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D-Index
36
Citations
5512
World Ranking
1590
National Ranking
22

Preben Willeberg publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Preben Willeberg sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 133 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Preben Willeberg D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Preben Willeberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Preben Willeberg is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research focuses primarily on topics related to animal disease management and epidemiology, zoonotic diseases and public health, and animal nutrition and physiology. Other areas of study include vector-borne animal diseases, animal behavior and welfare studies, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, and livestock and poultry management.

Frequent publication venues for Preben Willeberg include the EFSA Journal, where they have published a number of articles. Some of their recent papers in this journal are:

  • Welfare of pigs at slaughter, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Welfare of ducks, geese and quail on farm, 2023, EFSA Journal
  • Research priorities to fill knowledge gaps in wild boar management measures that could improve the control of African swine fever in wild boar populations, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the control measures for category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Foot and Mouth Disease, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: peste des petits ruminants, 2021, EFSA Journal

Preben Willeberg has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Dominique Bicout, Virginie Michel, Yves Van der Stede, and Julian Ashley Drewe. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with experts in related fields, supporting interdisciplinary research and development.

Best Publications

  • Veterinary Epidemiology: Principles and Methods

    S. Wayne Martin;Alan H. Meek;Preben Willeberg

  • Risk factors for infection of sow herds with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus.

    Sten Mortensen;Henrik Stryhn;Rikke Søgaard;Anette Boklund

  • Epizootiologic patterns of diabetes mellitus in dogs.

    M Marmor;P Willeberg;L T Glickman;W A Priester

  • Empirical and theoretical evidence for herd size as a risk factor for swine diseases

    Ian A. Gardner;Preben Willeberg;Jan Mousing

  • African swine fever in wild boar.

    Simon More;Miguel Angel Miranda

  • The Danish pig health scheme: Nation-wide computer-based abattoir surveillance and follow-up at the herd level

    P. Willeberg;M.-A. Gerbola;B.Kirkegaard Petersen;J.B. Andersen

  • Epidemiological studies of piglet diarrhoea in intensively managed Danish sow herds. I. Pre-weaning diarrhoea.

    Birgitta Svensmark;Sven Erik Jorsal;Knud Nielsen;Preben Willeberg

  • Prevalence of subclinical Salmonella enterica infection in Danish finishing pig herds.

    H. Stege;Julia Christensen;J.P. Nielsen;Dorte Lau Baggesen

  • Epidemiology of naturally occurring feline urologic syndrome.

    Preben Willeberg

  • Infectious and rearing-system related risk factors for chronic pleuritis in slaughter pigs.

    Claes Enøe;Jan Mousing;Anna Luise Schirmer;Preben Willeberg

  • Meat safety consequences of implementing visual postmortem meat inspection procedures in Danish slaughter pigs

    J. Mousing;J. Kyrval;T. K. Jensen;B. Aalbæk

  • Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): bluetongue.

    Simon More;Dominique Bicout;Anette Bøtner;Andrew Butterworth

  • The need for built-in validation of surveillance data so that changes in diagnostic performance of post-mortem meat inspection can be detected.

    Claes Enøe;Gorm Christensen;Søren Andersen;Preben Willeberg

  • Effect of Floor Type and Density on the Integument of Egg-Layers

    H. B. Simonsen;K. Vestergaard;P. Willeberg

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

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

  • The role of veterinary epidemiology and veterinary services in complying with the World Trade Organization SPS agreement

    C Zepeda;M Salman;A Thiermann;J Kellar

  • Epidemiology of teat lesions in a dairy herd. II. Associations with subclinical mastitis.

    J F Agger;P Willeberg

  • Avian influenza overview October 2016–August 2017

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  • Pituitary dwarfism in German shepherd dogs: additional evidence of simple, autosomal recessive inheritance.

    Andresen E;Willeberg P

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO COXIELLA BURNETII: A SERO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY AMONG DOMESTIC ANIMALS

    P. Willeberg;R. Ruppanner;D. E. Behymer;S. Haghighi

  • Chronic pleuritis in pigs for slaughter: an epidemiological study of infectious and rearing system-related risk factors

    J. Mousing;H. Lybye;K. Barfod;A. Meyling

  • Scientific Opinion concerning a Multifactorial approach on the use of animal and non-animal-based measures to assess the welfare of pigs

    E. Authie;C. Berg;A. Bøtner;H. Browman

Frequent Co-Authors

Anette Bøtner
Anette Bøtner University of Copenhagen
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
Antonio Velarde
Antonio Velarde Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Jan Arend Stegeman
Jan Arend Stegeman Utrecht University
Stéphan Zientara
Stéphan Zientara Université Paris Cité
Charlotte Berg
Charlotte Berg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ivar Vågsholm
Ivar Vågsholm Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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