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  1. “Beyond the Sad Eyes”: A Pilot Study on Behavioural and Physiological Indicators in Shelter Dogs Exhibiting Depression-like Behaviour

    Article • Animals, July 2026, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  2. Birth Season and Breed Effects on Newborn Longissimus Thoracis and Semimembranosus Muscles: Insights from the Nero Di Lomellina Piglets

    Article • Animals, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  3. First Report on Cardiac Troponin T Detection in Canine Amniotic Fluid

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  4. A Preliminary Study on Productive Performance and Environmental Requirements of a Newly Established Breed: Nero di Lomellina Pig

    Article • Animals, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  5. Italians Can Resist Everything, Except Flat-Faced Dogs!

    Article • Animals, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  6. First Evidence of Cotinine in Canine Semen Reveals Tobacco Smoke Exposure

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  7. The Effect of Dietary Plant-Derived Omega 3 Fatty Acids on the Reproductive Performance and Gastrointestinal Health of Female Rabbits

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  8. Events with Different Emotional Valence Affect the Eye’s Lacrimal Caruncle Temperature Changes in Sheep

    Article • Animals, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Matteo Chincarini, Dr. Elie Atallah, Silvia Mazzola

  9. Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Pregnant Dogs: Maternal and Newborn Cotinine Levels: A Pilot Study

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  10. Cotinine as a Sentinel of Canine Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

    Article • Animals, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  11. Does Immunocastration Affect Behaviour and Body Lesions in Heavy Pigs?

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  12. From Photocatalysis to Photo-Electrocatalysis: An Innovative Water Remediation System for Sustainable Fish Farming

    Article • Sustainability, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  13. The Effect of Lift Crates on Piglet Survival Rate and Sow Stress Level during Farrowing

    Article • Animals, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  14. Pre-slaughtering Phases and Meat Quality of Highly Profitable Cattle (Piedmontese Fat Ox)

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  15. Do You Think I Am Living Well? A Four-Season Hair Cortisol Analysis on Leisure Horses in Different Housing and Management Conditions

    Article • Animals, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  16. Influence of Gonadectomy on Canine Behavior

    Article • Animals, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  17. Analysis of Hindgut Microbiome of Sheep and Effect of Different Husbandry Conditions

    Article • Animals, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Matteo Chincarini, Silvia Mazzola

  18. May Salivary Chromogranin A Act as a Physiological Index of Stress in Transported Donkeys? A Pilot Study

    Article • Animals, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  19. Two-step investigation of lung cancer detection by sniffing dogs

    Article • Journal of Breath Research, January 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Silvia Mazzola

  20. A refinement approach in a mouse model of rehabilitation research. Analgesia strategy, reduction approach and infrared thermography in spinal cord injury

    Article • PLOS One, October 2019, PLOS

    Silvia Mazzola, Dr Johnny Vincent Roughan

  21. Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins

    Article • Animals, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  22. The Use of Infrared Thermography (IRT) as Stress Indicator in Horses Trained for Endurance: A Pilot Study

    Article • Animals, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  23. A description of the characteristics of dogs in, and policies of 4 shelters in, different countries

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, November 2018, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  24. Taurine Administration Recovers Motor and Learning Deficits in an Angelman Syndrome Mouse Model

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  25. What We Have Lost: Domestic Dogs of the Ancient South Pacific

    Article • Annual Research & Review in Biology, March 2018, Sciencedomain International

    Silvia Mazzola

  26. Factors associated with dog behavioral problems referred to a behavior clinic

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, March 2018, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  27. What are we losing? Are the personality traits of Italian autochthonous cows different from those of cosmopolitan breeds?

