Luiza Stachewski Zakia

Profile and Research Interests

Dr. Zakia earned her veterinary degree from São Paulo State University in Brazil. She is a board-certified veterinarian in large animal internal medicine and is currently pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology at the Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph. Her research focuses on developing practical, clinically applicable tools for everyday veterinary practice, with a particular interest in large animal neonatal sepsis.

Selected Publications

• Olivo G, Zakia LS, Ribeiro MG, da Cunha MLRS, Riboli DFM, Mello PL, Teixeira NB, de Araújo CET, Oliveira-Filho JP, Borges AS. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. investigation in hospitalized horses and contacting personnel in a teaching veterinary hospital. J Equine Vet Sci. 2024;134:105031.
• Arantes JA, Borges AS, Zakia LS, Surette MG, Weese JS, Costa MC, Arroyo LG. Effect of dietary iron supplementation on the equine fecal microbiome. Can J Vet Res. 2023; 87(2): 97-105.
• Zakia LS, Arroyo LG, Gomez DE, Boerlin P, Surette MG, Lillie BN. Postmortem examination of equids >1-year-old with enterotyphlocolitis in Ontario: a retrospective descriptive study. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2023;35(4):349-353.
• Zakia LS, Gomez DE, Caddey BB, Boerlin P, Surette MG, Arroyo LG. Direct and culture-enriched 16S rRNA sequencing of cecal content of healthy horses and horses with typhlocolitis. PLoS One. 2023; 18(4):e0284193.
• Zakia LS, MacNicol JL, Borges AS, Yu S, Boerlin P, Gomez DE, Surette MG, Arroyo LG. Fecal prevalence of Clostridium innocuum DNA in healthy horses and horses with colitis. Anaerobe. 2023;79:e102681.
• Zakia LS, Albertino LG, Andrade DGA, Amorin RM, Takahira RK, Oliveira-Filho JP, Borges AS. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in horses, cattle, and sheep diagnosed with rabies: a retrospective study of 62 cases. Can Vet J. 2022;63(12):1242-1246.
• Zakia LS, Gomez DE, Kenney DG, Arroyo LG. Sabulous cystitis in the horse: 13 cases (2013-2020). Can Vet J. 2021;62(7):743-750.
• Zakia LS, Shaw S, Bonomelli N, O’sullivan S, Zur Linden A, Dubois M, Baird J, Guest B. Hematuria in a 3-month-old filly with an internal umbilical abscess and internal iliac artery aneurysm. Can Vet J. 2021;62(8):877-881.
• Zakia LS, Palumbo MIP, Teixeira RBC, Rezende LAL, Soares MP, Oliveira-Filho JP, Amorim RM, Borges AS. Neuromyotonia in a horse. J Vet Intern Med. 2019;33(1):287-291.
• Zakia LS, Herman M, Hernandez, JM, Borges AS, Oliveira-Filho JP. Equine papillomavirus detection in aural plaques by qPCR. Braz J Vet Pathol. 2019;12(1):1-4.
• Mira J, Herman M, Zakia LS, Olivo G, Araujo-Jr JP, Borges AS, Oliveira-Filho JP. Frequency of Equus caballus papillomavirus in equine aural plaques. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2018;30(4)565-568.
• Zakia LS, Olivo G, Basso RM, Mira J, Herman M, Araujo-Jr JP, Borges AS, Oliveira-Filho JP. Imiquimod treatment for Equus caballus papillomavirus infection in equine aural plaques. Vet Dermatol. 2016;27:175–e44.
• Mira J, Herman M, Zakia LS, Olivo G, Araujo-Junior JP, Borges AS, Oliveira-Filho JP. Factors associated with equine aural plaque in Brazil. Vet Dermatol. 2016;27(5):408-e104.
• Zakia LS, Basso RM, Olivo G, Herman M, Araujo-Jr JP, Borges AS, Oliveira-Filho JP. Detection of papillomavirus DNA in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded equine aural plaque samples. Arq Bras Med Vet Zootec. 2015;67:1193-1196.
• Gorino AC, Oliveira-Filho JP, Taniwaki SA, Basso RM, Zakia LS, Araujo-Jr JP, Borges AS. Use of PCR to estimate the prevalence of Equus caballus papillomavirus in aural plaques in horses. Vet J; 2013;197(3):903-904