Fátima Cruz López
Unit Chief
Equine Health Surveillance Unit
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
Investigation

Last scientific publications:
- Camino E., Buendia A., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Pozo P., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Sero-molecular survey and risk factors of equine piroplasmosis in horses in Spain. Equine veterinary journal, 53(4):771-779. 2021. (A)
- Buendia A., Teng KT., Camino E., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Influence of multiple factors on hematologic reference intervals in horses residing in livery yards in Spain. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 50(2):273-277. 2021. (A)
- Mitchell C., Steward KF., Charbonneau ARL., Walsh S., Wilson H., Timoney JF., Wernery U., Joseph M., Craig D., van Maanen K., Hoogkamer-van Gennep A., Leon A., Witkowski L., Rzewuska M., Stefanska I., Zychska M., van Loon G., Cursons R., Patty O., Acke E., Gilkerson JR., El-Hage C., Allen J., Bannai H., Kinoshita Y., Niwa H., Becu T., Pringle J., Guss B., Bose R., Abbott Y., Katz L., Leggett B., Buckley TC., Blum SE., Cruz F., Fernadez-Ros A., Marotti Campi MC., Preziuso S., Robinson C., Newton JR., Schofield E., Brooke B., Boursnell M., de Brauwere N., Kirton R., Barton CK., Abudahab K., Taylor B., Yeats CA., Goater R., Aanensen DM., Harris SR., Parkhill J., Holden MTG. and Waller AS.. Globetrotting strangles: the unbridled national and international transmission of Streptococcus equi between horses. Microbial Genomics, 00. 2021. (A)
- Camino E., Cruz F., de Juan L., Dominguez L., Shiels B. and Coultous RM.. Phylogenetic analysis and geographical distribution of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi sequences from horses residing in Spain. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(6):101521. 2020. (A)
- Camino E., Schmid S., Weber F., Pozo P., de Juan L., Konig M. and Cruz F.. Detection of antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis flaviviruses in breeding and sport horses from Spain. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(5):101487. 2020. (A)

Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Eliazar Camino Gutiérrez. Strategies for the prevention and control of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in the equine population of Spain. 2021.(Doctorado Internacional)
Outreach

Last outreach publications:
- Cruz F., Gonzalez S., Barcena C., Bezos J., Buendia A., Briones V., Camino E., Fores P., Garcia N., Mazariegos M., Perez-Sancho M., Romero B. and de Juan L.. Infequus: Plataforma de enfermedades infecciosas equinas. Jornada Aprendizaje Eficaz con TIC en la UCM. Ed. 1. Ediciones Complutense. 2022.
- Cruz F.. Anthrax outbreaks in Spain. BEVA Equine Disease Surveillance Reports, 3(17):4-5, Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance. DEFRA. 2021.
- Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Serres C. and Cruz F.. Taylorella asinigenitalis: raising awareness on the importance and presence in equine and asinine populations. BEVA Equine Disease Surveillance Reports, 17(4):24-27, Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance. DEFRA. 2021.
- Camino E., Buendia A., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Pozo P., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Epidemiological situation of equine piroplasmosis in Spain: where is the risk?. Equine Veterinary Journal, 53:43-44, Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 2021.
- Cruz F., Santiago I., Gonzalez S., Varela M., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Perez MD., Serres C. and de Juan L.. Equine Herpesvirus 1. Trojan Horse in the 2021 rhinopneumonitis outbreak. Profesión Veterinaria, 96:6-18, Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2021.

Last communications:
- Perez-Montero B., Miro G., Buendia A., Sarquis J., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Fermin ML. and Cruz F.. Determination of oxidative stress biomarkers in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and healthy dogs. Alive 2022. 2022. (Poster communication)
- Cruz F.. Piroplasmosis equina. Infequus Podcast. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Camino E., Gago-Munoz P., Buendia A., Gonzalez S., de Juan L. and Cruz F.. Hallazgos en el perfil hematológico y bioquímico de caballos porteadores subclínicos de piroplasmosis equina. XXI Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. 2021. (Poster communication)
- Cruz F., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Benavente L., Calvo E., Cordon E., Diaz T., Erviti F., Garrido S., Izquierdo J. and Santiago I.. Detección de herpesvirus equino tipo 1 en muestras de orina de caballos con infección natural. XXI Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Perez-Montero B., Zaldua S., Santiago-Llorente I., Fermin ML. and Cruz F.. Estabilidad de parámetros indicadores dele estado de oxigenación y ventilación pulmonar en muestras de sangre arterial equina mantenidas en refrigeración. XXI Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. 2021. (Poster communication)