CURRICULUM VITAE (current as of September 2017)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE (current as of September 2017) 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Surname, Name KOSTOULAS, POLYCHRONIS Date of Birth 18 th May 1976 Gender Male Status Married, one kid. Nationality Greek Tel: ; Current position Assistant Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 2. EDUCATION 09/ /2000: D.V.M. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 10/ /2006: Ph.D. in Veterinary Epidemiology. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 3. EMPLOYMENT 02/ /2001: Veterinarian. Self-employed, practicing veterinary medicine, Athens, Greece. 10/ /2005: Senior Researcher (Full time) in Veterinary Epidemiology. Employed under the EU-funded project entitled "The role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis infection of domestic ruminants in Europe" (QLK2 CT ). 10/ /2004: Adjunct Lecturer in Infectious Diseases. Department of Animal Production, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute, Larissa, Greece. 05/ /2007: Veterinary Epidemiologist. As veterinary epidemiologist I participated in the precautionary and preventive measures of Avian Influenza, during my compulsory Military Service. 1

2 03/ /2009: Adjunct Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Animal Health Economics. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 10/ /2009: Adjunct Lecturer in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. Department of Animal Production, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute, Larissa, Greece. 09/ /2014: Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 01/2014 present Assistant Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. 09/ present: Visiting Ass. Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. 4. RESEARCH GRANTS 1. 10/ / / / / / / / / / / /2013 Member of the scientific team of the project entitled "The role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis infection of domestic ruminants in Europe" Funding body: EU (QLK2 CT ), 194,890. Member of the scientific team of the project entitled Isolation, molecular characterization and epidemiological study of Greek strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from sheep, goats and non ruminant wildlife. Funding body: Hellenic Ministry of Education ( Heraclitus I ) 40,000. Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled A quantitative microbiological risk assessment of Campylobacter in the broiler meat chain. Funding body: European Food Safety Authority (CFT/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2009/01) 23,512. Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled WILDTECH: Novel Technologies for Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections of Wildlife Funding body: FP7 (Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology) 520,610. Leader of the research project entitled Temporal correlation patterns between milk and blood antibody-elisa testing for paratuberculosis, in sheep and goats. Funding body: Research Committee, University of Thessaly 5,000. Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled Study on the factors affecting the spread of paratuberculosis in Greek small ruminant herds Funding body: Education and Lifelong 2

3 Learning Operational Program (NSRF ) co-financed by the Hellenic Ministry of Education ( Heraclitus II ) 45, / / / / / / / / / /2016 Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled RBHEALTH: Interdisciplinary Investigation and Identification of Rotaviruses, Bartonella henselae and Leishmania spp. from Children and Animal Hosts using Novel Technologies: Public Health Funding body: Education and Lifelong Learning Operational Program (NSRF ) co-financed by the Hellenic Ministry of Education ( Thales II ) 540,000. Leader for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the research project entitled Development of digital open courses at the University of Thessaly Funding body: Education and Lifelong Learning Operational Program (NSRF ) co-financed by the Hellenic Ministry of Education. Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled ΝΕΑΤ: Networking to enhance the use of economics in animal health education, research and policy making in Europe and beyond. Funding body: EU ( LLP UK-ERASMUS-ENW) 13,872. Member of the scientific team of the research project entitled Epidemiological evaluation of control options for paratuberculosis in small ruminants. Funding body: NSRF (Excellence II) 160,000. Leader of the research project entitled Paratuberculosis factsheet. Funding body: European Food Safety Authority (NP/EFSA/ALPHA/2016/19) 4, EDITOR/REVIEWER ACTIVITIES Associate Editor: 1. Preventive Veterinary Medicine (10/2014 present) Member of Editorial Board: 2. Preventive Veterinary Medicine (03/ /2004present) Reviewer: 1. Epidemiology and Infection 2. Vaccine 3. BMC Veterinary Research 4. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 5. Veterinary Microbiology 6. Journal of Dairy Science 7. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 8. The Veterinary Journal 9. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 3

