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Animal Science and Veterinary
Spain
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
90
Citations
28043
World Ranking
35
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Christian Gortázar is affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain and has a significant body of research focused on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and animal disease management.

Their research spans major fields including Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a detailed focus on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Microbial infections and disease research

Christian Gortázar has co-authored extensively with several frequent collaborators, notably:

  • Virginie Michel (82 publications)
  • José de la Fuente (71 publications)
  • Dominique Bicout (69 publications)
  • Helen Clare Roberts (63 publications)
  • Søren Saxmose Nielsen (60 publications)

Their research outputs are published predominantly in key scientific venues such as:

  • EFSA Journal (62 publications)
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (14 publications)
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research (14 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (9 publications)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Christian Gortázar are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 in animals: potential for unknown reservoir hosts and public health implications, 2021, Veterinary Quarterly
  • Assessing the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife, 2021, One Health Outlook
  • Sarcoptic mange: An emerging panzootic in wildlife, 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Risk factors for African swine fever incursion in Romanian domestic farms during 2019, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Modelling the transmission and persistence of African swine fever in wild boar in contrasting European scenarios, 2020, Scientific Reports

Christian Gortázar has also contributed to book publications, including works published by Springer International Publishing. One notable title is Diseases at the Wildlife - Livestock Interface, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study

    Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;Bart L. Haagmans;Marcel A. Müller;Carlos Gutierrez

  • Diseases shared between wildlife and livestock: a European perspective

    Christian Gortázar;Ezio Ferroglio;Ursula Höfle;Kai Frölich

  • Evidence of the role of European wild boar as a reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

    Victoria Naranjo;Christian Gortazar;Joaquín Vicente;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Vector Competence: Identification of Molecular Drivers for Tick-Borne Diseases

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Sandra Antunes;Sarah Bonnet;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

  • Disease risks and overabundance of game species

    Christian Gortázar;Pelayo Acevedo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente

  • A review of viral diseases of the European wild boar: effects of population dynamics and reservoir rôle.

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquim Segalés;Christian Gortázar

  • Estimation of European wild boar relative abundance and aggregation: a novel method in epidemiological risk assessment.

    P. Acevedo;J. Vicente;U. Höfle;J. Cassinello

  • The status of tuberculosis in European wild mammals

    Christian Gortázar;Richard J. Delahay;Robbie A. Mcdonald;Mariana Boadella

  • Wild boar and red deer display high prevalences of tuberculosis-like lesions in Spain.

    Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M. Garrido;Isabel G. Fernández-De-Mera

  • Factors affecting wild boar abundance across an environmental gradient in Spain

    Pelayo Acevedo;Marco A. Escudero;Rosa Muńoz;Christian Gortázar

  • Estimating red deer abundance in a wide range of management situations in Mediterranean habitats

    P. Acevedo;P. Acevedo;F. Ruiz-Fons;F. Ruiz-Fons;J. Vicente;A. R. Reyes-García

  • The Wild Side of Disease Control at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface: A Review.

    Christian Gortazar;Iratxe Diez-Delgado;Iratxe Diez-Delgado;Jose Angel Barasona;Joaquin Vicente

  • Bovine tuberculosis in Doñana Biosphere Reserve: the role of wild ungulates as disease reservoirs in the last Iberian lynx strongholds.

    Christian Gortázar;María José Torres;Joaquín Vicente;Pelayo Acevedo

  • Epidemiological study on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa).

    Joaquin Vicente;Joaquim Segalés;Ursula Höfle;Mònica Balasch

  • Risk factors associated with the prevalence of tuberculosis-like lesions in fenced wild boar and red deer in south central Spain

    Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M Garrido;Isabel G Fernández-de-Mera

  • Antibodies to selected viral and bacterial pathogens in European wild boars from southcentral Spain.

    Joaquín Vicente;Luís León-Vizcaíno;Christian Gortázar;María José Cubero

  • Historical examination of the status of large mammals in Aragon, Spain

    C. Gortázar;J. Herrero;R. Villafuerte;J. Marco

  • Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates

    Pilar M Muñoz;Mariana Boadella;Maricruz Arnal;María J de Miguel

  • Crossing the interspecies barrier: opening the door to zoonotic pathogens.

    Christian Gortazar;Leslie A. Reperant;Thijs Kuiken;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Seroprevalence of six reproductive pathogens in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: The effect on wild boar female reproductive performance

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente;Dolo Vidal;Ursula Höfle

  • The tick protective antigen, 4D8, is a conserved protein involved in modulation of tick blood ingestion and reproduction.

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Uriel Blas-Machado;Victoria Naranjo

Frequent Co-Authors

José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Francisco Ruiz-Fons
Francisco Ruiz-Fons University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ursula Höfle
Ursula Höfle University of Castilla-La Mancha
Lucas Domínguez
Lucas Domínguez Complutense University of Madrid
Joseba M. Garrido
Joseba M. Garrido NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Ramón A. Juste
Ramón A. Juste NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera University of Castilla-La Mancha

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