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Hafez M. Hafez is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has contributed significantly to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Food Science.

Their work covers several main topics such as Animal Virus Infections Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, and Livestock and Poultry Management.

Hafez has published extensively in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Animals
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • German Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Microorganisms
  • Viruses

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hafez are:

  • "Challenges to the Poultry Industry: Current Perspectives and Strategic Future After the COVID-19 Outbreak," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Influence of COVID-19 on the poultry production and environment," 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Awad A. Shehata
  • Youssef A. Attia
  • Shereen Basiouni
  • Asmaa F. Khafaga
  • Fulvia Bovera

Hafez's research covers important aspects related to poultry health and production, infectious disease management, and the effects of environmental and viral challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic on animal industries. Their contributions reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining epidemiological insights with animal health and sustainability considerations.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Glyphosate on Potential Pathogens and Beneficial Members of Poultry Microbiota In Vitro

    Awad A. Shehata;Wieland Schrödl;Alaa. A. Aldin;Hafez M. Hafez

  • Challenges to the Poultry Industry: Current Perspectives and Strategic Future After the COVID-19 Outbreak

    Hafez M. Hafez;Youssef A. Attia;Youssef A. Attia

  • Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale: A review.

    P. C. M. van Empel;H. M. Hafez

  • An overview of the epidemic of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Egypt: epidemiology and control challenges.

    E. M. Abdelwhab;H. M. Hafez

  • Epidemiological, molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella enterica serovars isolated from chicken farms in Egypt

    Hanem El-Sharkawy;Hanem El-Sharkawy;Amin Tahoun;Amin Tahoun;Abd El-Galiel A. El-Gohary;Moshira El-Abasy

  • Differentiation of Avian Poxvirus Strains on the Basis of Nucleotide Sequences of 4b Gene Fragment

    D. Lüschow;T. Hoffmann;H. M. Hafez

  • Occurrence of Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli in raw chicken and beef meat in northern Egypt and dissemination of their antibiotic resistance markers

    Amira A. Moawad;Helmut Hotzel;Omnia Awad;Herbert Tomaso

  • Isolation of H9N2 avian influenza virus from bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) in Egypt

    Elham F. El-Zoghby;Abdel-Satar Arafa;Mohamed K. Hassan;Mona M. Aly

  • Diagnosis of Ornithobacterium Rhinotracheale

    Hafez Mohamed Hafez

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 from Egypt escapes vaccine-induced immunity but confers clinical protection against a heterologous clade 2.2.1 Egyptian isolate

    Christian Grund;El-Sayed M. Abdelwhab;El-Sayed M. Abdelwhab;Abdel-Satar Arafa;Mario Ziller

  • Safety assessment of Bt 176 maize in broiler nutrition: degradation of maize-DNA and its metabolic fate

    Mohamed Ahmed Tony;Andreas Butschke;Hermann Broll;Lutz Grohmann

  • Comparison between killed and living probiotic usage versus placebo for the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis in neonates.

    H Awad;H Mokhtar;S S Imam;G I Gad

  • Prevalence of types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in turkey flocks and personnel attending the animals

    A. Richter;R. Sting;C. Popp;J. Rau

  • Anatomical distribution of avian bornavirus in parrots, its occurrence in clinically healthy birds and ABV-antibody detection

    Michael Lierz;Hafez Mohamed Hafez;Kirsi Honkavuori;Achim D. Gruber

  • Comparison of the Specificity and Sensitivity of PCR, Nested PCR, and Real-Time PCR for the Diagnosis of Histomoniasis

    H. M. Hafez;R. Hauck;D. Lüschow;L. McDougald

  • The use of FTA® filter papers for diagnosis of avian influenza virus.

    E.M. Abdelwhab;Dörte Lüschow;Timm C. Harder;Hafez M. Hafez

  • Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from healthy broilers in Egypt: emergence of colistin-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli .

    Amira A. Moawad;Helmut Hotzel;Heinrich Neubauer;Ralf Ehricht

  • Prevalence of mycoplasmas in eggs from birds of prey using culture and a genus-specific mycoplasma polymerase chain reaction

    Michael Lierz;Nils Hagen;Nigel Harcourt-Brown;Stephen J Hernandez-Divers

  • Investigations on different Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale "ORT" isolates.

    Hafez Mohamed Hafez;Reinhard Sting

  • Susceptibility and Multidrug Resistance Patterns of Escherichia coli Isolated from Cloacal Swabs of Live Broiler Chickens in Bangladesh.

    Ajiujur Aa Muha;M Rahman;Ruhul Amin;Mst Ia Begum

  • Multiple dose vaccination with heterologous H5N2 vaccine: immune response and protection against variant clade 2.2.1 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in broiler breeder chickens.

    E.M. Abdelwhab;Christian Grund;Mona M. Aly;Martin Beer

  • Influence of maternal immunity on vaccine efficacy and susceptibility of one day old chicks against Egyptian highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

    E.M. Abdelwhab;Christian Grund;Mona M. Aly;Martin Beer

  • Efficacy of a herbal product against Histomonas meleagridis after experimental infection of turkey poults

    Hafez Mohamed Hafez;Rüdiger Hauck

  • PCR for specific detection of haemorrhagic enteritis virus of turkeys, an avian adenovirus

    M. Hess;R. Raue;H.M. Hafez

  • Surveillance on A/H5N1 virus in domestic poultry and wild birds in Egypt

    Elham F El-Zoghby;Mona M Aly;Soad A Nasef;Mohamed K Hassan

  • Protective efficacy of H5 inactivated vaccines in meat turkey poults after challenge with Egyptian variant highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus.

    Walid H. Kilany;E.M. Abdelwhab;Abdel-Satar Arafa;Abdullah Selim

  • Noninvasive Heart Rate Measurement Using a Digital Egg Monitor in Chicken and Turkey Embryos

    Michael Lierz;Olivia Gooss;Hafez M. Hafez

  • Protection and virus shedding of falcons vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1).

    Michael Lierz;Hafez M. Hafez;Robert Klopfleisch;Dörte Lüschow

  • Poultry meat and food safety: pre- and post-harvest approaches to reduce foodborne pathogens

    Hafez M. Hafez

  • Isolation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 from table eggs after vaccinal break in commercial layer flock.

    W. H. Kilany;A. Arafa;A. M. Erfan;M. S. Ahmed

Frequent Co-Authors

Timm C. Harder
Timm C. Harder Kiel University
Heinrich Neubauer
Heinrich Neubauer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Helmut Hotzel
Helmut Hotzel Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Achim D. Gruber
Achim D. Gruber Freie Universität Berlin
Martin Beer
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Herbert Tomaso
Herbert Tomaso Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Michael Hess
Michael Hess University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Thomas C. Mettenleiter Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Katrin Hartmann
Katrin Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinz Mehlhorn
Heinz Mehlhorn Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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