4 10. Reviewer of the Epidemiology Section of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Minneapolis, U.S.A., 9-14 August Member of the scientific sub-committee and Reviewer of the Epidemiology Section of the 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Parma, Italy, June SKILLS 1. Quantitative Epidemiology: Mostly focused on the application of Bayesian latent class models in: a. diagnostic test evaluation b. risk factor studies c. risk assessment d. quantification of disease heterogeneity and e. survival analysis. 2. Paratuberculosis and chronic latent infections. 3. Proficient knowledge of statistical software packages (preferences: SAS, STATA). 4. Proficient knowledge and program developer in Bayesian analysis (preferences: WinBUGS, R). 7. PUBLICATIONS i. Ph.D. Thesis 1. Kostoulas, P., Paratuberculosis in Greek sheep and goats: estimation of the validity of diagnostic tests depending on the purpose and production stage. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Thessaly, April 2006, Karditsa, Greece. ii. Editorship 2. Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Wild Fauna, September 2007, Chalkidiki, Greece. iii. Peer-reviewed publications (publications marked with an asterisk* can be regarded as methodological papers) 3. Amiridis, G.S., Leontides, L., Tassos, E., Kostoulas, P., Fthenakis, G.C., Flunixin meglumine accelerates uterine involution and shortens the calving-to-firstoestrus interval in cows with puerperal metritis. J. Vet. Pharmacol. Ther. 24, Billinis, C., Leontides, L., Psychas, V., Spyrou, V., Kostoulas, P., Koenen, F., Papadopoulos, O., Effect of challenge dose and age in experimental infection of pigs with encephalomyocarditis virus. Vet. Microbiol. 99,

5 5. Billinis, C., Leontides, L., Amiridis, G.S., Spyrou, V., Kostoulas, P., Sofia, M., Prevalence of BVDV infection in Greek dairy herds. Prev. Vet. Med. 72, Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Amiridis, G.S., Florou, M., The association of sub-clinical paratuberculosis with the fertility of Greek dairy ewes and goats varies with parity. Prev. Vet. Med. 74, Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Enoe, C., Billinis, C., Florou, M., Sofia, M., Bayesian estimation of sensitivity and specificity of serum ELISA and faecal culture for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in Greek dairy sheep and goats. Prev. Vet. Med. 76, *Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Florou, M., Application of a semidependent latent model in the Bayesian estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of two faecal culture methods for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in sub-clinically infected Greek dairy sheep and goats. Prev. Vet. Med. 76, Florou, M., Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Billinis, C., Sofia, M., Kyriazakis, I., Lykotrafitis, F., Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from non-ruminant wildlife living in the sheds and on the pastures of Greek sheep and goats. Epidemiol. Infect. 20, Mylonakis, M.E., Saridomichelakis, M.N., Lazaridis, V., Leontides, L.S., Kostoulas, P., Koutinas, A.F., A retrospective study of 61 cases of spontaneous canine epistaxis (1998 to 2001). J. Small Anim Pract. 49, Florou, M., Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Billinis, C., Sofia, M., Strain-specific sensitivity estimates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis culture in Greek sheep and goats. Zoonoses Public Health 56, Mylonakis, M.E., Leontides, L., Farmaki, R., Kostoulas, P., Koutinas, A.F., Christopher, M., Effect of anticoagulant and storage conditions on platelet size and clumping in healthy dogs. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest 20, *Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Browne, W.J., Gardner, I.A., Bayesian estimation of variance partition coefficients adjusted for imperfect test sensitivity and specificity. Prev. Vet. Med. 89, *Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., A Bayesian Weibull survival model for time to infection data measured with delay. Prev. Vet. Med. 94, Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Effect of toltrazuril treatment in nursing piglets naturally infected with Isospora suis. Vet. Parasitol. 172, Liapi, M., Leontides L., Kostoulas, P., Botsaris, G., Iacovou, Y., Rees, C., Georgiou, K., Smith, G.C., Naseby, D.C., Bayesian estimation of the true prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in Cypriot dairy sheep and goat flocks. Small Ruminant Res. 95,

