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Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
56
Citations
10692
World Ranking
424
National Ranking
12

Overview

Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on veterinary parasitology, with particular attention to helminth infections and parasite-host interactions in ruminants and other animals.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe, 2020, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database, 2020, Parasite
  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions, 2022, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results, 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • Spread of anthelmintic resistance in intestinal helminths of dogs and cats is currently less pronounced than in ruminants and horses - Yet it is of major concern, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance

Frequent coauthors who have appeared in multiple publications with Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna include:

  • Jürgen Krücken
  • Christina S. Helm
  • Martin K. Nielsen
  • Тetiana А. Kuzmina
  • Irina Diekmann

The scientist's publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • kleintier konkret

The main fields of study reflected in Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna's work are:

  • Veterinary
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Environmental Science

Their research delves into several subfields, with significant contributions in:

  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Ecology
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Infectious Diseases

Key topics addressed by their research include:

  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Best Publications

  • Drug resistance in veterinary helminths

    Adrian J. Wolstenholme;Ian Fairweather;Roger Prichard;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Gastrointestinal nematode infections in adult dairy cattle: Impact on production, diagnosis and control

    Johannes Charlier;Johan Höglund;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Pierre Dorny

  • 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

  • Recent advances in candidate-gene and whole-genome approaches to the discovery of anthelmintic resistance markers and the description of drug/receptor interactions

    Andrew C. Kotze;Peter W. Hunt;Philip John Skuce;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Anthelmintic resistance to ivermectin and moxidectin in gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle in Europe

    Thomas Geurden;Christophe Chartier;Jane Fanke;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono

  • Parasitology in veterinary medecine

    Peter Deplazes;Johannes Eckert;Alexander Mathis;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium in livestock animals and humans in the Ismailia province of Egypt.

    Yosra A. Helmy;Jürgen Krücken;Karsten Nöckler;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Anthelmintic resistance in cyathostomin populations from horse yards in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany

    Donato Traversa;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Janina Demeler;Piermarino Milillo

  • P-glycoprotein in helminths: function and perspectives for anthelmintic treatment and reversal of resistance

    Dominique Kerboeuf;William Blackhall;Ronald Kaminsky;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions.

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  • Reduced efficacy of albendazole against Ascaris lumbricoides in Rwandan schoolchildren

    Jürgen Krücken;Kira Fraundorfer;Jean Claude Mugisha;Sabrina Ramünke

  • Tungiasis - A Neglected Disease with Many Challenges for Global Public Health

    Hermann Feldmeier;Jorg Heukelbach;Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko;Elizabeth Sentongo

  • Anthelmintic resistance in equine parasites – detection, potential clinical relevance and implications for control

    Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Control of helminth ruminant infections by 2030

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

  • Global Change and Helminth Infections in Grazing Ruminants in Europe: Impacts, Trends and Sustainable Solutions

    Eric R. Morgan;Johannes Charlier;Guy Hendrickx;Annibale Biggeri

  • Standardization of the egg hatch test for the detection of benzimidazole resistance in parasitic nematodes.

    Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Gerald C. Coles;Frank Jackson;Christian Bauer

  • Discrimination of Gastrointestinal Nematode Eggs from Crude Fecal Egg Preparations by Inhibitor-Resistant Conventional and Real-Time PCR

    Janina Demeler;Sabrina Ramünke;Sonja Wolken;Davide Ianiello

  • Genetic blueprint of the zoonotic pathogen Toxocara canis

    Xing-Quan Zhu;Pasi K Korhonen;Huimin Cai;Neil David Young

  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) Guideline: Anthelmintic combination products targeting nematode infections of ruminants and horses

    Timothy G. Geary;Barry C. Hosking;Philip J. Skuce;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis infection in ruminant livestock and children in the Ismailia province of Egypt: insights by genetic characterization

    Yosra A Helmy;Yosra A Helmy;Christian Klotz;Hendrik Wilking;Jürgen Krücken

  • Efficacy of major anthelmintics against horse cyathostomins in France.

    Donato Traversa;Giuseppe Castagna;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Silvana Meloni

  • Epidemiology and risk factors for exposure to gastrointestinal nematodes in dairy herds in northwestern Europe.

    Sita C. Bennema;Jozef Vercruysse;Eric Morgan;Kathryn Stafford

  • Cyclooctadepsipeptides – a new class of anthelmintically active compounds

    Achim Harder;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Pathogens in ticks collected from dogs in Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany

    Cécile Schreiber;Jürgen Krücken;Stephanie Beck;Denny Maaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Krücken
Jürgen Krücken Freie Universität Berlin
Janina McKay-Demeler
Janina McKay-Demeler Freie Universität Berlin
Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich
Christina Strube
Christina Strube University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Anja Joachim
Anja Joachim University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Johannes Eckert
Johannes Eckert University of Zurich
Johan Höglund
Johan Höglund Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo

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