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Jozef Vercruysse

Jozef Vercruysse

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Belgium
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
87
Citations
27642
World Ranking
43
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jozef Vercruysse is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research predominantly focuses on parasitology within immunology, microbiology, veterinary sciences, and environmental science. Their work spans several subfields including parasitology, small animals, ecology, nutrition and dietetics, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's main research topics include parasites and host interactions, helminth infection and control, parasite biology and host interactions, child nutrition and water access, coccidia and coccidiosis research, global maternal and child health, and parasitic diseases research and treatment.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030, 2020, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) guideline for diagnosing anthelmintic resistance using the faecal egg count reduction test in ruminants, horses and swine, 2023, published in Veterinary Parasitology
  • Biology and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Cattle, 2020, published in Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • World association for the advancement of veterinary parasitology (WAAVP) guideline for the evaluation of the efficacy of anthelmintics in food-producing and companion animals: general guidelines, 2022, published in Veterinary Parasitology
  • Confounding factors affecting faecal egg count reduction as a measure of anthelmintic efficacy, 2022, published in Parasite

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vercruysse include:

  • Bruno Levecke
  • Antonio Montresor
  • Alan Fenwick
  • Michael D. French
  • Gemechu Tadesse Leta

The primary publication venues for their research include Veterinary Parasitology, Research Square, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, and Parasite.

Best Publications

  • The detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance.

    G.C. Coles;F. Jackson;W.E. Pomroy;R.K. Prichard

  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) second edition of guidelines for evaluating the efficacy of anthelmintics in ruminants (bovine, ovine, caprine).

    IB Wood;NK Amaral;K Bairden;JL Duncan

  • Chasing helminths and their economic impact on farmed ruminants.

    Johannes Charlier;Mariska van der Voort;Mariska van der Voort;Fiona Kenyon;Philip Skuce

  • The role of targeted selective treatments in the development of refugia-based approaches to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants.

    F Kenyon;AW Greer;GC Coles;G Cringoli

  • Assessment of the anthelmintic efficacy of albendazole in school children in seven countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic.

    Bruno Levecke;Antonio Montresor;Marco Albonico;Shaali M. Ame

  • Is anthelmintic resistance a concern for the control of human soil-transmitted helminths?

    Jozef Vercruysse;Marco Albonico;Jerzy M. Behnke;Andrew C. Kotze

  • A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis

    Pierre Dorny;Ik Phiri;Jozef Vercruysse;Sarah Gabriël;Sarah Gabriël

  • The Mini-FLOTAC technique for the diagnosis of helminth and protozoan infections in humans and animals.

    Giuseppe Cringoli;Maria P Maurelli;Bruno Levecke;Antonio Bosco

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

    Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

    Dick De Clercq;Moussa Sacko;Jerzy Behnke;Francis Gilbert

  • The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030

    Antonio Montresor;Denise Mupfasoni;Alexei Mikhailov;Pauline Mwinzi

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

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

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

    Thomas Geurden;Peter Geldhof;Bruno Levecke;Cindy Martens

  • 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

  • A comparison of the sensitivity and fecal egg counts of the McMaster egg counting and Kato-Katz thick smear methods for soil-transmitted helminths.

    Bruno Levecke;Jerzy M. Behnke;Sitara S. R. Ajjampur;Marco Albonico

  • International harmonisation of anthelmintic efficacy guidelines.

    Jozef Vercruysse;P Holdsworth;T Letonja;D Barth

  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guideline for diagnosing anthelmintic resistance using the faecal egg count reduction test in ruminants, horses and swine.

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  • 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

  • Recent advances in the diagnosis, impact on production and prediction of Fasciola hepatica in cattle

    Johannes Charlier;Jozef Vercruysse;E Morgan;J Van Dijk

  • 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

  • A public health response against Strongyloides stercoralis: time to look at soil-transmitted helminthiasis in full.

    Alejandro J. Krolewiecki;Patrick Lammie;Julie Jacobson;Albis-Francesco Gabrielli

  • 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

  • Is Giardia a significant pathogen in production animals

    Thomas Geurden;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin Claerebout
Edwin Claerebout Ghent University
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Peter Geldhof
Peter Geldhof Ghent University
Bruno Levecke
Bruno Levecke Ghent University
Thomas Geurden
Thomas Geurden Zoetis (United States)
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Vr Southgate
Vr Southgate Natural History Museum
Stijn Casaert
Stijn Casaert Ghent University

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