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Søren Saxmose Nielsen

Søren Saxmose Nielsen

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Denmark
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
61
Citations
12784
World Ranking
314
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Søren Saxmose Nielsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 156 publications, and Medicine, with 117 publications. Their work further includes subfields such as Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range related to animal health and epidemiology, including:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Their frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on veterinary and food safety sciences, including:

  • EFSA Journal
  • Animals
  • Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials to be applied in the food and feed chain: human and animal health, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Guidance on technical requirements for regulated food and feed product applications to establish the presence of small particles including nanoparticles, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Guidance on the use of the benchmark dose approach in risk assessment, 2022, EFSA Journal
  • SARS-CoV-2 in Danish Mink Farms: Course of the Epidemic and a Descriptive Analysis of the Outbreaks in 2020, 2021, Animals
  • Guidance Document on Scientific criteria for grouping chemicals into assessment groups for human risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals, 2021, EFSA Journal

Søren Saxmose Nielsen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Virginie Michel
  • Dominique Bicout
  • Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca
  • Helen Clare Roberts
  • Julian Ashley Drewe

Best Publications

  • Ante mortem diagnosis of paratuberculosis: A review of accuracies of ELISA, interferon-γ assay and faecal culture techniques

    S.S. Nielsen;N. Toft

  • Guidance on harmonised methodologies for human health, animal health and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals

    Simon John More;Vasileios Bampidis;Diane Benford

  • A review of prevalences of paratuberculosis in farmed animals in Europe.

    Søren Saxmose Nielsen;Nils Toft

  • Control of paratuberculosis: who, why and how. A review of 48 countries

    Richard Whittington;Karsten Donat;Maarten F. Weber;David Kelton

  • Guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials to be applied in the food and feed chain: human and animal health.

    Simon More;Vasileios Bampidis;Diane Benford

  • Guidance on technical requirements for regulated food and feed product applications to establish the presence of small particles including nanoparticles.

    Simon More;Vasileios Bampidis;Diane Benford

  • STARD-BLCM: Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies that use Bayesian Latent Class Models

    Polychronis Kostoulas;Søren S. Nielsen;Adam J. Branscum;Wesley O. Johnson

  • Data from the Danish veterinary cancer registry on the occurrence and distribution of neoplasms in dogs in Denmark.

    L. B. Brønden;S. S. Nielsen;Nils Toft;A. T. Kristensen

  • Prevalence and transmission of haemolytic Gallibacterium species in chicken production systems with different biosecurity levels.

    Anders Miki Bojesen;Søren Saxmose Nielsen;Magne Bisgaard

  • Genetic variation and heritability of the antibody response to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Danish Holstein cows.

    H. Mortensen;S.S. Nielsen;P. Berg

  • High risk for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Danish veterinary practitioners.

    Arshnee Moodley;Emily C Nightingale;Marc Stegger;Søren S Nielsen

  • Knowledge gaps that hamper prevention and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection

    Herman W. Barkema;Karin Orsel;S.S. Nielsen;A.P. Koets;A.P. Koets

  • Maximum-likelihood estimation of sensitivity and specificity of ELISAs and faecal culture for diagnosis of paratuberculosis.

    Søren Saxmose Nielsen;C. Grønbæk;Jens Frederik Gramstrup Agger;Hans Houe

  • Bulk-tank milk ELISA antibodies for estimating the prevalence of paratuberculosis in Danish dairy herds

    S.S Nielsen;S.M Thamsborg;H Houe;V Bitsch

  • Transitions in diagnostic tests used for detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infections in cattle

    S.S. Nielsen

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

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

  • Colostrum and milk as risk Factors for Infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Dairy Cattle

    S. S. Nielsen;H. Bjerre;Nils Toft

  • Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Staphylococcus aureus from healthcare institutions in Ghana.

    Beverly Egyir;Luca Guardabassi;Marit Sørum;Søren Saxmose Nielsen

  • Age-specific characteristics of ELISA and fecal culture for purpose-specific testing for paratuberculosis.

    S.S. Nielsen;N. Toft

  • Age at occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in naturally infected dairy cows.

    S.S. Nielsen;A.K. Ersbøll

  • The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis ELISA response by parity and stage of lactation.

    Søren S Nielsen;Carsten Enevoldsen;Yrjö T Gröhn

  • African swine fever in wild boar.

    Simon More;Miguel Angel Miranda

  • Antimicrobial resistance in methicillin susceptible and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius of canine origin: literature review from 1980 to 2013.

    Arshnee Moodley;Peter Damborg;Søren Saxmose Nielsen

  • SARS-CoV-2 in Danish Mink Farms: Course of the Epidemic and a Descriptive Analysis of the Outbreaks in 2020

    Anette Boklund;Anne Sofie Hammer;Michelle Lauge Quaade;Thomas Bruun Rasmussen

  • Variation of the milk antibody response to paratuberculosis in naturally infected dairy cows.

    S.S. Nielsen;Y.T. Gröhn;C. Enevoldsen

  • Consensus-based reporting standards for diagnostic test accuracy studies for paratuberculosis in ruminants

    Ian A. Gardner;Søren S. Nielsen;Richard J. Whittington;Michael T. Collins

  • A stochastic model simulating paratuberculosis in a dairy herd.

    Anne Braad Kudahl;Søren Østergaard;Jan Tind Sørensen;Søren Saxmose Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Toft
Nils Toft University of Copenhagen
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University
Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
Antonio Velarde
Antonio Velarde Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
Anette Bøtner
Anette Bøtner University of Copenhagen
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Preben Willeberg
Preben Willeberg Safoso (Switzerland)
Tariq Hisham Beshara Halasa
Tariq Hisham Beshara Halasa University of Copenhagen
Jan Arend Stegeman
Jan Arend Stegeman Utrecht University
Hans Houe
Hans Houe University of Copenhagen

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