Email: ddoukas@vet.uth.gr​
Phone: +30 24410 66022

 Contact with students: Monday 14:00 – 17:00

Dimitrios Doukas

Assistant Professor
Forensic and Diagnostic Pathology of Animals

 

Research interests

Forensic pathology of animal abuse and neglect. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry of parasitic and infectious diseases. Dermatohistopathology and skin diseases cytology of small ruminants. Effects of diet on gastrointestinal tract histomorphology (on health and disease). Comparative pathology - comparative forensics.

 

Curriculum vitae

Dimitrios Doukas was born in 1977 in Larissa, Thessaly, Greece. He is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly since May 2021. He had been an adjunct lecturer at the same Faculty for the previous 7 consecutive years. His published scientific work includes 1 PhD Thesis, 1 MSc Thesis, 1 book chapter, 12 papers in peer-reviewed journals [citations: 193, h-index: 5, i10-index: 3 at Google Scholar, 10/10/2021], 13 papers in full conference proceedings, 44 abstracts in conferences proceedings (of which 16 in international and 28 in greek conferences) and 6 articles in the proceedings of seminars and workshops. Finally, he is a reviewer in 2 scientific journals and a member of 5 scientific / professional associations.

Full curriculum vitae

 

Courses

  • Diagnostic and Forensic Pathology-I (food animals)
  • Diagnostic and Forensic Pathology-II (companion animals)
  • Practical Training in Diagnostic and Forensic Pathology-I
  • Practical Training in Diagnostic and Forensic Pathology-II
  • Organ-specific Pathology
  • General Pathology
  • Comparative Pathology and Animal Models of Human Diseases
  • General Histopathology of Animal Organisms
  • Tumors in Companion Animals
  • Veterinary ethics and legislation
  • General Pathology and Aquatic Organisms Pathology at Postgraduate Studies Program: "Aquaculture - Pathological problems of farmed aquatic organisms".

Selected Publications

  • EFFECTS OF ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM, MANNAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE, BENZOIC ACID AND THEIR MIXTURE ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA, INTESTINAL MORPHOLOGY AND BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS OF FATTENING PIGS. Giannenas I, Doukas D, Karamoutsios A, Tzora A, Bonos E, Skoufos I, Tsinas A, Christaki E, Tontis D, Florou-Paneri P. Animal Feed Sci Tech 2016; 220: 159-67.
  • LARGE ANIMAL MODELS IN FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY: RECENT RESEARCH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EVOLUTION OF VETERINARY FORENSIC PATHOLOGY. Doukas D, Tontis D, Stefanidou M, Spiliopoulou C. Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2020, 37(6):810–820.
  • SARCOPTES SCABIEI DERMATITIS IN ADULT SHEEP: AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF 34 CHRONIC CASES WITH EXTENDED LESIONS. Doukas D, Liakou Z, Tontis D. J Hellenic Vet Med Soc 2021, 72(1): 2755-2764.
  • IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EXPRESSION OF KERATINS IN OVINE HEALTHY SKIN AND CHRONIC DERMATITIS DUE TO SARCOPTES SCABIEI. Doukas D, Liakou Z, Koukoulis G, Tontis D. J Comp Path 2021; 183: 63-71.
  • NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURIES IN DOGS AND CATS: REVIEW OF POST-MORTEM FORENSIC EVALUATIONS AND THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE. Doukas D, Tontis D. J Hellenic Vet Med Soc 2021, IN PRESS.