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David S. Lindsay

David S. Lindsay

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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
81
Citations
28733
World Ranking
1082
National Ranking
490

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
80
Citations
28683
World Ranking
73
National Ranking
25

David S. Lindsay publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David S. Lindsay sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 484 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

David S. Lindsay D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David S. Lindsay sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

David S. Lindsay was a researcher affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their scholarly contributions primarily addressed topics in immunology, microbiology, and medicine, with a distinct focus on parasitology as well as epidemiology and pharmacology within their subfields of study.

Their research explored multiple main topics, including:

  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • Neosporosis, Toxoplasmosis, and Sarcocystosis in Ruminants (2020), Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • Gamogony of Sarcocystis strixi in Mammalian Cell Cultures (2021), Journal of Parasitology

Frequent coauthors collaborated with Lindsay in several works. These included J. P. Dubey, Alayna N. Hay, Caroline M. Leeth, Tanya LeRoith, and Bettina Wagner.

The venues where Lindsay's work appeared most frequently involved UNC Libraries, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, and Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, among others.

In addition to journal articles, Lindsay contributed to book literature through a publication titled Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words, released by CSIRO Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Structures of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites, Bradyzoites, and Sporozoites and Biology and Development of Tissue Cysts

    J. P. Dubey;D. S. Lindsay;C. A. Speer

  • Dogs are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum.

    Milton M McAllister;J.P Dubey;David S Lindsay;William R Jolley

  • A review of Neospora caninum and neosporosis

    J.P. Dubey;D.S. Lindsay

  • Neonatal Neospora caninum infection in dogs: isolation of the causative agent and experimental transmission.

    J P Dubey;A L Hattel;D S Lindsay;M J Topper

  • Toxoplasma gondii: epidemiology, feline clinical aspects, and prevention

    Stacey A. Elmore;Jeffrey L. Jones;Patricia A. Conrad;Sharon Patton

  • Wild boars as sources for infectious diseases in livestock and humans

    X. J. Meng;D. S. Lindsay;N. Sriranganathan

  • Feline Clinical Parasitology

    Dwight D. Bowman;Charles M. Hendrix;David S. Lindsay;Stephen C. Barr

  • Immunohistochemical diagnosis of Neospora caninum in tissue sections

    D S Lindsay;J P Dubey

  • Confirmation that the dog is a definitive host for Neospora caninum.

    David S. Lindsay;J.P. Dubey;Robert B. Duncan

  • Zoonotic protozoa: from land to sea

    Ronald Fayer;Jitender P. Dubey;David S. Lindsay

  • Cryptosporidium andersoni n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporiidae) from cattle, Bos taurus.

    David S. Lindsay;Steve J. Upton;Douglas S. Owens;Una M. Morgan

  • A review of Sarcocystis neurona and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).

    J.P. Dubey;D.S. Lindsay;W.J.A. Saville;S.M. Reed

  • Biology of Isospora spp. from humans, nonhuman primates, and domestic animals.

    D S Lindsay;J P Dubey;B L Blagburn

  • Redescription of Neospora caninum and its differentiation from related coccidia.

    J P Dubey;B C Barr;J R Barta;I Bjerkås

  • Effect of high temperature on infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in pork.

    J P Dubey;A W Kotula;A Sharar;C D Andrews

  • Isolation in immunodeficient mice of Sarcocystis neurona from opossum (Didelphis virginiana) faeces, and its differentiation from Sarcocystis falcatula.

    J.P Dubey;D.S Lindsay

  • Mechanical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts by dogs.

    D.S. Lindsay;J.P. Dubey;J.M. Butler;B.L. Blagburn

  • Serologic responses of cattle and other animals infected with Neospora caninum.

    J P Dubey;D S Lindsay;D S Adams

  • Effect of freezing on infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in pork

    A. W. Kotula;J. P. Dubey;A. K. Sharar;C. D. Andrews

  • Long-Term Survival of Toxoplasma gondii Sporulated Oocysts in Seawater

    David S. Lindsay;J. P. Dubey

  • 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

  • A new Hepatozoon species from dogs: description of the causative agent of canine hepatozoonosis in North America.

    Vincent-Johnson Na;Macintire Dk;Lindsay Ds;Lenz Sd

  • Toxoplasmosis and Other Intestinal Coccidial Infections in Cats and Dogs

    J.P. Dubey;David S. Lindsay;Michael R. Lappin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
Byron L. Blagburn
Byron L. Blagburn Auburn University
Anne M. Zajac
Anne M. Zajac Virginia Tech
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Oliver C. H. Kwok
Oliver C. H. Kwok United States Department of Agriculture
Ronald Fayer
Ronald Fayer United States Department of Agriculture
Dolores E. Hill
Dolores E. Hill United States Department of Agriculture
C. Sreekumar
C. Sreekumar Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Milton M. McAllister
Milton M. McAllister University of Adelaide

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