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Roland Schaper is an Independent Scientist and Consultant based in Germany, specializing in fields related to Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research contributions span multiple subfields including Insect Science, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, and Pharmacology. The main focus of their work centers on Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Medical and Biological Ozone Research, Helminth infection and control, and Foreign Body Medical Cases.

Their publication record includes significant contributions to several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Pathogens
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Biology

Schaper has collaborated with a number of other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Manuela Schnyder
  • Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
  • Donato Traversa
  • Domenico Otranto
  • Jürgen Krücken

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • Identical 18S rRNA haplotypes of Hepatozoon canis in dogs and foxes in Brandenburg, Germany (2020), published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Detection of Crenosoma spp., Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in Gastropods in Eastern Austria (2020), published in Pathogens
  • Canine Angiostrongylus vasorum-Induced Early Innate Immune Reactions Based on NETs Formation and Canine Vascular Endothelial Cell Activation In Vitro (2021), published in Biology
  • Infectivity of gastropod-shed third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis to dogs (2021), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • Efficacy of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% spot-on formulation (Advocate®) in the prevention and treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis (2020), published in Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Results of Parasitological Examinations of Faecal Samples from Cats and Dogs in Germany between 2003 and 2010

    Dieter Barutzki;Roland Schaper

  • New insights into morphological and biological features of Capillaria aerophila (Trichocephalida, Trichuridae).

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare;Riccardo P. Lia;Giuseppe Castagna

  • The epidemiology of infections with Giardia species and genotypes in well cared for dogs and cats in Germany

    Louise Pallant;Dieter Barutzki;Roland Schaper;RC A Thompson

  • Natural infections of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis in dogs in Germany (2007-2009).

    D. Barutzki;R. Schaper

  • Occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis and tick-borne infections caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Ehrlichia canis in domestic dogs in France: results of a countrywide serologic survey.

    Nikola Pantchev;Roland Schaper;Sandy Limousin;Nina Norden

  • Fifth European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days (FiEDAD) 2016

    F. Simón;V. Kartashev;J. González-Miguel;A. Rivera

  • Current surveys of the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Leishmania infantum, Babesia canis, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Bulgaria.

    Nikola Pantchev;Manuela Schnyder;Majda Globokar Vrhovec;Roland Schaper

  • Efficacy and safety of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% spot-on formulation in the treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis.

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare;Piermarino Milillo;Beate Lohr

  • Efficacy and safety of emodepside 2.1%/praziquantel 8.6% spot-on formulation in the treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis.

    Donato Traversa;Piermarino Milillo;Angela Di Cesare;Beate Lohr

  • Seroepidemiological survey for canine angiostrongylosis in dogs from Germany and the UK using combined detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen and specific antibodies.

    M. Schnyder;R. Schaper;G. Bilbrough;E. R. Morgan

  • Prevalence and risk factors for selected canine vector-borne diseases in Greece

    Athanasios Angelou;Athanasios I. Gelasakis;Natalia Verde;Nikola Pantchev

  • The Mitochondrial Genomes of the Zoonotic Canine Filarial Parasites Dirofilaria ( Nochtiella ) repens and Candidatus Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) Honkongensis Provide Evidence for Presence of Cryptic Species

    Esra Yilmaz;Moritz Fritzenwanker;Nikola Pantchev;Mathias Lendner

  • Gastropod-derived haemocyte extracellular traps entrap metastrongyloid larval stages of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior

    Malin K. Lange;Felipe Penagos-Tabares;Tamara Muñoz-Caro;Ulrich Gärtner

  • Age-dependant prevalence of endoparasites in young dogs and cats up to one year of age.

    Dieter Barutzki;Roland Schaper

  • Occurrence of canine and feline extra-intestinal nematodes in key endemic regions of Italy

    Donato Traversa;Simone Morelli;Rudi Cassini;Paolo E. Crisi

  • Occurrence and regional distribution of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats in Germany

    Dieter Barutzki;Roland Schaper

  • Prevalence of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Crenosoma vulpis larvae in native slug populations in Germany.

    M.K. Lange;F. Penagos-Tabares;F. Penagos-Tabares;J. Hirzmann;K. Failing

  • Prevalence survey on lungworm (Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis, Eucoleus aerophilus) infections of wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in central Germany.

    Kathrin Schug;Friederike Krämer;Roland Schaper;Jörg Hirzmann

  • Small rodents as paratenic or intermediate hosts of carnivore parasites in Berlin, Germany.

    Jürgen Krücken;Julia Blümke;Denny Maaz;Janina Demeler

  • Vector-borne pathogens in dogs and red foxes from the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany

    Jana M. Liesner;Jürgen Krücken;Roland Schaper;Stefan Pachnicke

  • Serological detection of circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen- and parasite-specific antibodies in dogs from Poland.

    Manuela Schnyder;Roland Schaper;Nikola Pantchev;Dagmara Kowalska

Frequent Co-Authors

Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Angela Di Cesare
Angela Di Cesare University of Teramo
Manuela Schnyder
Manuela Schnyder University of Zurich
Nikola Pantchev
Nikola Pantchev IDEXX Laboratories (United States)
Jürgen Krücken
Jürgen Krücken Freie Universität Berlin
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Freie Universität Berlin
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Fabrizia Veronesi
Fabrizia Veronesi University of Perugia
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich

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