Research lines:

• Modification of intestinal microbiota, Healthy Gut (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of Campylobacter (ZTA)
• Molecular characterization of human reservoirs potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli, animal and environmental (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
• Foodborne zoonoses in animals and meat, eggs and other products from animal origin intended for human consumption, mainly Salmonella spp. Campylobacter spp., Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica (ZTA)
• Antimicrobial resistances in pathogens, food-borne zoonotic agents and indicators (ZTA)

Next scientific publications:

• Rebollada A., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Hernandez M., Miguela-Villoldo P., Abad D., Cuesta-Alvaro P., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Dietary Supplementation with Fermented Defatted Alperujo Induces Modifications of the Intestinal Mucosa and Cecal Microbiota of Broiler Chickens. Poultry science. (A)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Moreno MA., Hernandez M., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Gallardo A., Borge C., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Complementarity of selective culture and qPCR for colistin resistance screening in fresh and frozen pig caecum samples. Frontiers in Microbiology. (A)

Last scientific publications:

• Rebollada A., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Hernandez M., Miguela-Villoldo P., Abad D., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Reduction of Salmonella Typhimurium Cecal Colonisation and Improvement of Intestinal Health in Broilers Supplemented with Fermented Defatted Alperujo, an Olive Oil By-Product. Animals, 10(10):1931. 2020. (A)
• Gallardo A., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Hernandez M., Miguela-Villoldo P., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Dominguez L. and Quesada A.. Involvement of hpap2 and dgkA Genes in Colistin Resistance Mediated by mcr Determinants. Antibiotics, 9(9):E531. 2020. (A)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Carbapenemase-producing Elizabethkingia meningoseptica from healthy pigs associated with colistin use in Spain. Antibiotics, 8,146. 2019. (A)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. National colistin sales versus colistin resistance in Spanish pig production. Research in Veterinary Science, 123:141-143. 2019. (A)
• Hernandez M., Iglesias MR., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Gallardo A., Quijada NM., Miguela-Villoldo P., Campos MJ., Piriz S., Lopez G., De Frutos C., Saez JL., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Dominguez L. and Quesada A.. Co-occurrence of colistin-resistance genes mcr-1 and mcr-3 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, Spain, September 2015. Eurosurveillance, 22(31):3. 2017. (A)

Last communications:

• Miguela-Villoldo P., Rebollada A., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Moreno MA., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Effect of colistin on the selection of mcr-1 in bacteria in broiler chicken gut. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Oral communication)
• Rebollada A., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Miguela-Villoldo P., Fernandez-Manzano A., Garcia N., Gomez S., Barcena C., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Fermented defatted alperujo (FDA) reduces histopathological lesions and Brachyspira spp. excretion in naturally infected laying hens. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Poster communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P.. Resistencia a colistina en animales de abasto en España. Estudio de prevalencia y su relación con el consumo. Seminarios de Investigación Doctorado en Veterinaria. 2019. (Oral communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P.. Identification of Novel Mobilized Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-9 in a Multidrug-Resistant, Colistin-Susceptible Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolate. VISAVET Journal Club. 2019. (Oral communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Maasoumi N., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Garcia M., Quesada M., Rivero E., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Use of Quantitative Real-time PCR for Testing Trends of the mcr1 Colistin-resistance Gene in Spanish Pig Caecal Content. 1st One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2019. (Poster communication)