    Article • Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, January 2018, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System

    Silvia Mazzola

  28. Personality and Sociality in Captive Tigers (Panthera tigris)

    Article • Annual Research & Review in Biology, December 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Silvia Mazzola

  29. Behavioural Profiles of Brown and Sloth Bears in Captivity

    Article • Animals, May 2017, MDPI AG

    Silvia Mazzola

  30. Animal Welfare in Ecotourism

    Article • Annual Research & Review in Biology, January 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Silvia Mazzola

  31. Role of Personality in Behavioral Responses to New Environments in Captive Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)

    Article • Veterinary Medicine International, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Silvia Mazzola

  32. Ion-Exchange Resin Anticoagulation (I-ERA)

    Article • Shock, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Silvia Mazzola

  33. A successful experimental model for intimal hyperplasia prevention using a resveratrol-delivering balloon

    Article • Journal of Vascular Surgery, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Cilurzo, Silvia Mazzola

  34. Efficacy of a Feed Dispenser for Horses in Decreasing Cribbing Behaviour

    Article • Veterinary Medicine International, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Silvia Mazzola

  35. Respiratory Electrodialysis. A Novel, Highly Efficient Extracorporeal CO2Removal Technique

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Silvia Mazzola

  36. Owner and animal factors predict the incidence of, and owner reaction toward, problematic behaviors in companion dogs

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, July 2015, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  37. Conditioned medium from amniotic membrane-derived cells prevents lung fibrosis and preserves blood gas exchanges in bleomycin-injured mice—specificity of the effects and insights into possible mechanisms

    Article • Cytotherapy, January 2014, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  38. Mechanical ventilation and volutrauma: study in vivo of a healthy pig model

    Article • Biological Research, January 2011, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Silvia Mazzola

  39. In vivo study of the behaviour of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, MMP-9) in mechanical, hypoxic and septic-induced acute lung injury

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  40. Activated Protein C Protection from Lung Inflammation in Endotoxin-Induced Injury

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, November 2008, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Mazzola

  41. Mechanical ventilation and volutrauma: pros and cons of high lung volumes

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  42. Heme oxygenase-1, carbon monoxide, and bilirubin induce tolerance in recipients toward islet allografts by modulating T regulatory cells

    Article • The FASEB Journal, November 2007, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Silvia Mazzola

  43. Carbon Monoxide Induced Prevention of Vascular Ristenosis is not Related to Nitric Oxide Activity

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  44. Intravenous Infusion of Nitric Oxide in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension: Biotransformation and Haemodynamics

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  45. Electron Spin Resonance and Chemiluminescence Analyses to Elucidate the Vasodilating Mechanism of Sodium Nitroprusside

    Article • Molecular Pharmacology, August 2006, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Silvia Mazzola

  46. Role of the Endothelium in the Biotransformation of Sodium Nitroprusside (SNP): In vivo and In vitro Study

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  47. Expression of endothelin-1 system in a pig model of endotoxic shock

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, November 2005, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  48. Carbon monoxide pretreatment prevents respiratory derangement and ameliorates hyperacute endotoxic shock in pigs

    Article • The FASEB Journal, October 2005, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Silvia Mazzola

  49. Nitrosylhemoglobin as a Potential Bioactive Storage form of Nitric Oxide (NO)

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  50. Nitrosylhemoglobin formation after infusion of NO solutions: ESR studies in pigs

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2004, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  51. Inhaled Carbon Monoxide (CO) Prevents Lung Oedema Induced by Endotoxic Shock

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  52. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) Involvement in Respiratory Dysfunctions during Endotoxic Shock in the Pig

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Mazzola

  53. Effect of NO synthase inhibition on cardiovascular and pulmonary dysfunction in a porcine short-term model of endotoxic shock

    Article • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, December 2002, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  54. Effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and thrombin antagonism on cardiovascular and respiratory dysfunctions during endotoxic shock in pig

    Article • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, December 2002, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  55. Endothelin involvement in respiratory centre activity

    Article • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, September 2001, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola

  56. Improvement of respiratory function by bosentan during endotoxic shock in the pig

    Article • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, August 2001, Elsevier

    Silvia Mazzola