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Ricardo is a senior clinical training scholar in veterinary epidemiology. After graduating from the University of Porto vet school in 2002 he enrolled in the MSc of Control of Infectious Diseases postgraduate course at the RVC. He joined the Epidemiology Division in February 2005 after being awarded a scholarship to start a 3-year residency program in veterinary epidemiology, approved by the European College of Veterinary Public Health.

Research Interests

Evolutionary epidemiology of infectious diseases; Modelling of infectious disease dynamics; Epidemiological aspects of animal disease control and surveillance; Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment of animal health and foodborne diseases; Spatial and temporal analysis of epidemiological data.

Research Experience

Evolutionary epidemiology of infectious diseases

Mycobacterium bovis spoligotype 13 in the southeast of England, 2004

Modelling of infectious disease dynamics

Impact of selected vaccines on the spread of bovine herpes virus (BoHV-1) infection within dairy herds, 2005

Avian Influenza transmission model in Viet Nam and Thailand, on going

Epidemiological aspects of animal disease control and surveillance foot-and-mouth disease virus in the initial stages of the 2001 outbreak in the UK, 2005

Qualitative risk assessment of animal health and foodborne diseases

A qualitative assessment of the change in risk of exposure to Bluetongue Virus (BTV), and probable consequences to UK livestock as a result of the proposed changes to the BTV chapter of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 2004

A qualitative assessment of the risk of introduction of avian influenza into the EU25 member states, 2005

Introduction of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in sheep and cattle farms in Europe: assessment of wildlife associated risk, on going

Analysis of epidemiological data

Canine leishmaniasis in Galicia, NW of Spain, 2002

Risk factors associated with MRSA infection in companion animals in the UK, on going

Factors related to wastage in UK dairy herds, on going