6 17. Mylonakis, M.E., Kazakos, G.M., Pardali, D., Kostoulas, P., Kritsepi-Konstantinou, M., Petanides, T., Galatos, A.D., Koutinas, A.F., Bleeding time in healthy dogs sedated with morphine and medetomidine. Vet Rec. 169, /vr Gouletsou, P.G., Galatos, A.D., Sideri, A.I., Kostoulas, P., Impact of fine needle aspiration (FNA) and of the number of punctures on the feline testis: Clinical, gross anatomy and histological assessment. Theriogenology 78, Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Factors associated with the occurrence and level of Isospora suis oocyst excretion in nursing piglets of Greek farrow-to-finish herds. BMC Veterinary Research, 8: Sharifi, H., Kostoulas, P., Bahonar, A., Bokaie, S., Vodjgani, M., Haghdoost, A., Foroushani, A.R., Karamouzian, M., Leontides, L., Effect of health disorders on the risk of premature culling in Iranian dairy cows. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 109, *Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., Sample size estimation to substantiate freedom of disease for clustered binary data with a specific risk profile. Epidemiology and Infection 141, *Kostoulas, P., Browne, W.J., Nielsen, S.S., Leontides, L., 2013 Bayesian mixture models for partially verified data: age- and stage-specific discriminatory power of an antibody ELISA for paratuberculosis. Prev Vet Med. 111, Angelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides L., Bayesian validation of a serum and milk ELISA for antibodies against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Greek dairy goats across lactation. J Dairy Science 97, Alatzas, D.G., Mylonakis, M.E., Kazakos, G.M., Kostoulas, P., Kritsepi- Konstantinou, M., Polizopoulou, Z.S., Reference values and repeatability of buccal mucosal bleeding time in healthy sedated cats. J Feline Med Surg 16, Angelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides L., Flock-level factors associated with the risk of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection in Greek dairy goat flocks. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 117, Papastefanou, A. K., Galatos, A. D., Pappa, E., Lymperis, A. G., Kostoulas, P., The effect of butorphanol on the incidence of dexmedetomidine induced emesis in cats. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 42, Angelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Bayesian estimation of sensitivity and specificity of a commercial serum/milk ELISA against the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) antibody response for each lactation stage in Greek dairy sheep. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 124, Nielsen, S. S., Hansen, K. F., Kvist, L., Kostoulas, P., Dam's infection progress and within-herd prevalence as predictors of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis ELISA response in Danish Holstein cattle. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 125,

7 29. Malesios, C., Demiris, N., Kostoulas, P., Dadousis, K., Spatio-temporal modelling of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks. Epidemiology and infection, Roumpeas, E., Kostoulas, P., Polizopoulou, Z., Koutinas, C. K., Mylonakis, M. E., D-dimer concentrations in dogs with kidney disease with or without proteinlosing nephropathy. Comparative Clinical Pathology, 25, Malesios, C., Kostoulas, P., Demiris, N., Dadousis, K., An early warning indicator for monitoring infectious animal diseases. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, *Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Branscum. A.J., Johnson, W.O., Dendukuri, N., Dhand N., Toft, N., Gardner, I.A., STARD-BLCM: Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies that use Bayesian Latent Class Models. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 138, Publication Journal 2015 IF Citations a (iii)-3 Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (iii)-4 Veterinary Microbiology (iii)-5 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-6 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-7 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-8 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-9 Epidemiology and Infection (iii)-10 Journal of Small Animal Practice (iii)-11 Zoonoses and Public Health (iii)-12 Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (iii)-13 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-14 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-15 Veterinary Parasitology (iii)-16 Small Ruminant Research (iii)-17 Veterinary Record (iii)-18 Theriogenology (iii)-19 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-20 Epidemiology and Infection (iii)-21 BMC Veterinary Research (iii)-22 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-23 Journal of Dairy Science (iii)-24 Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery (iii)-25 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-26 Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (iii)-27 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-28 Preventive Veterinary Medicine (iii)-29 Epidemiology and Infection (iii)-30 Comparative Clinical Pathology

8 (iii)-31 Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (iii)-32 Preventive Veterinary Medicine Total: a I have only included citations from other international resources, which are available through Google Scholar. iv. Articles in Books/Proceedings of international scientific meetings 33. Billinis, C., Spyrou, V., Kostoulas, P., Psychas, V., Leontides, L., Loucaides, F., Koenen, F., Papadopoulos, O., The efficacy of an experimental oiladjuvanted encephalomyocarditis (EMC) vaccine in pigs. 6th International Congress of Veterinary Virology, Saint-Malo, France, August 2003, p Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., Assessment of the age at occurrence of MAP infection, adjusting for the latent infection period, in Danish dairy cattle. 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Minneapolis, U.S.A., 9-14 August 2009, pp Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Factors associated with the occurrence and the level of Isospora suis infection in Greek pig herds. 21st International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Vancouver, Canada, July 2010, p Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Eff ect of toltrazuril in Isospora suis oocyst excretion from naturally infected nursing piglets. 21st International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Vancouver, Canada, July 2010, p Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., Variance partition coefficients in sample size estimation. Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig, Germany, March 2011, pp Kostoulas, P., Bayesian tools in the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis epidemiology: what we should and what we shouldn t do. Invited keynote presentation of the epidemiology section at the 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Sydney, Australia, 5-10 February 2012, p Kostoulas, P., Angelidou, E., & Leontides, L., A stochastic simulation model for the efficacy of vaccination against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in dairy sheep and goats. Proceedings of the 7 th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2015), September 17-20, Kavala, Greece, pp v. Abstracts in Books/Proceedings of international scientific meetings 40. Billinis, C., Amiridis, G.S., Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Spyrou, V., Kanteres, D., Epidemiological associations in BVD controlled Greek dairy herds: results of an on-going study. 2nd European Symposium on BVDV control, Porto, Portugal, October 2004, p.23. 8

