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Animal Science and Veterinary
Hungary
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
48
Citations
7151
World Ranking
700
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Róbert Farkas is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hungary. Their research focuses primarily on parasitology, infectious diseases, and related fields in veterinary and biological sciences.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, the subfields of study that are emphasized include:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Small Animals

The primary research topics explored in their publications encompass:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Plant and animal studies

Róbert Farkas has contributed to multiple scientific papers, including recent publications such as:

  • "Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe," 2021, Pathogens
  • "Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals," 2022, Microorganisms
  • "Checklist of the hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) fauna of Hungary with emphasis on host-associations and the emergence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus," 2020, Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • "Natural diversity of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut bacteriome in various climatic and seasonal states," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Efficacy of a novel oral chewable tablet containing sarolaner, moxidectin and pyrantel (Simparica Trio™) against natural flea and tick infestations on dogs presented as veterinary patients in Europe," 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors involved in their research collaboration include:

  • Norbert Solymosi
  • Sándor Hornok
  • Márton Papp
  • László Makrai
  • Nóra Takács

Róbert Farkas regularly publishes in several scientific venues. The most common publication platforms are:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases

Best Publications

  • Parasites of domestic owned cats in Europe: Co-infestations and risk factors

    Frédéric Beugnet;Patrick Bourdeau;Karine Chalvet-Monfray;Vasile Cozma

  • Lungworms and gastrointestinal parasites of domestic cats: a European perspective

    Alessio Giannelli;Gioia Capelli;Anja Joachim;Barbara Hinney

  • Babesia canis canis in dogs from Hungary: detection by PCR and sequencing

    Gábor Földvári;Éva Hell;Róbert Farkas

  • Birds as potential reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens: first evidence of bacteraemia with Rickettsia helvetica

    Sándor Hornok;Dávid Kováts;Tibor Csörgő;Marina L Meli

  • Detection of acute bee paralysis virus by RT-PCR in honey bee and Varroa destructor field samples: rapid screening of representative Hungarian apiaries

    Tamás Bakonyi;Róbert Farkas;Andrea Szendröi;Mihály Dobos-Kovács

  • Ixodid tick species attaching to dogs in Hungary.

    Gábor Földvári;Róbert Farkas

  • Association of environmental traits with the geographic ranges of ticks (Acari Ixodidae) of medical and veterinary importance in the western Palearctic : a digital data set

    Agustín Estrada-Pena;Robert Farkas;Thomas G.T. Jaenson;Frank Koenen

  • Degrees of polarization of reflected light eliciting polarotaxis in dragonflies (Odonata), mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and tabanid flies (Tabanidae).

    György Kriska;Balázs Bernáth;Róbert Farkas;Gábor Horváth

  • Molecular identification of Anaplasma marginale and rickettsial endosymbionts in blood-sucking flies (Diptera: Tabanidae, Muscidae) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Sándor Hornok;Gábor Földvári;Vilmos Elek;Victoria Naranjo

  • First serological and molecular evidence on the endemicity of Anaplasma ovis and A. marginale in Hungary

    Sándor Hornok;Vilmos Elek;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Victoria Naranjo

  • Prevalence of flea infestation in dogs and cats in Hungary combined with a survey of owner awareness.

    R. Farkas;M. Gyurkovszky;N. Solymosi;N. Solymosi;F. Beugnet

  • Molecular investigation of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) as potential vectors of rickettsial and mycoplasmal agents.

    Sándor Hornok;Marina L. Meli;Andrea Perreten;Róbert Farkas

  • Polarotactic tabanids find striped patterns with brightness and/or polarization modulation least attractive: an advantage of zebra stripes

    Adam Egri;Miklos Blaho;Gyoergy Kriska;Robert Farkas

  • An unexpected advantage of whiteness in horses: the most horsefly-proof horse has a depolarizing white coat

    Gábor Horváth;Miklós Blahó;György Kriska;Ramón Hegedüs

  • First Molecular Evidence of Anaplasma ovis and Rickettsia spp. in Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of Sheep and Wild Ruminants

    Sándor Hornok;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Nóra Biró;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • Flea control failure? Myths and realities

    Lénaïg Halos;Frédéric Beugnet;Luís Cardoso;Robert Farkas

  • Wound myiasis of sheep in Hungary

    Robert Farkas;Martin J.R. Hall;Ferenc Kelemen

  • Borrelia spielmanii erythema migrans, Hungary.

    Gábor Földvári;Róbert Farkas;András Lakos

  • Influence of biotope on the distribution and peak activity of questing ixodid ticks in Hungary.

    Sándor Hornok;Róbert Farkas

  • Scientific opinion on the Role of Tick Vectors in the Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and African Swine Fever in Eurasia : EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare

    Agustín Estrada-Pena;Robert Farkas;Thomas G.T. Jaenson;Maxime Madder

  • Emerging horizons for tick-borne pathogens: from the 'one pathogen-one disease' vision to the pathobiome paradigm.

    Muriel Vayssier-Taussat;Maria Kazimirova;Zdenek Hubalek;Sándor Hornok

  • High prevalence of Hepatozoon-infection among shepherd dogs in a region considered to be free of Rhipicephalus sanguineus

    Sándor Hornok;Balázs Tánczos;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Survey on blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of ruminants and pigs with molecular detection of Anaplasma and Rickettsia spp.

    S. Hornok;R. Hofmann-Lehmann;I.G. Fernández de Mera;M.L. Meli

Frequent Co-Authors

Sándor Hornok
Sándor Hornok University of Veterinary Medicine
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann University of Zurich
Gábor Földvári
Gábor Földvári University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marina L. Meli
Marina L. Meli University of Zurich
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera University of Castilla-La Mancha
Maxime Madder
Maxime Madder University of Pretoria
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Thomas G. T. Jaenson
Thomas G. T. Jaenson Uppsala University
Frederic Beugnet
Frederic Beugnet Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)

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