Jacinto Gomes
Department of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences
VALORIZA – Research Center for the Valorization of Endogenous Resources
Portalegre Polytechnic University
Relevant links outside academia
- Research collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, contributing to interdisciplinary veterinary research and knowledge exchange
- Collaboration with wildlife rehabilitation centres, supporting research on infectious and parasitic diseases in wild animals
- Contribution to research on genetic resistance to parasitic diseases in Portuguese autochthonous animal breeds
- Participation in European research networks through COST Actions, fostering international collaboration and knowledge exchange across veterinary and biological sciences
Expertise
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Vector-borne diseases
- Tick-borne diseases
- Zoonotic parasitic diseases
- Foodborne parasites
- Parasitic diseases of wildlife
- Epidemiology and surveillance of animal diseases
- Molecular epidemiology and genetic characterization of parasites
Relevant projects
- MeTVAC – Development of nonresidual, alternative and sustainable region-specific control measures against Theileria annulata and vector ticks” (Leap-AGRO, ERA-NET European Research Area Networks).
- MerinoParasite – Identificação de marcadores genéticos associados à resistência aos parasitas internos em ovinos da raça Merina Branca utilizando o OvineSNP50 Beadchip array (PTDC/CVT-CVT/28798/2017).
- Differential Gene Expression in Alentejana cattle under Theileria annulata in vitro infection of monocyte-derived macrophages; INOV-CIISA project (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon).
- “MEmE – Multi-centre study on Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus s.l. in Europe: development and harmonization of diagnostic methods in the food chain”; One Health European Joint Programme.
- “PARADISE– PARAsite Detection, ISolation and Evaluation”; One Health European Joint Programme; Proponente: Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Itália) / National Veterinary Institute (Sweden).
- “OH-HARMONY-CAP –CAP – One Health Harmonisation of Protocols for the Detection of Foodborne Pathogens and AMR Determinants”; One Health European Joint Programme; Proponente: Statens Serum Institut (Dinamarca).