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Edwin Claerebout

Edwin Claerebout

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
60
Citations
10675
World Ranking
332
National Ranking
17

Overview

Edwin Claerebout is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and focuses on research primarily within veterinary and agricultural biological sciences. Their work extensively addresses issues related to parasitic infections and livestock health management.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Veterinary
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of study in which they have published include:

  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Infectious Diseases

Key topics covered in their research involve:

  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Edwin Claerebout has contributed to several scholarly papers, some of which are:

  • "Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe" (2020), published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • "Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database" (2020), published in Parasite
  • "Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions" (2022), published in Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • "Biology and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Cattle" (2020), published in Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • "Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results" (2023), published in Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors working alongside Edwin Claerebout include:

  • Johannes Charlier
  • Laura Rinaldi
  • Peter Geldhof
  • Johan Höglund
  • Eric R. Morgan

The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Parasite

Best Publications

  • Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe

    J Charlier;L Rinaldi;V Musella;H.W Ploeger

  • Treatment vs non-treatment of helminth infections in cattle: defining the threshold.

    Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Mixed Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and E infections in calves.

    Thomas Geurden;Peter Geldhof;Bruno Levecke;Cindy Martens

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database

    Hannah Rose Vineer;Eric R. Morgan;Hubertus Hertzberg;David J. Bartley

  • Giardia and other intestinal parasites in different dog populations in Northern Belgium.

    E. Claerebout;S. Casaert;A.-C. Dalemans;N. De Wilde

  • Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in lambs and goat kids in Belgium.

    Thomas Geurden;Pieter Thomas;Stijn Casaert;Jozef Vercruysse

  • Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of coprological and serological techniques for the diagnosis of fasciolosis in cattle.

    Johannes Charlier;Luc De Meulemeester;Edwin Claerebout;Diana Williams

  • Monitoring the efficacy of ivermectin and albendazole against gastro intestinal nematodes of cattle in Northern Europe

    J. Demeler;A.M.J. Van Zeveren;N. Kleinschmidt;J. Vercruysse

  • Relative importance of management, meteorological and environmental factors in the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica in dairy cattle in a temperate climate zone.

    Sita Bennema;E Ducheyne;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Associations between anti-Fasciola hepatica antibody levels in bulk-tank milk samples and production parameters in dairy herds.

    Johannes Charlier;Luc Duchateau;Edwin Claerebout;Diana Williams

  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions.

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  • Is Giardia a significant pathogen in production animals

    Thomas Geurden;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Control of helminth ruminant infections by 2030

    Jozef Vercruysse;Johannes Charlier;Jan Van Dijk;Eric R Morgan

  • Multilocus genotyping of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in non-outbreak related cases of diarrhoea in human patients in Belgium.

    Thomas Geurden;Bruno Levecke;SM Caccio;Aline Visser

  • Ticks and associated pathogens collected from dogs and cats in Belgium

    Edwin Claerebout;Bertrand Losson;Christel Cochez;Stijn Casaert

  • The immune response and the evaluation of acquired immunity against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle: a review.

    Edwin Claerebout;Jozef Vercruysse

  • Prevalence and genotyping of Cryptosporidium in three cattle husbandry systems in Zambia

    Thomas Geurden;Fy Goma;J Siwila;Igk Phiri

  • Molecular epidemiology with subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium in calves in Belgium.

    Thomas Geurden;Dirk Berkvens;Cindy Martens;Stijn Casaert

  • Nematode parasitism in adult dairy cows in Belgium.

    Joost Agneessens;Edwin Claerebout;Pierre Dorny;Fred H.M Borgsteede

  • The use of bulk-tank milk ELISAs to assess the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica, Ostertagia ostertagi and Dictyocaulus viviparus in dairy cattle in Flanders (Belgium).

    S. Bennema;J. Vercruysse;E. Claerebout;T. Schnieder

  • Molecular characterisation of Giardia duodenalis in captive non-human primates reveals mixed assemblage A and B infections and novel polymorphisms

    Bruno Levecke;Peter Geldhof;Edwin Claerebout;Pierre Dorny;Pierre Dorny

  • Abundance, zoonotic potential and risk factors of intestinal parasitism amongst dog and cat populations: The scenario of Crete, Greece

    Despoina Kostopoulou;Despoina Kostopoulou;Edwin Claerebout;Dimitrios Arvanitis;Panagiota Ligda;Panagiota Ligda

  • Ticks and associated pathogens collected from dogs and cats in Belgium

    Edwin Claerebout;L Lempereur;C Cochez;A-C Dalemans

Frequent Co-Authors

Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Peter Geldhof
Peter Geldhof Ghent University
Thomas Geurden
Thomas Geurden Zoetis (United States)
Stijn Casaert
Stijn Casaert Ghent University
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Bruno Levecke
Bruno Levecke Ghent University
Kris Gevaert
Kris Gevaert Ghent University
Luc Duchateau
Luc Duchateau Ghent University
Eric R. Morgan
Eric R. Morgan Queen's University Belfast

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