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Hans Houe is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their primary field of study is Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics.

Hans Houe has contributed to various publication venues, with the most frequent being Preventive Veterinary Medicine, followed by Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animals, Animal Welfare, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Prevalence of lameness in dairy cows: A literature review, 2023, The Veterinary Journal
  • Benchmarking Farm Animal Welfare-A Novel Tool for Cross-Country Comparison Applied to Pig Production and Pork Consumption, 2020, Animals
  • Overview of Cattle Diseases Listed Under Category C, D or E in the Animal Health Law for Which Control Programmes Are in Place Within Europe, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sows and finishers from conventional and organic herds in Denmark: Implications for potential future serological surveillance, 2020, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Market driven initiatives can improve broiler welfare - a comparison across five European countries based on the Benchmark method, 2022, Poultry Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans Houe include:

  • Björn Forkman
  • Søren Saxmose Nielsen
  • Matthew Denwood
  • Beate Conrady
  • Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen

Best Publications

  • Epidemiological features and economical importance of bovine virus diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infections.

    Hans Houe

  • Epidemiology of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

    Hans Houe

  • Economic impact of BVDV infection in dairies.

    Hans Houe

  • Test strategies in bovine viral diarrhea virus control and eradication campaigns in Europe.

    H. Houe;A. Lindberg;V. Moennig

  • The control of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in Europe: today and in the future

    A Lindberg;J Brownlie;G J Gunn;H Houe

  • Characteristics in the epidemiology of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) of relevance to control.

    A. Lindberg;H. Houe

  • BVD control in Europe: current status and perspectives.

    Volker Moennig;Hans Houe;Ann Lindberg

  • Epidemiology of bovine virus diarrhoea virus.

    A. Meyling;H. Houe;A. M. Jensen

  • Prevalence of bovine virus diarrhoea (BVD) in 19 Danish dairy herds and estimation of incidence of infection in early pregnancy

    H. Houe;A. Meyling

  • Farmers' choice of medical treatment of mastitis in Danish dairy herds based on qualitative research interviews.

    M. Vaarst;B. Paarup-Laursen;H. Houe;C. Fossing

  • Prevalence of cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus in 20 dairy herds in two counties in central Michigan and comparison of prevalence of antibody-positive cattle among herds with different infection and vaccination status

    H. Houe;J. C. Baker;R. K. Maes;H. Wuryastuti

  • Copper resistance in Enterococcus faecium, mediated by the tcrB gene, is selected by supplementation of pig feed with copper sulfate.

    Henrik Hasman;Isabelle Kempf;Bérangère Chidaine;Roland Cariolet

  • Maximum-likelihood estimation of sensitivity and specificity of ELISAs and faecal culture for diagnosis of paratuberculosis.

    Søren Saxmose Nielsen;C. Grønbæk;Jens Frederik Gramstrup Agger;Hans Houe

  • Bulk-tank milk ELISA antibodies for estimating the prevalence of paratuberculosis in Danish dairy herds

    S.S Nielsen;S.M Thamsborg;H Houe;V Bitsch

  • Survivorship of animals persistently infected with bovine virus diarrhoea virus (BVDV)

    H. Houe

  • Dairy cow mortality. A review.

    P. T. Thomsen;H. Houe

  • Biosecurity in 116 Danish fattening swineherds: descriptive results and factor analysis.

    Anette Boklund;L. Alban;Sten Mortensen;H. Houe

  • Mortality (including euthanasia) among Danish dairy cows (1990-2001).

    Peter T Thomsen;Anne Mette Kjeldsen;Jan Tind Sørensen;Hans Houe

  • Studies on the decline of bovine virus diarrhoea virus (BVDV) maternal antibodies and detectability of BVDV in persistently infected calves.

    V. Palfi;H. Houe;J. Philipsen

  • Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology

    Hans Houe;Annette Kjær Ersbøll;Nils Toft

  • Systematic Clinical Examinations for Identification of Latent Udder Health Types in Danish Dairy Herds

    I.C. Klaas;C. Enevoldsen;M. Vaarst;H. Houe

  • Milk fever and subclinical hypocalcaemia--an evaluation of parameters on incidence risk, diagnosis, risk factors and biological effects as input for a decision support system for disease control

    H Houe;S Østergaard;T Thilsing-Hansen;R J Jørgensen

  • Incidence of clinical mastitis in Danish dairy cattle and screening for non-reporting in a passively collected national surveillance system.

    Paul C Bartlett;Jens F Agger;Hans Houe;Lartey G Lawson

  • Characterisation of a pestivirus isolated from persistently infected mousedeer ( Tragulus javanicus)

    C. Grøndahl;Åse Uttenthal;Hans Houe;Thomas Bruun Rasmussen

  • Organic dairy farmers' decision making in the first 2 years after conversion in relation to mastitis treatments

    Mette Vaarst;Stig Milan Thamsborg;Torben Werner Bennedsgaard;Hans Houe

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter T. Thomsen
Peter T. Thomsen Aarhus University
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University
Nils Toft
Nils Toft University of Copenhagen
Björn Forkman
Björn Forkman University of Copenhagen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Carsten Enevoldsen
Carsten Enevoldsen University of Copenhagen
Henrik Caspar Wegener
Henrik Caspar Wegener University of Copenhagen
Mette S. Herskin
Mette S. Herskin Aarhus University
Mette Vaarst
Mette Vaarst Aarhus University
Ann Lindberg
Ann Lindberg National Veterinary Institute

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