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Overview

Lis Alban is affiliated with the Danish Agriculture and Food Council in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans 44 publications, with a strong focus on several subfields including Food Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Small Animals, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics prominently include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Identification and Quantification in Food, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Microbial infections and disease research.

Lis Alban's recent papers demonstrate a broad engagement with food safety, antimicrobial resistance, and meat inspection systems. Key publications include:

  • Drivers, opportunities, and challenges of the European risk-based meat safety assurance system (2021, Food Control)
  • Assessment of Evaluation Tools for Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Based on Selected Case Studies (2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
  • Salmonella enterica prevalence, serotype diversity, antimicrobial resistance and control in the European pork production chain (2022, Trends in Food Science & Technology)
  • Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of new meat inspection systems in Europe (2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology)
  • Evaluating integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: experiences from use of three evaluation tools (2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

Their coauthors are frequently scholars with multiple collaborations, including Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Marianne Sandberg, Sergio Ghidini, Bojan Blagojević, and Ivar Vågsholm.

Lis Alban has published repeatedly in well-known academic venues, particularly:

  • Food Control
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Best Publications

  • Proposed terms and concepts for describing and evaluating animal-health surveillance systems

    L.J. Hoinville;L. Alban;J.A. Drewe;J.C. Gibbens

  • Longitudinal Study of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Infection in Three Danish Farrow-to-Finish Swine Herds

    Søren Kranker;Lis Alban;Jaap Boes;Jan Dahl

  • Risk factors for metritis in Danish dairy cows.

    J Bruun;A.K Ersbøll;L Alban

  • The new classification system for slaughter-pig herds in the Danish Salmonella surveillance-and-control program.

    Lis Alban;Helle Stege;Jan Dahl

  • Lameness in Danish dairy cows: frequency and possible risk factors

    Lis Alban

  • Where should the effort be put to reduce the Salmonella prevalence in the slaughtered swine carcass effectively

    L. Alban;K.D.C. Stärk

  • A cross-sectional study of paratuberculosis in 1155 Danish dairy cows.

    M.B. Jakobsen;L. Alban;S.S. Nielsen

  • The correlation between Salmonella serology and isolation of Salmonella in Danish pigs at slaughter

    L.L Sørensen;L Alban;B Nielsen;J Dahl

  • A Cross‐Sectional Study of Epilepsy in Danish Labrador Retrievers: Prevalence and Selected Risk Factors

    Mette Berendt;Hanne Gredal;Lotte Gam Pedersen;Lis Alban

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

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

  • A new Salmonella surveillance and control programme in Danish pig herds and slaughterhouses.

    B. Nielsen;L. Alban;H. Stege;L. L. Sørensen

  • A cost–benefit analysis of Salmonella-control strategies in Danish pork production

    Stine Gissel Goldbach;Lis Alban

  • Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in the Belgian shepherd variants Groenendael and Tervueren born in Denmark 1995–2004

    Mette Berendt;Christina Hedal Gulløv;Stine Louise Krogh Christensen;Hulda Gudmundsdottir

  • Factors associated with suckling piglet average daily gain.

    Markku Johansen;Lis Alban;Helle Dodensig Kjærsgård;Poul Bækbo

  • Comparing the epidemiological and economic effects of control strategies against classical swine fever in Denmark

    Anette Boklund;Nils Toft;Lis Alban;Åse Uttenthal

  • Drivers, opportunities, and challenges of the European risk-based meat safety assurance system

    Bojan Blagojevic;Truls Nesbakken;Ole Alvseike;Ivar Vågsholm

  • Possible impact of the "yellow card" antimicrobial scheme on meat inspection lesions in Danish finisher pigs.

    Lis Alban;Jan Dahl;M. Andreasen;J. V. Petersen

  • Lameness in tied Danish dairy cattle: the possible influence of housing systems, management, milk yield, and prior incidents of lameness

    L. Alban;J.F. Agger;L.G. Lawson

  • Towards a standardised surveillance for Trichinella in the European Union.

    L Alban;E Pozio;J Boes;P Boireau

  • Salmonella surveillance and control for finisher pigs and pork in Denmark — A case study

    L. Alban;F.M. Baptista;V. Møgelmose;L.L. Sørensen

  • Towards a risk-based surveillance for Trichinella spp. in Danish pig production.

    Lis Alban;Jaap Boes;Henrik Kreiner;Jesper Valentin Petersen

  • Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment for human salmonellosis due to multi-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 from consumption of Danish dry-cured pork sausages.

    Lis Alban;Anne Mette Olsen;Bent Nielsen;Rie Sørensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt Leibniz Association
Néstor Fernández
Néstor Fernández Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Matthias Greiner
Matthias Greiner Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Nils Toft
Nils Toft University of Copenhagen
Dorte Lau Baggesen
Dorte Lau Baggesen Technical University of Denmark
Katharina D.C. Stärk
Katharina D.C. Stärk Royal Veterinary College
Heidi L. Enemark
Heidi L. Enemark Aarhus University
Karsten Nöckler
Karsten Nöckler Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

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