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  1. Parasite findings in the MacQueen's bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii (Grey, 1832), and considerations on the parasite fauna of bustards and the systematic position of some of the parasites

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports, January 2025, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  2. Gastrointestinal parasites of cats in the Middle East (2000−2023): A literature review

    Article • Parasitology International, October 2024, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  3. Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium species from diarrhoeic ungulates in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports, September 2024, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  4. Hidden diversity of cestodes in wild African carnivores: I. Non-taeniid cyclophyllideans

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, August 2024, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  5. Development and Competition of Three Parasitoid Wasps, Brachymeria podagrica, Dirhinus himalayanus, and Nasonia vitripennis, in Their Host, Sarcophaga dux, in Single and Mixed Infections

    Article • Pathogens, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  6. Paralysis of a dromedary camel caused by Hyalomma dromedarii infestation

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2024, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  7. Sarcoptic mange in Arabian oryx

    Article • Journal of Wildlife Diseases, October 2023, Wildlife Disease Association

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  8. Microsatellite markers for Opisthorchis felineus to understand its genetic diversity and transmission patterns of opisthorchiosis

    Article • Parasitology Research, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  9. A frequent cestode in feral cats in Dubai is redescribed.

    Article • Helminthologia, June 2023, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  10. The life cycle of a solitary endo-parasitoid wasp

    Article • Parasitology Research, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  11. Redescription of Serratospiculum tendo (Nietzsch, 1819) (Nematoda: Diplotriaenidae) from the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771) from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Article • Comparative Parasitology, February 2023, Helminthological Society

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  12. Inventory of nematodes that inhibits the air sacs of falcons with material from Dubai

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports, January 2023, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  13. Review of parasitic infections of bactrian camels in Mongolia

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2023, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  14. Review of Bacterial and Viral Infections of Bactrian Camels in Mongolia

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2023, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  15. Genetics of randomly bred cats support the cradle of cat domestication being in the Near East

    Article • Heredity, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  16. Description of Joyeuxiella pasqualei (Cestoda: Dipylidiidae) from an Italian domestic dog, with a call for further research on its first intermediate host

    Article • Parasitology, September 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  17. Morphological and molecular characterization of Prosthogonimus falconis n. sp. (Trematoda; Prosthogonimidae), found in a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Aves: Falconidae) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  18. Surra in the UAE: Do we have Drug Resistant Trypanosoma evansi?–Part 1

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2022, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  19. On the Helminth Fauna of the Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766)) in the Barnim District of Brandenburg State/Germany

    Article • Animals, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  20. Impact of Colonization of an Invasive Species on Genetic Differentiation in New Environments: A Study on American Artemia franciscana (Crustacea: Anostraca) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Journal of Ocean University of China, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  21. Ophiotaenia echidis n. sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from the saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus sochureki Stemmler (Ophidia: Viperidae), one of the world's deadliest snakes, from the United Arab Emirates

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, April 2021, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  22. Redescription of Serratospiculum seurati Bain & Mawson, 1981 (Nematoda; Diplotriaenidae) from Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771)

    Article • Parasitology Research, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  23. Trypanosoma evansi In a dromedary camel herd in the UAE-PART II

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2021, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  24. Trichomonosis in dromedary bulls

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2020, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  25. Schistosoma indicum, A rarely reported finding in a dromedary - A case report

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2020, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  26. Lumpy jaw and wooden tongue in an adult dromedary camel: Case report

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2020, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  27. ON CYSTICERCOIDS OF THE GENUS FLAMINGOLEPIS SPASSKIJ & SPASSKAJA, 1954 (CESTODA: HYMENOLEPIDIDAE) PARASITIZING ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA KELLOG, 1906 (ARTHROPODA: ARTEMIIDAE) IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

    Article • Паразитология, December 2019, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  28. On two morphologically different cysticercoids of the genus Eurycestus (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in Artemia franciscana (Arthropoda: Artemiidae) in a hypersaline pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Article • Helminthologia, June 2019, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  29. Prof. Dr. med. vet. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Theodor Hiepe. An Appraisal on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, June 2019, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  30. Another case of hepatic cysticercosis caused by Cysticercus tenuicollis in a dromedary

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2019, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  31. Diaplacental infection of a bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) with the filarial worm Dipetalonema evansi: A case report

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2019, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  32. Ignatzschineria cameli sp. nov., isolated from necrotic foot tissue of dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) and associated maggots (Wohlfahrtia species) in Dubai

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, November 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  33. Certain avian cestodes use brine shrimps as intermediate hosts

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, October 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  34. A review of coccidiosis in Old World camels

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  35. Gametogony of Eimeria cameli in the small intestine of one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius)

    Article • Parasitology Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  36. The Role of Artemia spp(Branchiopoda: Artemiidae) as Intermediate Hosts for Avian Cestodes

    Article • Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies, March 2018, Crimson Publishers

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  37. Parasites of dromedaries and bactrian camels-A review part 1: Stenoxenous parasites

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2018, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  38. Evaluation of serological tests for the diagnosis of brucellosis in Brucella melitensis experimentally infected dromedary camels

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2018, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  39. A comparative study of helminths of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procynoides) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) sharing the same territory

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, November 2017, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  40. Molecular identification of cestodes and nematodes by cox1 gene real-time PCR and sequencing

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 2017, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  41. Influence of Habronema muscae on Musca domestica

    Article • Helminthologia, September 2017, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  42. Cystoisospora orlovi (Eimeriorina: Sarcocystidae)-A little known coccidian of the old world camelids

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2017, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  43. The epidemiology of physocephalosis in camel in the united arab emirates

