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Overview

Frank Katzer is a researcher affiliated with the Moredun Research Institute in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of immunology and microbiology, with a significant focus on parasitology and infectious diseases. Their research contributions reflect an interdisciplinary approach, intersecting with topics related to animal health and disease management.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • Parasitology
  • Parasitology Research

Their research topics indicate a detailed involvement in parasitic infections and diagnostics, including studies on Toxoplasma gondii. Additional focuses include viral infections and vectors, herpesvirus infections and treatments, and vector-borne animal diseases. They have also contributed to research in animal disease management, epidemiology, and viral gastroenteritis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Katzer include:

  • Paul M. Bartley
  • Elisabeth A. Innes
  • C.M. Hamilton
  • Kate M. Thomas
  • John R. Claxton

Notable publications by Frank Katzer from 2020 include:

  • Long-term production effects of clinical cryptosporidiosis in neonatal calves, published in International Journal for Parasitology
  • Parasite detection in food: Current status and future needs for validation, published in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • The effect of probiotics, phytobiotics and their combination as feed additives in the diet of dairy calves on performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites during the preweaning period, published in Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in retail meat samples in Scotland, published in Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Giardia Infections in the Genomic Era, published in Trends in Parasitology

Best Publications

  • Genome of the host-cell transforming parasite Theileria annulata compared with T. parva.

    Arnab Pain;Hubert Renauld;Matthew Berriman;Lee Murphy

  • Bovine cryptosporidiosis: impact, host-parasite interaction and control strategies

    Sarah Thomson;Carly A. Hamilton;Jayne C. Hope;Frank Katzer

  • Looking for Cryptosporidium: the application of advances in detection and diagnosis

    Rachel M. Chalmers;Frank Katzer

  • Veterinary vaccines against Toxoplasma gondii

    Elisabeth A Innes;Paul M Bartley;Stephen Maley;Frank Katzer

  • Re-description of Cryptosporidium cuniculus Inman and Takeuchi, 1979 (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): morphology, biology and phylogeny.

    Guy Robinson;Steve Wright;Kristin Elwin;Stephen J. Hadfield

  • Prevalence, species identification and genotyping Cryptosporidium from livestock and deer in a catchment in the Cairngorms with a history of a contaminated public water supply.

    Beth Wells;Hannah Shaw;Emily Hotchkiss;Janice Gilray

  • Extensive Genotypic Diversity in a Recombining Population of the Apicomplexan Parasite Theileria parva

    Frank Katzer;Daniel Ngugi;Chris Oura;Richard P. Bishop

  • Generation of a mosaic pattern of diversity in the major merozoite-piroplasm surface antigen of Theileria annulata.

    Marc-Jan Gubbels;Frank Katzer;Geoff Hide;Frans Jongejan

  • Developing vaccines to control protozoan parasites in ruminants: dead or alive?

    Elisabeth A. Innes;Paul M. Bartley;Mara Rocchi;Julio Benavidas-Silvan

  • Development of in vitro enteroids derived from bovine small intestinal crypts.

    Carly A. Hamilton;Rachel Young;Siddharth Jayaraman;Anuj Sehgal;Anuj Sehgal

  • Long-term production effects of clinical cryptosporidiosis in neonatal calves.

    Hannah J. Shaw;Elisabeth A. Innes;Liam J. Morrison;Frank Katzer

  • Increased Toxoplasma gondii positivity relative to age in 125 Scottish sheep flocks; evidence of frequent acquired infection

    Frank Katzer;Franz Brülisauer;Esther Collantes-Fernández;Paul M Bartley

  • Evidence of the three main clonal Toxoplasma gondii lineages from wild mammalian carnivores in the UK

    A Burrells;P M Bartley;I A Zimmer;S Roy

  • Genetic exchange and sub-structuring in Theileria annulata populations

    William Weir;Leila Ben-Miled;Tülin Karagenç;Frank Katzer

  • Silver Nanoparticles Decrease the Viability of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts.

    Pamela Cameron;Birgit Katja Gaiser;Bidha Bhandari;Paul M. Bartley

  • Parasite detection in food: Current status and future needs for validation

    Rachel M. Chalmers;Rachel M. Chalmers;Lucy J. Robertson;Pierre Dorny;Suzanne Jordan

  • Expression analysis of the Theileria parva subtelomere-encoded variable secreted protein gene family.

    Jacqueline Schmuckli-Maurer;Carlo Casanova;Stéfanie Schmied;Sarah Affentranger

  • Detection of Cryptosporidium in miniaturised fluidic devices

    Helen Bridle;Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas;Brian Miller;Despoina Gavriilidou

  • Genetic Diversity and Geographic Population Structure of Bovine Neospora caninum Determined by Microsatellite Genotyping Analysis

    Javier Regidor-Cerrillo;Francisco Díez-Fuertes;Alicia García-Culebras;Dadín P. Moore

  • Relationship between seroprevalence in the main livestock species and presence of Toxoplasma gondii in meat (GP/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2013/01)An extensive literature review. Final report

    Marieke Opsteegh;Miriam Maas;Gereon Schares;Joke van der Giessen

  • The effect of probiotics, phytobiotics and their combination as feed additives in the diet of dairy calves on performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites during the preweaning period

    Barbara Stefańska;Jacek Sroka;Frank Katzer;Piotr Goliński

  • Vaccination of pigs with the S48 strain of Toxoplasma gondii – safer meat for human consumption

    Alison Burrells;Julio Benavides;German Cantón;João L Garcia

  • Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in water samples from Scotland and a comparison between the 529bp real-time PCR and ITS1 nested PCR

    Beth Wells;Hannah Shaw;Giles Innocent;Stefano Guido

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Rachel M. Chalmers
Rachel M. Chalmers Singleton Hospital
Gereon Schares
Gereon Schares Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Isabelle Villena
Isabelle Villena University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Nicholas N. Jonsson
Nicholas N. Jonsson University of Glasgow
Edoardo Pozio
Edoardo Pozio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Javier Guitian
Javier Guitian Royal Veterinary College
Richard P. Bishop
Richard P. Bishop International Livestock Research Institute
Neil A. Mabbott
Neil A. Mabbott University of Edinburgh
Jayne Hope
Jayne Hope University of Edinburgh

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