MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER

Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança

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CIMO

CIMO - Mountain Research Center. See video HERE

FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Hélder Miranda Pires Quintas

Adjunct Professor
Group: Socio-Ecological Systems
E-mail: helder5tas@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0002-6934-1669
Scopus Author ID: 35796342900

Career

  • Since 2015: Auxiliary Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 2006 - 2015: Guest Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • Since 2003: Veterinarian

Qualifications

  • 2015 - PhD. in Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal
  • 2014 - Specialty in Veterinary Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal
  • 2010 - MSc. in Veterinary Medicine, University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD), Portugal
  • 2003 - Graduation in Veterinary Medicine, University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD), Portugal

Interests

  • One Health
  • Animal Health
  • Small Ruminant Health Management
  • Small Ruminant Reprodution

Projects:

RETFOP - Projeto de revitalização do Ensino técnico e da formação profissional de Angola
Funding body: União Europeia
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Vilas-Boas, Miguel
Start: 2020-03-04
End: 2022-09-17
Zoonosis - Programa Epidemiológico transfronterizo de investigación de Zoonosis
Funding body: POCTEP 2007-2013
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Álvaro Luis Pegado Lemos de Mendonça
Start: 2011-01-01
End: 2015-10-31

Total results: 27
1
Afonso P.,Cardoso L.,Soares A.S.,Matos M.,Quintas H.,Coelho A.C.
Talaromyces marneffei Outside Endemic Regions: An Overlooked Mycosis Under a One-Health Lens
Acta Microbiologica Hellenica Switzerland, 70, , 2025

2
Afonso P.,Cardoso L.,Quintas H.,Coelho A.C.
Health Sentinels: Canine Parvovirus and Coronavirus in Portuguese Shelter Dogs
Veterinarska Stanica, 56, 39-56, 2025

3
Quintas H.,Benavides J.,Jacob-Ferreira J.,Afonso P.,Coelho A.C.
Seroprevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infections in Small Ruminants in Europe – A Systematic Review
Veterinarska Stanica, 56, 555-572, 2025

4
Moreira R.S.S.,Jacob-Ferreira J.,Santos L.,Valentim R.,Cortez P.P.,Quintas H.
ESTABLISHMENT OF REFERENCE INTERVALS OF HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND EVALUATION OF AGE, SEX, AND SEASON EFFECTS IN THE PRETA DE MONTESINHO GOAT
Veterinarski Glasnik, 79, 49-64, 2025

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Afonso P.,Quintas H.,Vieira A.F.,Pinto E.,Matos M.,Soares A.S.,Cardoso L.,Coelho A.C.
FURRY HOSTS AND FUNGAL GUESTS: INVESTIGATING DERMATOPHYTE CARRIAGE IN SHELTER AND CLINIC CATS AND DOGS OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL
Veterinarski Glasnik, 78, 28-46, 2024

8
Afonso P.,Coelho A.C.,Quintas H.,Cardoso L.
Leishmania Seroprevalence in Dogs: Comparing Shelter and Domestic Communities
Animals, 13, , 2023

9
Jacob-Ferreira J.,Coelho A.C.,Grau Vila A.,Lacasta D.,Quintas H.
Small Ruminant Lentivirus Infection in Sheep and Goats in North Portugal: Seroprevalence and Risk Factors
Pathogens, 12, , 2023

10
Quintas H.,Prada J.,da Conceição Fontes M.,Coelho A.C.,Pires I.
Animal Tuberculosis: Gross Lesions and Anatomopathological Diagnosis
Integrated Science, 11, 867-881, 2023

11
Jacob-Ferreira J.,Pires I.,Alegria N.,Coelho A.C.,Garcês A.,Ferrer L.M.,Lacasta D.,Quintas H.
Small Ruminant Lentivirus: A practical approach
Veterinarska Stanica, 54, 705-719, 2023

12
Quintas H.,Mínguez González O.,Vila A.G.,Pérez V.,Coelho A.C.
A serosurvey of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection of goats in the North of Portugal
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 70, 1-8, 2022

