Fabio Vannucci

University of Minnesota

Dr. Fabio Vannucci is Assistant professor with special interest in food animal disease. He is a DVM graduate of Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil, earned MSc from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, and PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2013.  His research is focused on pathogenesis and diagnostics of enteric diseases in swine, specifically Proliferative Enteropathy (Lawsonia intracellularis) and Brachyspiral colitis. Recently, he has worked on the diagnostic investigation and characterization of vesicular disease and pre-weaning mortality associated with Senecavirus A infection. He also has focused on development of tools for rapid diagnostic response to endemic and emerging diseases of swine.