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List of works by Franz J. Conraths

'Schmallenberg virus'--a novel orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe.

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

A Hammondia-like parasite from the European fox (Vulpes vulpes) forms biologically viable tissue cysts in cell culture.

scientific article published on March 2003

A Simulation Model to Determine Sensitivity and Timeliness of Surveillance Strategies.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

A comparison of four light traps for collecting Culicoides biting midges

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

A long-term serological survey on Aujeszky's disease virus infections in wild boar in East Germany

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

A long-term study on the prevalence of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on four German cattle farms.

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A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction for the specific detection of Hammondia hammondi and its differentiation from Toxoplasma gondii

scientific article published on 25 January 2021

A virological survey in migrating waders and other waterfowl in one of the most important resting sites of Germany

scientific article published in April 2006

Abattoir-based study on the epidemiology of caprine tuberculosis in Ethiopia using conventional and molecular tools

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Adaptation of a Surface Antigen-based ELISA for the Detection of Antibodies Against Neospora caninum in Bovine Milk

scientific article published in February 2005

Adaptation of a commercial ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Neospora caninum in bovine milk

scientific article published in February 2004

An interlaboratory comparison of immunohistochemistry and PCR methods for detection of Neospora caninum in bovine foetal tissues.

scientific article published in December 2004

An outbreak of enzootic bovine leukosis in upper Egypt: clinical, laboratory and molecular-epidemiological studies.

scientific article published on April 2002

Analysis of Estonian surveillance in wild boar suggests a decline in the incidence of African swine fever

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Analysis of clonal type-specific antibody reactions in Toxoplasma gondii seropositive humans from Germany by peptide-microarray

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Analysis of the clonal relationship of serotype O26:H11 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates from cattle

scientific article published on 4 September 2009

Analysis of the clonal relationship of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O165:H25 isolated from cattle

scientific article published in March 2006

Animal health in the 21st century-a global challenge

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotypes identified in oocysts shed by cats in Germany

scientific article published in March 2010

Author Correction: The potential role of scavengers in spreading African swine fever among wild boar

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

BVD-2 outbreak leads to high losses in cattle farms in Western Germany

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Bayesian space-time analysis of Echinococcus multilocularis-infections in foxes

scientific article published in March 2011

Bluetongue disease in Germany (2007-2008): monitoring of entomological aspects

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Bovine neosporosis: comparison of serological methods using outbreak sera from a dairy herd in New Zealand

scientific article published in October 1999

Bovine neosporosis: immunoblot improves foetal serology

scientific article published in December 2001

Bovine tuberculosis: making a case for effective surveillance

scientific article published on 15 April 2010

Chances and limitations of wild bird monitoring for the avian influenza virus H5N1--detection of pathogens highly mobile in time and space

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Characterization of an IgG monoclonal antibody targeted to both tissue cyst and sporocyst walls of Toxoplasma gondii

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Characterization of pseudorabies virus of wild boar origin from Europe

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Chicken line-dependent mortality after experimental infection with three type IIxIII recombinant Toxoplasma gondii clones

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

Cloning and expression analysis of two mucin-like genes encoding microfilarial sheath surface proteins of the parasitic nematodes Brugia and Litomosoides.

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Comparative evaluation of immunofluorescent antibody and new immunoblot tests for the specific detection of antibodies against Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites and bradyzoites in bovine sera

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Comparative safety study of three inactivated BTV-8 vaccines in sheep and cattle under field conditions.

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Comparison and standardisation of serological methods for the diagnosis of Neospora caninum infection in bovines.

scientific article published in February 2004

Comparison of single- and multi-scale models for the prediction of the Culicoides biting midge distribution in Germany

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Computer Vision for Detection of Body Posture and Behavior of Red Foxes

scientific article published on 19 January 2022

Conserved antigenic and functional domains on glycoprotein B of herpes simplex virus 1 and bovine herpesvirus 2. Brief report

scientific article published in January 1987

Cyclic transmission of Neospora caninum : serological findings in dogs shedding oocysts

scientific article published on October 1, 2001

Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in Foxes: Evaluation of a Protocol of the Intestinal Scraping Technique

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Detection of specific antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected alpacas (Lama pacos), llamas (Lama glama) and vicuñas (Lama vicugna) from Peru and Germany

scientific article published in June 2005

Development of a multiplex real time PCR to differentiate Sarcocystis spp. affecting cattle

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Dimethylaminoethanol is a major component of the Litomosoides carinii microfilarial sheath

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Direct costs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy control measures in Germany

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Disease Spread through Animal Movements: A Static and Temporal Network Analysis of Pig Trade in Germany

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Dogs shed Neospora caninum oocysts after ingestion of naturally infected bovine placenta but not after ingestion of colostrum spiked with Neospora caninum tachyzoites

scientific article published in June 2001

Drone-Based Thermal Imaging in the Detection of Wildlife Carcasses and Disease Management

scientific article published on 15 May 2023

Echinococcosis: an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

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Efficacy of three inactivated vaccines against bluetongue virus serotype 8 in sheep

scientific article published on 9 May 2009

Emergence of bluetongue virus serotype 6 in Europe--German field data and experimental infection of cattle

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Epidemiological analysis of Trichinella spiralis infections of foxes in Brandenburg, Germany

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Epidemiological and Molecular Analysis of an Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 in a German Zoo: Effective Disease Control with Minimal Culling.

