María José C. Navarrete Talloni, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Dr. Navarrete is a veterinary pathologist, specializing in domestic animals and wildlife. Originally, from Santiago Chile, she studied Veterinary Medicine at University of Chile in Santiago, including an Internship in Pathology at the School of Medicine at the same University, graduating in 2004. In 2005 she was awarded a Barron Fellowship to enroll at the Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (M.P.V.M) at UCDavis. There, she worked at the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory and studied the mortality causes of oiled waterfowl and seabirds. After being awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship in 2006, she started a Ph.D. in Hannover, Germany at the University of Veterinary Medicine in the Systems of Neuroscience Program (ZSN), looking for the immune response in the central nervous system and lymphoid organs in a murine model for multiple sclerosis.  

In 2010 returned to Chile and moved to Valdivia to work as an Assistant Professor at Universidad Austral de Chile, to teach, to do research and diagnostics in the field of animal pathology. Since January 2019, she is an Assistant Professor for Anatomic Pathology at RUSVM, teaching Microanatomy & Embryology (coordinator), Pathology I and II.

Finally, she is devoted to science outreach and communication, participating in several projects to bring science closer to the public, especially to kids. While in Valdivia she coordinated a radio program “Sed de Ciencia”, she was the curator of a small exhibition of stuffed animals with abnormalities and parasites from the Pathology Institute, and she was the principal investigator on a project that created and organized Scientific Tour Routes.

EDUCATION 

DVM (Universidad de Chile, Chile)

MPVM (University of California Davis, USA)

PhD in the field of pathology (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Her research lines relate to marine mammal and fish pathology, antibiotic resistance and emerging diseases in domestic animals and wildlife (neosporosis, Q-fever, Johne’s disease). Her favorite projects involve the study of diseases and death causes of sea lions in Chile (Isla Guafo and Valdivia) and the study of invasive species (mink, mangooses and lionfish). 

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

2019. Astorga F., Navarrete-Talloni M.J., Miró M.P., Bravo V., Toro M., Blondel C., Hervé Claude L.P. Antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolated from dairy calves and bedding material. Helyion, 5(11): e02773.

2019. Ebmer, D., Navarrete-Talloni M.J., Muñoz P., Flores L., Gärtner U., Taubert A., Hermosilla C. Antarctophthirus microchir infestation in synanthropic South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) males diagnosed by a novel non-invasive method. Parasitology Research. 118: 1353–1361. 

2018. Ojeda J., Soto F., Arnes V., Mieres M., Navarrete M., Paredes E. Computer tomographic imaging in four dogs with primary nasal canine transmissible venereal tumor and differing cellular phenotype. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 32(3): 1172-1177.

2017. Hervé-Claude L.P., Valenzuela B, Paredes E., Moroni M., Navarrete-Talloni M.J. Antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Salmonella spp. isolates from calves in southern Chile. Revista MVZ Córdoba. 22(3):6191-6203.

2017. Reyes E., Paredes E., Navarrete-Talloni M.J. Sarcocystisspp. in red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama), and pudu (Pudu pudu) in southern Chile. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira. 37(7): 749-753.

2017. Reyes E., Paredes E., Navarrete-Talloni M.J. Paratuberculosis: new histopathological findings in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and fallow deer (Dama dama) in Chile. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira. 37(8): 874-876. 

2017. Seguel M., Muñoz F., Paredes E., Navarrete M.J., Gottdenker N. Pathologic findings in wild rats (Rattus rattus) captured at Guafo Island, Northern Chilean Patagonia. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 157: 163‑173. 

2017. Hervé-Claude L.P., Lavado A., Rivera D., Navarrete-Talloni M.J., Hamilton-West C. Neospora caninum seroprevalence and risk factors in a sample of small dairy farms in central Chile. Rev. MVZ Córdoba 22(1): 5666‑5673. 

2016. Seguel M, Muñoz F, Navarrete M.J., ParedesE., Howerth E., Gottdenker N. Hookworm Infection in South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) Pups: Pathology and Factors Associated With Host Tissue Damage and Mortality. Veterinary Pathology. 54: 288‑297.

2016. Ortega C., Mancera G., Enríquez R., Vargas A., Martínez S., Fajardo R., Avendaño R., Navarrete M.J., Romero A. First identification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis causing mortality in Mexican tilapia Oreochromis spp. Disease of Aquatic Organisms. 120: 205-215.

2014. Pradenas M., Navarrete M.J., Salgado M., Zamorano P., Paredes E. Paratuberculosis o tuberculosis aviar en ciervo rojo con diarrea crónica?. Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria. 46:45-52. 

2010. Navarrete M. J., Kalkuhl A, Deschl U., Ulrich R., Kummerfeld M., Rohn K., Baumgärtner W., Beineke A. Transient peripheral immune response and central nervous system leaky compartmentalization in a viral model for multiple sclerosis. Brain Pathology. 20:890-905.