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Barbara Wieland is affiliated with the Institute of Virology and Immunology in Switzerland. Their research portfolio spans across agricultural and biological sciences as well as medicine, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and public health within the context of veterinary science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

In terms of subfields, Barbara Wieland's work is concentrated in:

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Barbara Wieland has contributed to several frequently published venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production
  • One Health
  • Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Recent notable publications by Barbara Wieland include:

  • "Antimicrobial Use in Extensive Smallholder Livestock Farming Systems in Ethiopia: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Livestock Keepers," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Contribution of small ruminants to food security for Ethiopian smallholder farmers," 2020, Small Ruminant Research
  • "Global Burden of Animal Diseases: a novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture," 2021, Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
  • "Impact of participatory training of smallholder pig farmers on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding biosecurity for the control of African swine fever in Uganda," 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Causes and Flock Level Risk Factors of Sheep and Goat Abortion in Three Agroecology Zones in Ethiopia," 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Barbara Wieland frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Michel Dione, Hiwot Desta, Delia Grace, Gezahegn Alemayehu, and Frank Norbert Mwiine.

In addition to journal articles, Wieland has authored book publications including "Ensuring Animal Health and Other Services for Efficient and Inclusive Livestock Value Chains in LMICs," published by Frontiers Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • African swine fever: how can global spread be prevented?

    Solenne Costard;Barbara Wieland;William De Glanville;Ferran Jori

  • Chronic enteropathies in dogs: evaluation of risk factors for negative outcome.

    K. Allenspach;B. Wieland;A. Gröne;F. Gaschen

  • Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control.

    Pablo Alarcon;Barbara Wieland;Ana L.P. Mateus;Chris Dewberry

  • Cost of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome and porcine circovirus type-2 subclinical infection in England – An economic disease model

    Pablo Alarcon;Jonathan Rushton;Barbara Wieland

  • Influenza at the animal-human interface: a review of the literature for virological evidence of human infection with swine or avian influenza viruses other than A(H5N1).

    G S Freidl;A Meijer;E de Bruin;M de Nardi

  • EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare; Scientific Opinion on African Swine Fever.: EFSA-Q-2009-00506

    Anette Bøtner;Agustin Estrada Peña;Alessandro Mannelli;Barbara Wieland

  • One Health surveillance - More than a buzz word?

    Katharina D.C. Stärk;Montserrat Arroyo Kuribreña;Gwenaelle Dauphin;Sandra Vokaty

  • Antimicrobial Use in Extensive Smallholder Livestock Farming Systems in Ethiopia: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Livestock Keepers.

    Biruk Alemu Gemeda;Kebede Amenu;Ulf Magnusson;Ian Dohoo

  • Detection of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egyptian fish farms experiencing high mortalities in 2015

    Pamela Nicholson;M A Fathi;M A Fathi;A Fischer;C Mohan

  • Contribution of small ruminants to food security for Ethiopian smallholder farmers

    Hiwot Desta Wodajo;Biruk Alemu Gemeda;Wole Kinati;Annet Abenakyo Mulem

  • Introduction of African Swine Fever into the European Union through Illegal Importation of Pork and Pork Products

    Solenne Costard;Bryony Anne Jones;Beatriz Martínez-López;Beatriz Martínez-López;Lina Mur

  • Constraints to cattle production in a semiarid pastoral system in Kenya

    Joshua Orungo Onono;Joshua Orungo Onono;Barbara Wieland;Jonathan Rushton

  • Campylobacter spp. in dogs and cats in Switzerland: risk factor analysis and molecular characterization with AFLP.

    B Wieland;G Regula;J Danuser;M Wittwer

  • Identifying hotspots for antibiotic resistance emergence and selection, and elucidating pathways to human exposure: Application of a systems-thinking approach to aquaculture systems

    Lucy A. Brunton;Andrew P. Desbois;Maria Garza;Barbara Wieland

  • Qualitative risk assessment in a data-scarce environment: a model to assess the impact of control measures on spread of African Swine Fever.

    Barbara Wieland;Sofie Dhollander;Mo Salman;Frank Koenen

  • Quantitative Risk Assessment for the Introduction of African Swine Fever Virus into the European Union by Legal Import of Live Pigs

    L. Mur;B. Martínez-López;M. Martínez-Avilés;S. Costard

  • Milk handling practices and consumption behavior among Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia

    Kebede Amenu;Barbara Wieland;Barbara Szonyi;Delia Grace

  • Risk factors for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection and resulting challenges for effective disease surveillance

    Martina Velasova;Pablo Alarcon;Susanna Williamson;Barbara Wieland

  • Backyard chicken keeping in the Greater London Urban Area: welfare status, biosecurity and disease control issues.

    I Karabozhilova;B Wieland;S Alonso;L Salonen

  • Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review.

    Mariem Rouatbi;Safa Amairia;Yosra Amdouni;Mohamed Anis Boussaadoun

  • African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal

    Laurence Vial;Barbara Wieland;Ferran Jori;Eric Etter

  • Causes and Flock Level Risk Factors of Sheep and Goat Abortion in Three Agroecology Zones in Ethiopia.

    Gezahegn Alemayehu;Gezahegne Mamo;Biruk Alemu;Hiwot Desta

  • Prevalence and risk factors for swine influenza virus infection in the English pig population.

    Alexander Mastin;Pablo Alarcon;Dirk Pfeiffer;James Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Katharina D.C. Stärk
Katharina D.C. Stärk Royal Veterinary College
Delia Grace
Delia Grace International Livestock Research Institute
Jonathan Rushton
Jonathan Rushton University of Liverpool
Mesfin Mekonnen
Mesfin Mekonnen University of Alabama
François Roger
François Roger University of Montpellier
Beatriz Martínez-López
Beatriz Martínez-López University of California, Davis
Kassahun Asmare
Kassahun Asmare Hawassa University
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ilaria Capua
Ilaria Capua University of Florida

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