Sophie Moittié, LicVet, DVetMed
Assistant professor in zoological medicine
Biography
Sophie earned her veterinary degree in 2009 from the University of Murcia, Spain. She then mostly worked in zoo and wildlife medicine, research and conservation; from studying Adélie penguins in Antarctica to rehabilitating chimpanzees Sierra Leone. She completed an ECZM residency in zoo health management at Twycross Zoo (UK) coupled with a doctorate in great ape cardiac diseases at the University of Nottingham (UK). She was appointed as an assistant professor at SGU in fall 2021 and teaches on the exotic animal course.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Primate diseases
- Biomarker discovery
- Diagnostic tools
- Anesthesia
- Zoo preventative medicine
- Wildlife conservation
- Aquatic animal medicine
- Zoo nutrition
Affiliations
- The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- The European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarian
- The Wildlife Disease Association
- L’Association Française de Vétérinaires de Parcs Zoologiques
Selected Publications
- Moittie S, Dobbs P, Liptovszky M. Evaluation of the agreement of two oscillometric blood pressure devices with invasive blood pressure in anaesthetized chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2021 (48): 5, Pp 688-696.
- Dobbs P, Moittie S, Liptovszky M. Avian anaesthesia related mortality and the associated risk factors in a UK zoological collection. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2021 (48): 6, Pp 922-929.
- Liptovszky M, Dobbs P, Moittie S, White K, Targett M, Strong V. Assessing the Educational Value of a Zoo Placement for Veterinary Students: A Report on Student Feedback and Perceptions. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2020-0064
- Owens LA, Colitti B, Hirji I, Pizarro A, Jaffe JE, Moittié S et al. A Sarcina bacterium linked to lethal disease in sanctuary chimpanzees in Sierra Leone. Nature Communications. 12(1):763, 2021.
- Moittié, S., Baiker, K., Strong, V., Cousins E, White K, Liptovszky M, Redrobe S, Alibhai A, Sturrock, C.J., Rutland, C.S. Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Scientific Reports, 2020, 10(1), 9417
- Moittié, S., N Sheppard, M., Thiele, T., Baiker, K. Non-Infectious, Necrotizing and Granulomatous Aortitis in a Female Gorilla. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020, 181, pp. 7-12
- Moittié, S., Graham, P.A., Barlow, N., Dobbs P, Liptovszky, Redrobe, S., White, K. Comparison of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2020, 49(2), pp. 299-306
- Strong, V., Moittié, S., Sheppard, M.N., Liptovszky, M., White, K., Redrobe, S., Cobb, M., Baiker, K. Idiopathic Myocardial Fibrosis in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Veterinary Pathology, 2020, 57(1), pp. 183-191
Selected Projects
- Vitamin D status of free ranging sea turtles in the West Indies.
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