive Overview of Canine Oncology in Portugal
    Animals, 2026
  3. Molecular Detection of Bartonella henselae in Healthy Cats from Portugal (2015–2025): One Health Context and Implications for Transfusion Medicine
    Pathogens, 2026
  4. Fatal Pneumonia Caused by Beauveria bassiana in a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii, Garman, 1880) on the Portuguese Coast: Case Report and Review of Beauveria spp. Infections in Reptiles
    Microorganisms, 2025
  5. First description of antifungal susceptibility of yeast-like fungi in dermal lesions of dogs in Portugal: A 6-year pilot retrospective study (2018-2023)
    Veterinarska Stanica, 2025

Research Outputs

Feline Infectious Peritonitis Effusion Index: A Novel Diagnostic Method. The FIP Effusion Index is a diagnostic index developed and validated to support the diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in effusion samples, based on the...

Grants / Consultancy

None Consultancy in veterinary clinical pathology, laboratory diagnostics, infectious disease interpretation, molecular diagnostic workflows, cytology, haematology, clinical...

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