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Anne M. Zajac is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of veterinary science, agricultural and biological sciences, and medicine. Their research focuses notably on parasitology, small animal health, animal science and zoology, ecology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including helminth infection and control, coccidia and coccidiosis research, parasitic infections and diagnostics, parasite biology and host interactions, parasitic infections in both humans and animals, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, as well as ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.

Recent significant publications by Anne M. Zajac include:

  • Biology, Epidemiology, and Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Small Ruminants, 2020, Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in the eastern United States, 2020, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Among the sources wherein they have published frequently are:

  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Veterinary Microbiology

Anne M. Zajac has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including Yue Xie, Yan Hu, Katherine H. Petersson, Robert W. Li, and Joseph F. Urban.

Their research is primarily centered on veterinary parasitology and the control and diagnosis of parasitic infections in small animals and ruminants, with involvement in studies addressing gastrointestinal nematodes in livestock as well as parasitic diseases affecting companion animals.

Best Publications

  • Hookworms of dogs and cats as agents of cutaneous larva migrans

    Dwight D. Bowman;Susan P. Montgomery;Anne M. Zajac;Mark L. Eberhard

  • Prevalence of anthelmintic resistance on sheep and goat farms in the southeastern United States.

    Sue B Howell;Joan M Burke;James E Miller;Thomas H Terrill

  • Transplacental transmission of a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum in an experimentally infected beagle.

    Alexa C. Rosypal;Gregory C. Troy;Anne M. Zajac;Glenn Frank

  • Gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants: life cycle, anthelmintics, and diagnosis.

    Anne M. Zajac

  • Resistance of St. Croix lambs to Haemonchuscontortus in experimentally and naturally acquired infections

    H.Ray Gamble;Anne M. Zajac

  • SURVIVAL OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII OOCYSTS IN EASTERN OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA)

    David S. Lindsay;Marina V. Collins;Sheila M. Mitchell;Carly N. Wetch

  • Multiple anthelmintic resistance in a goat herd.

    Anne M Zajac;Terry A Gipson

  • Inheritance of fecal egg count and packed cell volume and their relationship with production traits in sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus.

    H. B. Vanimisetti;S. L. Andrew;A. M. Zajac;D. R. Notter

  • Performance of hair sheep composite breeds: Resistance of lambs to Haemonchus contortus

    H. B. Vanimisetti;S. P. Greiner;A. M. Zajac;D. R. Notter

  • Evaluation of the Importance of Centrifugation as a Component of Zinc Sulfate Fecal Flotation Examinations

    Anne M Zajac;Jamil Johnson;Susan E King

  • Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to screen plant extracts and compounds as natural anthelmintics for veterinary use

    Luciana M. Katiki;Jorge F. S. Ferreira;Anne M. Zajac;Carol Masler

  • Anthelmintic effect of plant extracts containing condensed and hydrolyzable tannins on Caenorhabditis elegans, and their antioxidant capacity.

    Luciana M. Katiki;Jorge F.S. Ferreira;Javier M. Gonzalez;Anne M. Zajac

  • Biology, Epidemiology, and Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Small Ruminants.

    Anne M. Zajac;Javier Garza

  • Efficacy of an orange oil emulsion as an anthelmintic against Haemonchus contortus in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) and in sheep.

    Jill M. Squires;Joyce G. Foster;David S. Lindsay;David L. Caudell

  • Emergence of zoonotic canine leishmaniasis in the United States: isolation and immunohistochemical detection of Leishmania infantum from foxhounds from Virginia.

    Alexa C. Rosypal;Gregory C. Troy;Anne M. Zajac;Robert B. Duncan

  • Microarray analysis reveals difference in gene expression profiles of hair and wool sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus.

    K.M. MacKinnon;J.L. Burton;A.M. Zajac;D.R. Notter

  • Effects of artemisinin and Artemisia extracts on Haemonchus contortus in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).

    Jill M. Squires;Jorge F.S. Ferreira;David S. Lindsay;Anne M. Zajac

  • Responses of hair and wool sheep to a single fixed dose of infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus

    D.R Notter;S.A Andrew;A.M Zajac

  • Experimental Haemonchus contortus infection in three breeds of sheep.

    A.M. Zajac;S. Krakowka;R.P. Herd;K.E. McClure

  • Canine visceral leishmaniasis and its emergence in the United States.

    Alexa C. Rosypal;Anne M. Zajac;David S. Lindsay

  • Neospora hughesi: experimental infections in mice, gerbils, and dogs.

    Catherine P Walsh;Robert B Duncan;Anne M Zajac;Byron L Blagburn

  • St. Croix sheep produce a rapid and greater cellular immune response contributing to reduced establishment of Haemonchus contortus.

    Scott A. Bowdridge;Anne M. Zajac;David R. Notter

  • Prevalence of Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) From an Urban Area of Northern Virginia

    Katie Hancock;Lori A. Thiele;Anne M. Zajac;Francois Elvinger

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. Lindsay
David S. Lindsay Virginia Tech
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
David R. Notter
David R. Notter Virginia Tech
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Jess D. Reed
Jess D. Reed University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas
Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Byron L. Blagburn
Byron L. Blagburn Auburn University
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
Dwight D. Bowman
Dwight D. Bowman Cornell University

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