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Epidemiological and ornithological aspects of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 of Asian lineage in wild birds in Germany, 2006 and 2007.

scientific article published on April 2009

Epidemiological evaluation of Latvian control measures for African swine fever in wild boar on the basis of surveillance data

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Eradication of Aujeszky's disease in Germany.

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Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Wild Boar Carcasses

scientific article published on 05 January 2020

Evaluation of a commercial ELISA for the specific detection of antibodies against Besnoitia besnoiti

scientific article published in January 2011

Expression of the Microfilarial Sheath Protein 2 (shp2) of the Filarial ParasitesLitomosoides sigmodontisandBrugia malayi

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Conventional and Organic Pig Fattening Farms

scientific article published in 2022

Extensive host sharing of central European Tula virus

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First isolation of Neospora caninum from the faeces of a dog from Portugal

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

Genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from European beavers (Castor fiber) and European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris).

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Genetic characterisation of attenuated SAD rabies virus strains used for oral vaccination of wildlife

scientific article published on 25 April 2008

Genotyping of samples from German patients with ocular, cerebral and systemic toxoplasmosis reveals a predominance of Toxoplasma gondii type II.

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Hammondia heydorni-like oocysts shed by a naturally infected dog and Neospora caninum NC-1 cannot be distinguished

scientific article published in October 2001

Harmonizing methods for wildlife abundance estimation and pathogen detection in Europe-a questionnaire survey on three selected host-pathogen combinations

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Heterogeneous Puumala orthohantavirus situation in endemic regions in Germany in summer 2019

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in Germany: Outbreak Investigations

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in frozen duck carcasses, Germany, 2007.

scientific article published on February 2009

How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar-Estonia as an Example

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

Hunters’ acceptability of the surveillance system and alternative surveillance strategies for classical swine fever in wild boar - a participatory approach

scientific article (publication date: 6 September 2016)

In vitro cultivation of Hammondia heydorni: Generation of tachyzoites, stage conversion into bradyzoites, and evaluation of serologic cross-reaction with Neospora caninum.

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany

scientific article published on May 2015

Juvenile female Litomosoides sigmodontis produce an excretory/secretory antigen (Juv-p120) highly modified with dimethylaminoethanol

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Laboratory Diagnosis of Echinococcus spp. in Human Patients and Infected Animals.

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Lungworm Infections in German dairy cattle herds--seroprevalence and GIS-supported risk factor analysis

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Microsatellite typing and avidity analysis suggest a common source of infection in herds with epidemic Neospora caninum-associated bovine abortion

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Molecular comparison of Neospora caninum oocyst isolates from naturally infected dogs with cell culture-derived tachyzoites of the same isolates using nested polymerase chain reaction to amplify microsatellite markers.

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Molecular identification of Sarcocystis spp. helped to define the origin of green pythons (Morelia viridis) confiscated in Germany

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Molecular identification of Sarcocystis spp. in foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) from Germany.

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Monitoring of Pseudorabies in Wild Boar of Germany-A Spatiotemporal Analysis

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Monoclonal antibodies directed against a 130K glycoprotein of bovine herpesvirus 2 cross-react with glycoprotein B of herpes simplex virus

scientific article published in April 1988

Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study on Bovine Tuberculosis by Intra Vitam Testing in Germany, 2013-2014.

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Naturally acquired bovine besnoitiosis: Differential distribution of parasites in the skin of chronically infected cattle

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Neospora caninum IgG avidity tests: an interlaboratory comparison

scientific article published on 5 June 2006

Neospora caninum infection in Greek dairy cattle herds detected by two antibody assays in individual milk samples

scientific article published in March 2008

Neospora caninum microneme protein NcMIC3: secretion, subcellular localization, and functional involvement in host cell interaction.

scientific article published in October 2001

Neospora caninum: Identification of 19-, 38-, and 40-kDa Surface Antigens and a 33-kDa Dense Granule Antigen Using Monoclonal Antibodies

scientific article published in June 1999

New Insights into Gastrointestinal and Pulmonary Parasitofauna of Wild Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Harz Mountains of Germany

scientific article published in 2021

Novel lyssavirus in Natterer's bat, Germany

scientific article published on August 2011

Novel tools for the diagnosis and differentiation of acute and chronic bovine besnoitiosis.

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Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi oocysts in the faeces of cats from Germany and other European countries

scientific article published on 8 December 2007

On the robustness of in- and out-components in a temporal network

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Oocysts of Neospora caninum, Hammondia heydorni, Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi in faeces collected from dogs in Germany.