9 41. Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Enøe, C., Florou, M., Sofia, M., Validation of a fecal culture method and a serum ELISA for the diagnosis of paratuberculosis in sheep and goats. 8th International Colloquium for Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Sofia, M., Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspescies paratuberculosis from non-ruminant wildlife in Greece. 8th International Colloquium for Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Amiridis, G.S., The effect of subclinical paratuberculosis on the fertility of dairy ewes and goats varies with parity. 8th International Colloquium for Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Sofia M., Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis isolates from sheep, goats and non-ruminant wildlife. Annual Scientific Conference of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Lyon, France, 7-8 December 2006, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Billinis, C., Sofia, M., Bayesian comparison of culture media for the isolation of sheep and cattle strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from sheep and goats, adjusting for the true prevalence of infection. 28th Annual Congress of the European society of Mycobacteriology, Athens, Greece, 1-4 July 2007, p Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Alexopoulos, C., Leontides L., Is toltaruzil-based prevention of piglet coccidiosis always economically justifiable? 21st International Conference of WAAVP, Gand, Belgium, August 2007, p Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., Bayesian Weibull survival analysis for time to infection data measured with delay. Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, London, U.K., 1-3 April Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Leontides L., Error-adjusted, variance partitioning coefficient to assess the association between clustering of MAP infection and calf management risk factors in Danish dairy herds. 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Minneapolis U.S.A., 9-14 August 2009, p Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Use of a twopart model to identify herd- and litter-level factors associated with Isospora suis occurrence in greek finishing-pig herds. Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig Germany, March Sharifi, H., Bahonar, A.R., Sharifi, A., Kostoulas, P., Cutting edge methodology: P1-51; Comparison of five, with and without time-dependent covariates, survival models as descriptors for culling distributions in dairy cows. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 65:Suppl 1 A81. 9

10 51. Aggelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Concordance between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis ELISA results in paired sera and milk of dairy goats. 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Sydney, Australia, 5-10 February 2012, p Aggelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Correlation between Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis ELISA results in sera and milk of Greek goats. Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, Scottland, March Papastefanou, A., Galatos, A.D., Pappa, E., Lymberis, A.G., Kostoulas, P., The effect of butarphanol on the incidence of dexmedetomidine-induced emesis in the cat. Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists Spring Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, March 2012, p Bauman, C., Kostoulas, P., Jones-Bitton, A., Menzies, P., Keldton, D., Gardner, I., Johne's Disease in Ontario s Dairy Sheep Industry Part Ii: Prevalence and performance comparison of serum, milk and fecal diagnostic methods using Bayesian methods. 8 th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, Rotorua, New Zealand, February 2013, p Aggelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Validation of a serum and milk elisa for antibodies against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis across lactation in Greek dairy goats. 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Parma, Italy, June 2014, p Aggelidou, E., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Flock-level factors associated with the risk of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection in Greek dairy goat flocks. 12th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Parma, Italy, June 2014, p 265. vi. Abstracts in Books/Proceedings of national scientific meetings 57. Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Enøe, C., Sofia, M., Florou, M., Validation of fecal culture and serology for the diagnosis of paratuberculosis in sheep and goats. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Enøe, C., Billinis, C., Sofia, M., Risk assessment and risk management of misclassification rates in serological pooled testing. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Amiridis, G.S., Parity modifies the association between fertility and seropositivity to paratuberculosis in ewes and goats. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Sofia, M., Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in non-ruminant wildlife in Greece. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p

11 61. Amiridis, G.S., Leontides, L., Tassos, E., Kostoulas, P., Fthenakis, G.C., Effects of flunixin administration on uterine involution and in dairy cows suffering puerperal metritis. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p Billinis, C., Amiridis, G.S., Kostoulas, P., Spyrou, B., Leontides, L., Sofia, M., Jannteres, D., BVDV infection in Greek dairy herds. 4th Greek Congress of Production Animals, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2005, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., The use of Bayes theorem and Bayesian inference in veterinary science. 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Florou M., Paratuberculosis in sheep and goats: How little we know for the epidemiology of this infection? 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Billinis, C., Leontides, L., Amiridis, G.S., Spyrou, V., Kostoulas, P., Bovine viral diarrhea control program in Greece during th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Enøe, C., Florou, M., Sofia, M., Bayesian estimation of sensitivity and specificity of serum ELISA and faecal culture for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in Greek dairy sheep and goats. 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Florou, M., Sofia, M., Bayesian estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of faecal culture on two different media for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis shedding in subclinically infected Greek dairy sheep and goats. 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Sofia, M., Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis isolates from sheep, goats and nonruminant wildlife. 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Florou, M., Leontides, L., Billinis, C., Kostoulas, P., Sofia, M., Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis isolates from nonruminant wildlife in Greece. 10th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, February 2006, p Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Browne, W.J., Gardner, I.A., Bayesian estimation of variance partition coefficients adjusted for imperfect test sensitivity and specificity. 11th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, March 2009, p Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., A Bayesian Weibull survival model for time to event data measured with error. 11th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, March 2009, p Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Saridomichelakis, M.N., Mylonakis, M.E., Koutinas, A.F., Accuracy of serology and microscopy for the diagnosis of canine 11