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2017, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  44. The larval development of Habronema muscae (Nematoda: Habronematidae) affects its intermediate host, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  45. Life cycle and morphology of development stages of Physocephalus dromedarii (Nematoda: Spirocercidae)

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, October 2016, Medknow

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  46. Chlamydotis macqueenii and C. undulata (Aves: Otididae) are new hosts for Caryospora megafalconis (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) and proposal of the genus Avispora gen. nov

    Article • Parasitology Research, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  47. Efficacy of a topical combination of fipronil, (S)-methoprene, eprinomectin and praziquantel (Broadline®) against naturally acquired infections with cestodes of the genus Joyeuxiella in cats

    Article • Parasitology Research, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  48. Scarabaeus cristatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as intermediate host of Physocephalus dromedarii (Nematoda: Spirocercidae)—a contribution to the epidemiology of camel physocephalidosis

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  49. Abattoir survey on extra-cerebral coenurosis in goats

    Article • Helminthologia, November 2015, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  50. Is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) a competent definitive host for Taenia multiceps?

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  51. Light and scanning electron microscopical examination of the third stage larva of Physocephalus dromedarii (Nematoda: Spirocercidae)—an abomasal nematode of the one humped camel (Camelus dromedarius)

    Article • Parasitology Research, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  52. First Isolation ofIgnatzschineria indicaIn A case of dromedary camel dermal myiasis

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2015, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  53. A Case of Hepatic Cysticercosis in A Dromedary Calf

    Article • Journal of Camel Practice and Research, January 2015, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  54. On the life cycle and morphology of development stages of Paraspiralatus sakeri Gibbons et al., 2004 (Nematoda: Spiroidea, Spirocercidae), a heteroxenic stomach parasite of falcons

    Article • Parasitology Research, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  55. Gigantobilharzia melanoidis n.sp. (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  56. A xenodiagnostic method using Musca domestica for the diagnosis of gastric habronemosis and examining the anthelmintic efficacy of moxidectin

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  57. A re-description of Physocephalus dromedarii stat. nov. (Nematoda: Spirocercidae), an abomasal nematode of dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius)

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, July 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  58. A New Species of Cloacitrema (Digenea, Philophthalmidae) from Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) with Remarks on the Genera Cloacitrema and Pygorchis

    Article • Vestnik Zoologii, February 2013, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  59. Piroplasmosis in Donkeys—A Hematological and Serological Study in Central Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, January 2013, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  60. Molecular characterization of subcutaneous and muscular coenurosis of goats in United Arab Emirates

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  61. Cysticercoids of Anoplocephala magna (Eucestoda: Anoplocephalidae) experimentally grown in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  62. Catatropis pakistanensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Notocotylidae) from Northern shovelers, Anas clypeata (Anatidae: Aves) from Pakistan with some remarks on the history of Catatropis species

    Article • Helminthologia, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  63. Panceriella emiratensis sp. nov. (Eucestoda, Linstowiidae) from desert monitor lizard, Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  64. A New Species of Oochoristica (Cestoda, Linstowiidae) from the Arabian Toad-Headed Agama, Phrynocephalus Arabicus (Sauria, Agamidae), from the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Vestnik Zoologii, January 2012, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  65. Applicability of molecular markers to determine parasitic infection origins in the animal trade: a case study from Sarcoptes mites in wildebeest

    Article • Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  66. Philophthalmus aweerensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) found in a rhea (Rhea americana) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Parasitology Research, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  67. Oochoristica chalcidesi n. sp. (Eucestoda: Linstowiidae) from the ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  68. Cutaneous and pulmonal habronemosis transmitted by Musca domestica in a stable in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  69. Morphology of the infective larval stage of the equid parasite Habronema muscae (Spirurida: Habronematidae), from houseflies (Musca domestica)

    Article • Parasitology Research, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  70. Opisthorchiidosis-A Review

    Article • Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, October 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  71. Non-cerebral coenurosis in goats

    Article • Parasitology Research, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  72. A comparative study of serological tests and PCR for the diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  73. The parasite fauna of stray domestic cats (Felis catus) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Article • Parasitology Research, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  74. Experimental ELISA for diagnosis of ovine dicrocoeliosis and application in a field survey

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  75. An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a collection of Stone curlews (Burhinus oedicnemus) in Dubai

    Article • Avian Pathology, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  76. Differences in the susceptibility of dromedary and Bactrian camels to foot-and-mouth disease virus

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, August 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  77. Outbreak of microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi in falcons

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  78. Liver flukes in dogs and treatment with praziquantel

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, December 2007, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  79. A sero-epidemiological survey on the occurrence of opisthorchiid liver flukes in red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) in Berlin, Germany

    Article • Parasitology Research, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  80. Molecular characterization and differentiation of opisthorchiid trematodes of the species Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884) and Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) using polymerase chain reaction

    Article • Parasitology Research, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  81. Liver enzyme activity and histological changes in the liver of silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes fulva) experimentally infected with opisthorchiid liver flukes. A contribution to the pathogenesis of opisthorchiidosis

    Article • Parasitology Research, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  82. Indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884) and Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) in foxes

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  83. Taenia krabbei (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) in Germany and its Delimitation from T. ovis

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, January 2002, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  84. Liver fluke (Opisthorchiidae) findings in red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) in the eastern part of the Federal State Brandenburg, Germany - a contribution to the epidemiology of opisthorchiidosis

    Article • Parasitology Research, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  85. Experimental studies of the influence of Moniezia expansa infection on oribatid mites

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  86. Infection patterns in the first intermediate host of Dicrocoelium dendriticum

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, May 1993, Elsevier

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster

  87. Factors influencing the metacercarial intensity in ants and the size of Dicrocoelium dendriticum metacercarial cysts

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, December 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Rolf K. Dr. Schuster