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Barend Louis Penzhorn

Barend Louis Penzhorn

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Animal Science and Veterinary
South Africa
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
5217
World Ranking
1509
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Barend Louis Penzhorn is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their main areas of study include Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology. They have contributed extensively to topics related to Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Virology and Viral Diseases, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Barend Louis Penzhorn has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in Parasites & Vectors, Veterinary Parasitology, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Penzhorn include:

  • "Babesia Species of Domestic Cats: Molecular Characterization Has Opened Pandora's Box", 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs", 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "TroCCAP recommendations for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of parasitic infections in dogs and cats in the tropics", 2020, Veterinary Parasitology
  • "Don't let sleeping dogs lie: unravelling the identity and taxonomy of Babesia canis, Babesia rossi and Babesia vogeli", 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in caracals (Caracal caracal) living in human-modified landscapes of South Africa", 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent collaborators working alongside Penzhorn include Marinda C. Oosthuizen, Gad Baneth, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Peter Irwin, and Domenico Otranto.

Best Publications

  • Tick, fly, and mosquito control--lessons from the past, solutions for the future.

    R.J. Peter;P. Van den Bossche;B.L. Penzhorn;B. Sharp

  • Babesia conradae, sp. Nov., a small canine Babesia identified in California.

    Anne M. Kjemtrup;Katlyn Wainwright;Melissa Miller;B.L. Penzhorn

  • Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa.

    P.T Matjila;B.L Penzhorn;C.P.J Bekker;A.M Nijhof;A.M Nijhof

  • Babesiosis of wild carnivores and ungulates.

    Barend Louis Penzhorn

  • Sequence heterogeneity in the 18S rRNA gene within Theileria equi and Babesia caballi from horses in South Africa.

    Raksha Bhoora;Linda Franssen;Linda Franssen;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Alan John Guthrie

  • Molecular Characterization of Theileria Species Associated with Mortality in Four Species of African Antelopes

    A. M. Nijhof;V. Pillay;J. Steyl;L. Prozesky

  • Molecular evidence for transplacental transmission of Theileria equi from carrier mares to their apparently healthy foals.

    M.T.E.P. Allsopp;B.D. Lewis;Barend Louis Penzhorn

  • Identification of a Novel Babesia sp. from a Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838)

    Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Erich Zweygarth;Nicola E. Collins;Milana Troskie

  • Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoal and ehrlichial infections in domestic dogs in South Africa.

    Paul Tshepo Matjila;Andrew L. Leisewitz;Frans Jongejan;Frans Jongejan;Barend L. Penzhorn

  • Displacement of Boophilus decoloratus by Boophilus microplus in the Soutpansberg region, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

    M.H. Tønnesen;B.L. Penzhorn;N.R. Bryson;W.H. Stoltsz

  • Occurrence and diversity of bovine coccidia at three localities in South Africa

    P.T Matjila;B.L Penzhorn

  • A Long-term Study of Social Organisation and Behaviour of Cape Mountain Zebras Equus zebra zebra

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  • Detection of a Theileria species in dogs in South Africa.

    P.T. Matjila;A.L. Leisewitz;M.C. Oosthuizen;F. Jongejan;F. Jongejan

  • Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in sheep in South Africa

    N. Abu Samraa;C.M.E. McCrindle;B.L. Penzhorn;B. Cenci-Goga

  • Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in Southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis

    Anna-Mari Bosman;Estelle Hildegard Venter;Barend Louis Penzhorn

  • Canine Leishmaniasis Control in the Context of One Health.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Guadalupe Miró;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Occurrence of tick-transmitted pathogens in dogs in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

    Mathew Adamu;Milana Troskie;David O. Oshadu;Dikeledi Petunia Malatji

  • The influence of the African Elephant on the vegetation of the Addo Elephant National Park

    B.L. Penzhorn;P.J. Robbertse;Maria C. Olivier

  • Babesia leo n. sp. from lions in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and its relation to other small piroplasms.

    Barend L. Penzhorn;Anne M. Kjemtrup;Laura M. López-Rebollar;Patricia A. Conrad

  • Why is Southern African canine babesiosis so virulent? An evolutionary perspective.

    Barend Louis Penzhorn

  • Babesia lengau sp. nov., a Novel Babesia Species in Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, Schreber, 1775) Populations in South Africa

    Anna-Mari Bosman;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Michael A. Peirce;Estelle Hildegard Venter

  • Identification of novel Babesia and Theileria species in South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis, Linnaeus, 1758) and roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus, Desmarest 1804).

    Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Basil A. Allsopp;Milana Troskie;Nicola E. Collins

  • Intradermal tuberculin testing of wild African lions (Panthera leo) naturally exposed to infection with Mycobacterium bovis.

    D.F. Keet;A.L. Michel;R.G. Bengis;P. Becker;P. Becker

  • Extracts of Calpurnia aurea leaves from southern Ethiopia attract and immobilise or kill ticks

    A. Zorloni;Barend Louis Penzhorn;Jacobus Nicolaas Eloff

  • Short communication Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoal and ehrlichial infections in domestic dogs in South Africa

    Paul Tshepo Matjila;Andrew L. Leisewitz;Frans Jongejan;Barend L. Penzhorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Marinda C. Oosthuizen
Marinda C. Oosthuizen University of Pretoria
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria
Rosina C. Krecek
Rosina C. Krecek University of Johannesburg
P. Van den Bossche
P. Van den Bossche University of Pretoria
Rebecca J. Traub
Rebecca J. Traub City University of Hong Kong
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ard M. Nijhof
Ard M. Nijhof Freie Universität Berlin
Peter J. Irwin
Peter J. Irwin Murdoch University

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