12 leishmaniasis in Greece. 11th Greek Veterinary Congress, Athens, Greece, March 2009, p Billinis, C., Govaris, A., Krambovitis, E, Athanassopoulou, F., Fthenakis, G.C., Leontides, L., Burriel, A.R., Tontis, D., Pappas, I., Galatos, A.D., Christodoulopoulos, G., Amiridis, G.S., Kontopidis, G., Saridomichelakis, M.N., Pourlis, A., Manolakou, K., Theodosiadou, A., Gouletsou, P.G., Giannenas, E., Pantazis, P., Pexara, A., Tsioli, V., Kostoulas, P., Solomakos, N., Sideri, A., Papatsiros, V., Valasi, I., Athanasiou, L.V., Lefkaditis, M., Koutoulis, C., Tsalie, E., Mavrogianni, V.S., Petanidis, T., Safety and hygiene at the veterinary faculty of the University of Thessaly. 2nd Greek Veterinary Congress for farm animal medicine, food safety hygiene and consumer protection, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2011, p Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, S.S., Browne, W.J., Leontides, L., 2011.Variance partition coefficients in sample size estimation. 2nd Greek Veterinary Congress for farm animal medicine, food safety hygiene and consumer protection, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2011, p Liapi, M., Leontides, L., Kostoulas, P., Botsaris, G., Iacovou, Y., Rees, C., Georgiou, K., Smith, G.C., Naseby, D.C., Bayesian estimation of the true prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in dairy sheep and goat flocks in Cyprus. 2nd Greek Veterinary Congress for farm animal medicine, food safety hygiene and consumer protection, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2011, p Skampardonis, V., Sotiraki, S., Kostoulas, P., Leontides, L., Factors associated with the probability and level of excretion of Isospora suis oocysts in nursing piglets of Greek pig herds. 2 nd Greek Veterinary Congress for farm animal medicine, food safety hygiene and consumer protection, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2011, p Angelidou E., Kostoulas P., Leontides L., Risk factors associated with the prevalence of paratuberculosis in goat flocks. 3 rd National Conference of Veterinary & Animal Production Food Hygiene. Ioannina, Greece, 2-4 May 2014, p Angelidou E., Kostoulas P., Leontides L., Validation of a serum and milk ELISA for antibodies against Mycobacterium Avium subsp. Paratuberculosis across lactation in Greek dairy goats. 3 rd National Conference of Veterinary & Animal Production Food Hygiene. Ioannina, Greece, 2-4 May 2014, p Angelidou E., Kostoulas P., Leontides L. The effect of vaccination against the Mycobacterium avium subsp., paratuberculosis on the milk production of Greek dairy sheep and goats. 13 th Hellenic Veterinary Congress. Athens, 8-10 May 2015, p Leontides L., Kostoulas P., Angelidou E., Maragkaki A., Ikonomopoulos I. Prevalence estimation of the the Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis infection in Greek dairy goat and sheep, and Polymerase Chain Reaction validation in pooled feacal samples. 13 th Hellenic Veterinary Congress. Athens, 8-10 May 2015, p Gouletsou P.G., Prassinos N.N., Saridomichelakis M.N., Papazoglou L., Kostoulas P., Galatos A.D. Continuous intradermal suture pattern in the dog: comparison with 12

13 the simple interrupted suture pattern and evaluation of the effect of suture diameter. 11 th Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society Congress on Companion Animals. Athens, November 2016, p Gouletsou P.G., Prasinos N.N., Saridomichelakis M.N., Papazoglou L., Kostoulas P., Galatos A.D. Continuous intradermal suture pattern in the dog: the effect of suture material. 11 th Hellenic Veterinary Conference on Companion Animal Medicine. Athens, November 2016, p.11 13