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Stig Milan Thamsborg

Stig Milan Thamsborg

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Denmark
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
66
Citations
13962
World Ranking
225
National Ranking
3

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

Stig Milan Thamsborg is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research focuses primarily on parasitology and related fields within agricultural and biological sciences as well as medicine.

The main fields of study encompassing their work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

The more specific subfields of study covered by Thamsborg's research are:

  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Infectious Diseases

The principal topics they investigate focus on parasitic organisms and host interactions, with special attention to:

  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Thamsborg has contributed to multiple publications in prominent scientific journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database," 2020, Parasite
  • "World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guideline for diagnosing anthelmintic resistance using the faecal egg count reduction test in ruminants, horses and swine," 2023, Veterinary Parasitology
  • "Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions," 2022, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • "A statistical framework for calculating prospective sample sizes and classifying efficacy results for faecal egg count reduction tests in ruminants, horses and swine," 2022, Veterinary Parasitology
  • "Identification of compounds responsible for the anthelmintic effects of chicory (Cichorium intybus) by molecular networking and bio-guided fractionation," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • Acta veterinaria Scandinavica

Thamsborg collaborates often with several researchers, including:

  • Andrew R. Williams
  • Peter Nejsum
  • Laura J. Myhill
  • Dennis Sandris Nielsen
  • Helena Mejer

Best Publications

  • The effects of tannin-rich plants on parasitic nematodes in ruminants.

    Hervé Hoste;Frank Jackson;Spiridoula Athanasiadou;Stig. M. Thamsborg

  • Use of plants in novel approaches for control of gastrointestinal helminths in livestock with emphasis on small ruminants

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  • Integrated and biological control of parasites in organic and conventional production systems.

    S.M Thamsborg;A Roepstorff;M Larsen

  • Tannin containing legumes as a model for nutraceuticals against digestive parasites in livestock.

    H. Hoste;H. Hoste;J.F.J. Torres-Acosta;C.A. Sandoval-Castro;I. Mueller-Harvey

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database

    Hannah Rose Vineer;Eric R. Morgan;Hubertus Hertzberg;David J. Bartley

  • Nematode control in 'green' ruminant production systems.

    Peter J. Waller;Stig M. Thamsborg

  • Benefits of Condensed Tannins in Forage Legumes Fed to Ruminants: Importance of Structure, Concentration, and Diet Composition

    Irene Mueller-Harvey;Giuseppe Bee;Frigga Dohme-Meier;Hervé Hoste

  • Trichuris suis ova therapy for allergic rhinitis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

    Peter Bager;John Arnved;Steen Rønborg;Jan Wohlfahrt

  • Helminth parasites in pigs: New challenges in pig production and current research highlights

    Allan Roepstorff;Helena Mejer;Peter Nejsum;Stig Milan Thamsborg

  • Plants as De-Worming Agents of Livestock in the Nordic Countries: Historical Perspective, Popular Beliefs and Prospects for the Future

    Peter J Waller;G Bernes;Stig M Thamsborg;A Sukura

  • Major Parasitic Zoonoses Associated with Dogs and Cats in Europe

    G. Baneth;S.M. Thamsborg;D. Otranto;J. Guillot

  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guideline for diagnosing anthelmintic resistance using the faecal egg count reduction test in ruminants, horses and swine.

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  • Animal health and welfare in organic livestock production in Europe: current state and future challenges

    Unknown

  • Direct Anthelmintic Effects of Condensed Tannins from Diverse Plant Sources against Ascaris suum

    Andrew R. Williams;Christos Fryganas;Aina Ramsay;Irene Mueller-Harvey

  • Climatic influences on development and survival of free-living stages of equine strongyles: implications for worm control strategies and managing anthelmintic resistance.

    Martin K. Nielsen;Ray M. Kaplan;Stig M. Thamsborg;Jesper Monrad

  • Effects of Acacia nilotica and Acacia karoo diets on Haemonchus contortus infection in goats.

    C. Kahiya;S. Mukaratirwa;S.M. Thamsborg

  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions.

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  • Assessing the zoonotic potential of Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis: looking to the future from an analysis of the past.

    P Nejsum;Martha Betson;R P Bendall;S M Thamsborg

  • Strongyloides spp. infections of veterinary importance.

