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Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
2305
World Ranking
2841
National Ranking
136

Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes 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 Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 135 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes 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 Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 27 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil. Their research primarily centers on parasitology and vector-borne diseases within the agricultural and biological sciences domain. The scope of their work spans immunology, microbiology, insect science, and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed to 113 publications in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 68 in Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields of their research include parasitology, insect science, plant science, small animals, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes has focused on several main research topics, including vector-borne infectious diseases, insect and pesticide research, insect pest control strategies, helminth infection and control, vector-borne animal diseases, Trypanosoma species research and implications, and parasitic infections and diagnostics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes include Lorena Lopes Ferreira, Vando Edésio Soares, Dina María Beltrán Zapa, Caio Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro, and Luciana Maffini Heller, reflecting sustained professional partnerships across multiple studies.

Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as Veterinary Parasitology, Parasites & Vectors, Parasitology Research, Research in Veterinary Science, and Veterinary Research Communications.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes include:

  • "Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results" (2023), Parasites & Vectors
  • "Biological parameters for Rhipicephalus microplus in the field and laboratory and estimation of its annual number of generations in a tropical region" (2020), Parasitology Research
  • "Rhipicephalus microplus seasonal dynamic in a Cerrado biome, Brazil: An update data considering the global warming" (2021), Veterinary Parasitology
  • "Essential oils and isolated compounds for tick control: advances beyond the laboratory" (2023), Parasites & Vectors
  • "Binary combinations of thymol, carvacrol and eugenol for Amblyomma sculptum control: Evaluation of in vitro synergism and effectiveness under semi-field conditions" (2021), Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Best Publications

  • Toxoplasma gondii: Evidence for the transmission by semen in dogs

    Tiago Pereira Arantes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Roberta Machado Ferreira;Juliana S. Pinto Pieroni

  • Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dairy cattle, dogs, and humans from the Jauru micro-region, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

    T. R. Santos;A. J. Costa;Gilson Hélio Toniollo;Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto

  • Sexual transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep

    Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Joana D’Ark Rodriguez;Fernando A. Souza;Thais Rabelo dos Santos

  • Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results

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  • Detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in environmental samples from public schools

    Thaís Rabelo dos Santos;Cáris Maroni Nunes;Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto;Anderson Barbosa de Moura

  • Seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii in sheep raised in the Jaboticabal microregion, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Thaís Rabelo dos Santos;Ricardo dos Santos da Silva;Walter Matheus Rossanese

  • Prevalence and risk factors for agents causing diarrhea (Coronavirus, Rotavirus, Cryptosporidium spp., Eimeria spp., and nematodes helminthes) according to age in dairy calves from Brazil

    Leonardo Bueno Cruvinel;Henderson Ayres;Dina María Beltrán Zapa;João Eduardo Nicaretta

  • Biological parameters for Rhipicephalus microplus in the field and laboratory and estimation of its annual number of generations in a tropical region.

    Breno Cayeiro Cruz;Ana Flávia de Lima Mendes;Willian Giquelin Maciel;Isabella Barbosa Dos Santos

  • Toxoplasma gondii in experimentally infected Bos taurus and Bos indicus semen and tissues

    Leslie Scarpelli;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Matheus Migani;Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani

  • Susceptibility of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus to ivermectin (200, 500 and 630 μg/kg) in field studies in Brazil

    Breno Cayeiro Cruz;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Willian Giquelin Maciel;Gustavo Felippelli

  • Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in the reproductive system of male goats

    Luís Fernando Santana;Alvimar José da Costa;Juliana Pieroni;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

  • Preferential infection sites of Cysticercus bovis in cattle experimentally infected with Taenia saginata eggs

    Welber D.Z. Lopes;Thaís R. Santos;Vando E. Soares;Jorge L.N. Nunes

  • Rhipicephalus microplus seasonal dynamic in a Cerrado biome, Brazil: An update data considering the global warming.

    João Eduardo Nicaretta;Dina María Beltrán Zapa;Luiz Fellipe Monteiro Couto;Luciana Maffini Heller

  • First outbreak and subsequent cases of Trypanosoma vivax in the state of Goiás, Brazil.

    Thiago Souza Azeredo Bastos;Adriana Marques Faria;Darling Mélany de Carvalho Madrid;Luciana Cardoso de Bessa

  • Toxoplasma gondii: infection natural congenital in cattle and an experimental inoculation of gestating cows with oocysts.

    Gustavo Henrique Nogueira Costa;Alvimar José da Costa;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani

  • Effects of macrocyclic lactones on the reproductive parameters of engorged Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus females detached from experimentally infested cattle.

    Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira;Lucas Vinicius Shigaki de Matos;Gustavo Felippelli

  • Assessing resistance of ivermectin and moxidectin against nematodes in cattle naturally infected using three different methodologies.

    Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira;Gustavo Felippelli;Breno Cayeiro Cruz

  • Helminth fauna of bovines from the Central-Western region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

    Thaís Rabelo dos Santos;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Carolina Buzulini;Fernando de Almeida Borges

  • Aspects of toxoplasma infection on the reproductive system of experimentally infected rams (ovis aries).

    Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Alvimar José da Costa;Luis Fernando Santana;Ricardo Silva dos Santos

  • Nematode resistance to ivermectin (630 and 700μg/kg) in cattle from the Southeast and South of Brazil.

    Gustavo Felippelli;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Breno Cayeiro Cruz;Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira

  • Acaricidal effects of fluazuron (2.5 mg/kg) and a combination of fluazuron (1.6 mg/kg) + ivermectin (0.63 mg/kg), administered at different routes, against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus parasitizing cattle.

    Lucas Vinicius Costa Gomes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Breno Cayeiro Cruz;Weslen Fabricio Teixeira

  • Semen variables of sheep (Ovis aries) experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii.

    W.D.Z. Lopes;A.J. Costa;F.A. Souza;J.D.F. Rodrigues

  • Susceptibility of helminth species from horses against different chemical compounds in Brazil.

    Gustavo Felippelli;Breno Cayeiro Cruz;Lucas Vinicius Costa Gomes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes;Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvimar José da Costa
Alvimar José da Costa Sao Paulo State University
Caio Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro
Caio Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Luis F. Santana
Luis F. Santana University of California, Davis
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro Universidade de São Paulo
Helio Langoni
Helio Langoni Sao Paulo State University
Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas
Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte Sao Paulo State University
José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos
José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos Sao Paulo State University
Lígia Miranda Ferreira Borges
Lígia Miranda Ferreira Borges Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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