13
Quintas H.,Garcês A.,Alegria N.,Pires M.J.,Campilho R.,Silva F.,Pires I.
Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery in a sheep with pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 54, 89-92, 2022

14
Esteves A.,Vieira‐pinto M.,Quintas H.,Orge L.,Gama A.,Alves A.,Seixas F.,Pires I.,Pinto M.d.L.,Mendonça A.P.,Lima C.,Machado C.N.,Silva J.C.,Tavares P.,Silva F.,Bastos E.,Pereira J.,Gonçalves‐anjo N.,Carvalho P.,Sargo R.,Matos A.,Figueira L.,Pires M.D.A.
Scrapie at abattoir: Monitoring, control, and differential diagnosis of wasting conditions during meat inspection
Animals, 11, , 2021

15
Quintas H.,Pires I.,Garcês A.,Prada J.,Silva F.,Alegria N.
The Diagnostic Challenges of Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
Ruminants, 1, 58-71, 2021

16
Margatho G.,Quintas H.,Rodríguez-Estévez V.,Simões J.
Udder morphometry and its relationship with intramammary infections and somatic cell count in serrana goats
Animals, 10, 1-11, 2020

17
Margatho G.,Rodríguez-Estévez V.,Quintas H.,Simões J.
The effects of reproductive disorders, parity and litter size on milk yield of serrana goats
Animals, 9, , 2019

18
Coelho A.C.,Coelho A.,Quintas H.,Simões J.C.C.
Immunological response to Brucella
Brucellosis in Goats and Sheep an Endemic and Re Emerging Old Zoonosis in the 21st Century, 127-137, 2019

19
Quintas H.,Oliveira J.P.,Tavares H.,Coelho A.C.,Coelho A.,Simões J.C.C.
Symptoms, lesions and clinical evolution of brucellosis in small ruminants
Brucellosis in Goats and Sheep an Endemic and Re Emerging Old Zoonosis in the 21st Century, 139-149, 2019

20
Simões J.C.C.,Tavares H.,Coelho A.C.,Quintas H.,Castelo C.,Coelho A.
Transmission of Brucella melitensis and brucella ovis
Brucellosis in Goats and Sheep an Endemic and Re Emerging Old Zoonosis in the 21st Century, 59-71, 2019

21
Coelho A.C.,Coelho A.,Quintas H.,Fernandes C.,Saavedra M.J.,Simões J.C.C.
Pathogenesis of Brucella
Brucellosis in Goats and Sheep an Endemic and Re Emerging Old Zoonosis in the 21st Century, 99-125, 2019

22
Simões J.C.C.,Tavares H.,Coelho A.C.,Quintas H.,Castelo C.,Coelho A.
Worldwide epidemiology of Brucella melitensis and Brucella ovis
Brucellosis in Goats and Sheep an Endemic and Re Emerging Old Zoonosis in the 21st Century, 73-98, 2019

23
Quintas H.,Margatho G.,Rodríguez-Estévez V.,Simões J.
Understanding mastitis in goats (I): Etiopathophysiological particularities
Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments, 1, 317-333, 2018

24
Quintas H.,Pires I.,Prada J.,Da Conceição Fontes M.,Coelho A.C.
Diagnosis of Mycobacteriosis in Goats: Tuberculosis and paratuberculosis
Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments, 1, 247-266, 2018

25
Quintas H.,Margatho G.,Rodríguez-Estévez V.,Jiménez-Granado R.,Simões J.
Understanding mastitis in goats (II): Microbiological diagnosis and somatic cells count
Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments, 1, 335-358, 2018

26
Quintas H.,Alegria N.,Mendonça A.,Botelho A.,Alves A.,Pires I.
Coexistence of tuberculosis and mammary carcinoma in a goat
Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 49, 606-610, 2014

27
Quintas H.,Reis J.,Pires I.,Alegria N.
Tuberculosis in goats
Veterinary Record, 166, 437-438, 2010