    Stig M Thamsborg;Jennifer Ketzis;Yoichiro Horii;Jacqueline B Matthews

  • Development and daily management of an explicit strategy of nonuse of antimicrobial drugs in twelve Danish organic dairy herds.

    M. Vaarst;T.W. Bennedsgaard;I. Klaas;T.B. Nissen

  • Prevalence and risk factors associated with human Taenia solium infections in Mbozi District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania.

    Gloria Mwanjali;Charles Kihamia;Deodatus Vitalis Conatus Kakoko;Faustin Lekule

  • Strongylus vulgaris associated with usage of selective therapy on Danish horse farms-is it reemerging?

    M.K. Nielsen;A.N. Vidyashankar;S.N. Olsen;J. Monrad

  • Genome and transcriptome of the porcine whipworm Trichuris suis

    Aaron R. Jex;Peter Nejsum;Erich M. Schwarz;Li Hu

  • Exploration of extracellular vesicles from Ascaris suum provides evidence of parasite–host cross talk

    Eline P. Hansen;Bastian Fromm;Bastian Fromm;Sidsel D. Andersen;Antonio Marcilla

  • Mind the gaps in research on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of farmed ruminants and pigs

    Johannes Charlier;SM Thamsborg;DJ Bartley;PJ Skuce

  • A polyphenol-enriched diet and Ascaris suum infection modulate mucosal immune responses and gut microbiota composition in pigs.

    Andrew R. Williams;Lukasz Krych;Hajar Fauzan Ahmad;Peter Nejsum

  • Assessment of the anthelmintic activity of medicinal plant extracts and purified condensed tannins against free-living and parasitic stages of Oesophagostomum dentatum

    Andrew R Williams;Honorata M Ropiak;Christos Fryganas;Olivier Desrues

  • Detection and semi-quantification of Strongylus vulgaris DNA in equine faeces by real-time quantitative PCR.

    Martin K Nielsen;David S Peterson;Jesper Monrad;Stig M Thamsborg

  • Genetic analysis of Trichuris suis and Trichuris trichiura recovered from humans and pigs in a sympatric setting in Uganda

    Sofie Nissen;Azmi Al-Jubury;Tina V.A. Hansen;Annette Olsen

  • The influence of stocking rate on gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep over a 2-year grazing period

    S.M. Thamsborg;R.J. Jørgensen;P.J. Waller;P. Nansen

  • Condensed tannins act against cattle nematodes

    Adam Novobilský;Adam Novobilský;Irene Mueller-Harvey;Stig Milan Thamsborg

  • Molecular characterization of Danish Cryptosporidium parvum isolates.

    Heidi L. Enemark;Peter Ahrens;Cynthia Dawn Juel;E. Petersen

  • A survey of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of goats in Denmark

    N. Maingi;H. Bjørn;Stig Milan Thamsborg;H. O. Bøgh

  • Effect of mastitis treatment and somatic cell counts on milk yield in Danish organic dairy cows.

    T.W. Bennedsgaard;C. Enevoldsen;S.M. Thamsborg;M. Vaarst

  • Ascaris suum infection negatively affects the response to a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination and subsequent challenge infection in pigs.

    Nina R. Steenhard;Gregers Jungersen;Branko Kokotovic;Ethiopia Beshah

  • Symptoms after Ingestion of Pig Whipworm Trichuris suis Eggs in a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Clinical Trial

    Peter Bager;Christian Kapel;Allan Roepstorff;Stig Thamsborg

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Danish sheep: confirmation by DNA sequencing

    Anne M Kiilerich;Henrik Christensen;Stig M Thamsborg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Nejsum
Peter Nejsum Aarhus University
Heidi L. Enemark
Heidi L. Enemark Aarhus University
Andrew R. Williams
Andrew R. Williams University of Copenhagen
Allan Roepstorff
Allan Roepstorff University of Copenhagen
Irene Mueller-Harvey
Irene Mueller-Harvey University of Reading
Merete Fredholm
Merete Fredholm University of Copenhagen
Anders Dalsgaard
Anders Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Maria Vang Johansen
Maria Vang Johansen University of Copenhagen
Christian M. O. Kapel
Christian M. O. Kapel University of Copenhagen
Jesper Monrad
Jesper Monrad University of Copenhagen

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