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Klaas Frankena is a researcher affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their work spans multiple fields including Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Animal Science and Zoology, and Genetics.

The research topics covered by Klaas Frankena include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Microbial Infections and Disease Research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Klaas Frankena are:

  • Lidy Pelsser
  • Tim Stobernack
  • Rob Rodrigues Pereira
  • Saartje Hontelez
  • Peter van Baarlen

Most of Klaas Frankena's publications appear in Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications. Other notable venues where their research has been published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Veterinary Record Open
  • PLoS ONE

Some of the recent research articles authored or coauthored by Klaas Frankena include:

  • Correlation between brain function and ADHD symptom changes in children with ADHD following a few-foods diet: an open-label intervention trial, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Retrospective Outcome Monitoring of ADHD and Nutrition (ROMAN): The Effectiveness of the Few-Foods Diet in General Practice, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Risk factors for digital dermatitis in free-stall-housed, Canadian dairy cattle, 2021, Veterinary Record Open
  • Revisiting the relative effectiveness of slaughterhouses in Ireland to detect tuberculosis lesions in cattle (2014-2018), 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Physical Complaints Decrease after Following a Few-Foods Diet in Children with ADHD, 2022, Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of claw disorders in Dutch dairy cows exposed to several floor systems

    J.G.C.J. Somers;K. Frankena;E.N. Noordhuizen-Stassen;J.H.M. Metz

  • Herd- and cow-level prevalence of digital dermatitis in the Netherlands and associated risk factors.

    M. Holzhauer;C. Hardenberg;C.J.M. Bartels;K. Frankena

  • Risk factors for digital dermatitis in dairy cows kept in cubicle houses in The Netherlands.

    J.G.C.J. Somers;K. Frankena;E.N. Noordhuizen-Stassen;J.H.M. Metz

  • The course of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs after contact-infection and intravenous inoculation

    Martijn Bouwknegt;Saskia A Rutjes;Chantal B E M Reusken;Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden

  • Bayesian estimation of hepatitis E virus seroprevalence for populations with different exposure levels to swine in The Netherlands.

    M. Bouwknegt;B. Engel;M. M. P. T. Herremans;M. A. Widdowson

  • Diet and ADHD, Reviewing the Evidence: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses of Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trials Evaluating the Efficacy of Diet Interventions on the Behavior of Children with ADHD.

    Lidy M. Pelsser;Klaas Frankena;Jan Toorman;Rob Rodrigues Pereira

  • Natural Humoral Immune Competence and Survival in Layers

    L. Star;K. Frankena;B. Kemp;M.G.B. Nieuwland

  • Estimation of hepatitis E virus transmission among pigs due to contact-exposure.

    Martijn Bouwknegt;Klaas Frankena;Saskia A Rutjes;Gerard J Wellenberg

  • Effect of a killed whole Neospora caninum tachyzoite vaccine on the crude abortion rate of Costa Rican dairy cows under field conditions.

    J.J. Romero;E. Pérez;K. Frankena

  • A quantitative microbial risk assessment for meatborne Toxoplasma gondii infection in The Netherlands.

    Marieke Opsteegh;Saskia Prickaerts;Klaas Frankena;Eric G. Evers

  • Economic impact of lumpy skin disease and cost effectiveness of vaccination for the control of outbreaks in Ethiopia.

    Wassie Molla;Wassie Molla;Mart C.M. de Jong;Getachew Gari;Klaas Frankena

  • Development of claw traits and claw lesions in dairy cows kept on different floor systems.

    J.G.C.J. Somers;J.G.C.J. Somers;W.G.P. Schouten;K. Frankena;E.N. Noordhuizen-Stassen

  • Pathogen group specific risk factors at herd, heifer and quarter levels for intramammary infections in early lactating dairy heifers

    S. Piepers;K. Peeters;G. Opsomer;H.W. Barkema

  • Genetic Analysis of Primary and Secondary Immune Responses in the Chicken

    A. J. van der Zijpp;K. Frankena;J. Boneschanscher;M.G.B. Nieuwland

  • Risk factors for clinical Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium infection on Dutch dairy farms.

    J Veling;H Wilpshaar;K Frankena;C Bartels

  • An inactivated gE-negative marker vaccine and an experimental gD-subunit vaccine reduce the incidence of bovine herpesvirus 1 infections in the field

    J.C. Bosch;M.C.M. De Jong;P. Franken;K. Frankena

  • Risk factors for interdigital dermatitis and heel erosion in dairy cows kept in cubicle houses in The Netherlands

    J.G.C.J. Somers;K. Frankena;E.N. Noordhuizen-Stassen;J.H.M. Metz

  • Prevalence and risk factors for bruises in Chilean bovine carcasses

    A.C. Strappini;A.C. Strappini;K. Frankena;J.H.M. Metz;B. Gallo

  • Characteristics of bruises in carcasses of cows sourced from farms or from livestock markets

    A. C. Strappini;K. Frankena;J. H. M. Metz;C. Gallo

  • Prevalence, risk factors and spatial analysis of liver fluke infections in Danish cattle herds

    Abbey Olsen;Klaas Frankena;Rene Bødker;Nils Toft

  • A cross-sectional study into prevalence and risk indicators of digital haemorrhages in female dairy calves

    Klaas Frankena;Klaas A.S. van Keulen;Jos P. Noordhuizen;Elsbeth N. Noordhuizen-Straasen

  • Prevalence estimation and risk factors for Escherichia coli O157 on Dutch dairy farms

    J.M Schouten;M Bouwknegt;A.W van de Giessen;K Frankena

  • Factors associated with Neospora caninum serostatus in cattle of 20 specialised Costa Rican dairy herds

    J.J. Romero;E. Perez;G. Dolz;K. Frankena

  • Trial design to estimate the effect of vaccination on tuberculosis incidence in badgers.

    Inma Aznar;Guy McGrath;Denise Murphy;Leigh A.L. Corner

  • Multivariate Epidemiological Approach to Salmonellosis in Broiler Breeder Flocks

    A.M. Henken;K. Frankena;J.O. Goelema;E.A.M. Graat

  • Quantification of the relative efficiency of factory surveillance in the disclosure of tuberculosis lesions in attested Irish cattle.

    K. Frankena;P. W. White;J. O'Keeffe;E. Costello

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth A.M. Graat
Elisabeth A.M. Graat Wageningen University & Research
Theo J.G.M. Lam
Theo J.G.M. Lam Utrecht University
Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
Mart C.M. de Jong
Mart C.M. de Jong Wageningen University & Research
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Mirjam Nielen
Mirjam Nielen Utrecht University
Nanda Rommelse
Nanda Rommelse Radboud University
Michiel Kleerebezem
Michiel Kleerebezem Wageningen University & Research
Huub F. J. Savelkoul
Huub F. J. Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research
Bas Engel
Bas Engel Wageningen University & Research

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