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Franz Josef Conraths
Researcher at Friedrich Loeffler Institute
Publications - 347
Citations - 10911
Franz Josef Conraths is an academic researcher from Friedrich Loeffler Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neospora caninum & Population. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 326 publications receiving 9302 citations. Previous affiliations of Franz Josef Conraths include Free University of Berlin & National Institute for Medical Research.
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Echinococcosis: an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?
TL;DR: Factors with the potential of enhancing the infection risk for humans in the future include increasing fox populations and parasite prevalences, progressing invasion of cities by foxes, the establishment of urban cycles of the parasite, and the spill-over of the E. multilocularis infection from wild carnivores to domestic dogs and cats.
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The efficiency of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle analysed by serological techniques
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that the N. caninum-infection can be maintained over several generations at a nearly constant prevalence level, apparently without a need for dispersion by an definitive host.
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‘Schmallenberg virus’ – a novel orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe
TL;DR: The discovery of SBV, the spread of the epidemic, the role of vectors, the impact on livestock, public health issues, SBV diagnosis and measures taken are described in this review.
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Oocysts of Neospora caninum, Hammondia heydorni, Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi in faeces collected from dogs in Germany
Gereon Schares,Nikola Pantchev,D. Barutzki,A. O. Heydorn,Christian Bauer,Franz Josef Conraths +5 more
TL;DR: Faecal samples of 24,089 dogs were examined coproscopically in two veterinary laboratories in Germany between March 2001 and October 2004 and it may be possible to develop criteria for a preliminary identification of N. caninum in dog faeces based on the oocyst morphology.
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Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in farm animals: Risk factors and economic impact.
S. Stelzer,Walter Basso,J. Benavides Silván,Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora,Pavlo Maksimov,Jörn Gethmann,Franz Josef Conraths,Gereon Schares +7 more
TL;DR: This review aims to summarize actual knowledge on the prevalence and effects of infections with T. gondii in the most important livestock species and on the effects of toxoplasmosis on livestock and provides an overview on potential risk factors favoring infections of livestock with T.