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Peptide microarray analysis of in silico-predicted epitopes for serological diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans

scientific article published on 11 April 2012

Potential Risk Factors Associated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Cattle from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

Potential risk factors for bovine Neospora caninum infection in Germany are not under the control of the farmers

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Prevalence of tuberculosis in pigs slaughtered at two abattoirs in Ethiopia and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculous-like lesions in pigs

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Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction assays for the sensitive detection of Besnoitia besnoiti infection in cattle

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Red foxes harbor two genetically distinct, spatially separated Echinococcus multilocularis clusters in Brandenburg, Germany

scientific article published on 14 October 2021

Reemerging Schmallenberg virus infections, Germany, 2012.

scientific article published in March 2013

Regional distribution of bovine Neospora caninum infection in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate modelled by Logistic regression

scientific article published in December 2003

Response to an emerging vector-borne disease: surveillance and preparedness for Schmallenberg virus.

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Risk of equine infectious anaemia from horses imported in to Germany

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Salmonella in slaughter pigs of German origin: an epidemiological study

scientific article published in February 2000

Sarcocystis sinensis is the most prevalent thick-walled Sarcocystis species in beef on sale for consumers in Germany.

scientific article published on 4 April 2014

Schmallenberg virus

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

Schmallenberg virus epidemic: impact on milk production, reproductive performance and mortality in dairy cattle in the Netherlands and Kleve district, Germany.

scientific article published on 09 May 2014

Schmallenberg virus, a novel orthobunyavirus infection in ruminants in Europe: potential global impact and preventive measures.

scientific article published on 07 December 2012

Seasonality in the proportions of domestic cats shedding Toxoplasma gondii or Hammondia hammondi oocysts is associated with climatic factors.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Serological evidence for naturally occurring transmission of Neospora caninum among foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

scientific article published in April 2001

Serological survey and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii in domestic ducks and geese in Lower Saxony, Germany

scientific article published in December 2011

Seroprevalence and GIS-supported risk factor analysis of Fasciola hepatica infections in dairy herds in Germany

scientific article published in July 2013

Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in cats (Felis domesticus) reveals predominance of type II infections in Germany

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Sharing more than friendship--nasal colonization with coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) and co-habitation aspects of dogs and their owners

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Spatial distance between sites of sampling associated with genetic variation among Neospora caninum in aborted bovine foetuses from northern Italy

scientific article published on 13 January 2021

Spatial distribution patterns of Echinococcus multilocularis (Leuckart 1863) (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) among red foxes in an endemic focus in Brandenburg, Germany

scientific article published in February 1998

Spread of West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus in the German Bird Population, 2019–2020

scientific article published in 2022

Structural analysis of free and protein-bound glycosyl-phosphatidylinositols of Neospora caninum

scientific article published on 5 January 2000

Studies on a 14-kilodalton surface protein of Onchocerca microfilariae.

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Supranational comparison of Neospora caninum seroprevalences in cattle in Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

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Surface antigens of Litomosoides carinii microfilariae: agglutinating antibodies react with sheath components of 40 and 120 kiloDalton molecular mass

scientific article published in July 1994

Swarm incursions of reassortants of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strains H5N8 and H5N5, clade 2.3.4.4b, Germany, winter 2016/17.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Testing Different Deterrents as Candidates for Short-Term Reduction in Wild Boar Contacts-A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

The Schmallenberg virus epidemic in Europe-2011-2013.

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

The biological potential of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray 1834) as an invasive species in Europe—new risks for disease spread?

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The efficiency of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle analysed by serological techniques

scientific article published in December 1998

The gene coding for the major sheath protein of Litomosoides carinii microfilariae, gp22, is transcribed in oocytes and embryonic cells

scientific article published in July 1993

The geographical distribution and prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in animals in the European Union and adjacent countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

The potential role of scavengers in spreading African swine fever among wild boar

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

The trade network in the dairy industry and its implication for the spread of contamination

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Towards a new, ecologically targeted approach to monitoring wild bird populations for avian influenza viruses

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Toxoplasma gondii in foxes and rodents from the German Federal States of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt: seroprevalence and genotypes

scientific article published on 29 October 2011

Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats: seroprevalence and potential risk factors under dairy husbandry practices

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Toxoplasma gondii infection in sentinel and free-range chickens from Argentina

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Toxoplasma gondii sexual cross in a single naturally infected feline host: generation of highly mouse-virulent and avirulent clones, genotypically different from clonal types I, II and III.

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Trade communities and their spatial patterns in the German pork production network

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Trans-splicing of an early embryo mRNA in Litomosoides carinii, coding for the major microfilarial sheath protein gp22.

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Transmission of Schmallenberg virus during Winter, Germany

scientific article published on October 2013

Use of purified tachyzoite surface antigen p38 in an ELISA to diagnose bovine neosporosis

scientific article published in September 2000

Validation of molecular-diagnostic techniques in the parasitological laboratory

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Virological Monitoring of White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) for Avian Influenza

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany

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Why German farmers have their animals vaccinated against Bluetongue virus serotype 8: results of a questionnaire survey

scientific article published on 8 November 2014

[Zoonoses in working- and wild animals and their significance in Germany. An overview].

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p38-avidity-ELISA: examination of herds experiencing epidemic or endemic Neospora caninum-associated bovine abortion

scientific article published in July 2002