College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

DVM, Veterinary Medicine, University of Parma, Italy, 2001

Research Interests:

• Comparison between four different type of stains in ear cytology
• Efficacy and adverse effects of once daily cephalexine administration in canine superficial pyoderma: a randomised controlled study.
• Efficacy of oral fatty acid supplementation for the prevention of signs of seasonal allergy in dogs
• Use of an Octopirox/fatty acid based lotion on lesional and pruritc skin in dogs affected by allergic and pruritic conditions
• Use of a Octopirox/fatty acid based lotion as healing enhancer in ulcerative lesions in cats and dogs
• Use of a commercial fish and corn based diet as maintenance diet for food allergic dogs
• Use of a commercial diet based on quail proteins in diagnosis and therapy of food
hypersensitivity in dogs and cats
• Use of the new formulation of Amitraz Spot-on as cure and control of demodicosis in dog
• Role of Vitamin E Gel application on surgical wound healing
• Use of anti-Cox-2 NSAIDs as pain reducer in canine otitis externa
• Dogs and owners quality of live in skin diseases affected patients
• Role of fillagrine in the skin barrier function
• Role of defensine in allergic dogs

Selected Publications:

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Toma S, Noli C: “Use of isotretinoin in the treatment of multiple benign pilomatrixomas in a mixed-breed dog” Veterinary Dermatology, 16:346-350, 2005

Toma S, Cornegliani L, Persico P, Noli C: “Comparison of four methods in the cytological evaluation of canine ceruminous otitis externa” Vet Clin Pathol, 35(2):194-8, 2006

Noli C, Toma S: “Three cases of immune-mediated adnexal skin diseases treated with
cyclosporine” Veterinary Dermatology 17:85-92, 2006

Cornegliani L, Albanese F, Ghibaudo G, Toma S “Use of a commercial diet based on quail proteins in the diagnosis of allergic pruritic skin disease in dogs and cats: preliminary results” Veterinaria, 20,4, August 2006

Toma S “Cyclosporine: a new drug in veterinary dermatology. A review”, La Settimana Veterinaria, supplement, August 2006

Vercelli A, Cornegliani L, Persico P, Raviri G, Toma S, Noli C “Evaluation of a cold water fish and corn based diet for the diagnosis and treatment of adverse food reaction” Summa, 8, October, 2007

Toma S, Noli C: “Efficacy and tolerability of once-daily cephalexin in canine superficial
pyoderma: an open controlled study” Journal of Small Animal Practice, 49(8): 384-91, August 2008