Andrea Palombieri graduated in Veterinary Medicine magna cum laude with special mention “recommended for publication”, with an experimental thesis entitled “Serological and molecular detection of vesiviruses 2117-like in cats” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Teramo in 2017. She is a PhD student in “Veterinary Medical Sciences, Public Health and animal welfare” with the research project “Epidemiological surveillance in Italy of emerging zoonotic enteric pathogens in domestic-wildlife interface”.