معرفی
Ivana Vučićević is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade. She teaches courses including Veterinary Pathology, Introduction to Veterinary Laboratory Practice, General Pathology, and Special Pathology. Her academic career is centered on comparative pathology with particular expertise in veterinary histopathology and immunohistochemistry.
Her research interests focus on veterinary pathology, with special emphasis on comparative oncology (particularly canine mast cell tumors), avian diseases (including psittacine beak and feather disease and avian influenza), neuropathology (cerebral amyloid angiopathy in dogs, distemper in foxes), and infectious disease pathology. Her work frequently employs advanced histopathological and immunohistochemical techniques to characterize disease processes across multiple species including dogs, birds, swine, and wildlife.
Her publication record shows consistent research output with 15+ peer-reviewed articles in the past five years (2016-2021), primarily in veterinary pathology journals including Acta Veterinaria-Beograd, Journal of Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Quarterly. Her research demonstrates methodological diversity spanning molecular diagnostics (qPCR for scrapie resistance), histopathological characterization of novel disease presentations, and comparative studies of disease across species.
Her scientific contributions cover diverse areas including:
- Canine tumor pathology (mast cell tumors, nerve sheath tumors)
- Avian disease pathology (PBFD, avian influenza, air sac adenocarcinoma)
- Neuropathology (encephalitis, syringomyelia, cerebral amyloid angiopathy)
- Wildlife disease surveillance (distemper in foxes, gastric volvulus in bears)
- Parasitology (Ascaridia galli in poultry)
- Food safety implications of porcine respiratory disease
She has co-authored a pathology practical manual for veterinary students and completed both her Master's thesis (2007) and Doctoral dissertation (2014) at the University of Belgrade, with research focusing on zeolite applications and mast cell tumor grading in dogs respectively.
