Department of Veterinary Medicine - University of Sassari

The Dept. of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Sassari (Italy) is an academic institution dealing with research and teaching activities in the field of animal science and animal health. Within the general frame of the one health concept, the department carries out reserches in the fields of zoology, animal physiology, genetics, microbiology and parasitology, animal food products, both referred to domestic and wild species. The Department hosts a veterinary hospital and is a reference structure for Sardinia. Citizen science initiatives are conducted by the department, among which the MammalNet project, an international cooperative project supported by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).