Heike Schmidt-Posthaus

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Switzerland

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Prof. Dr. Heike Schmidt-Posthaus is a faculty member at the Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health in Switzerland. Her research focuses on aquatic animal health sciences, including histopathology, environmental DNA monitoring, and the effects of water pollution on fish. Recent publications explore a range of topics from the impact of medicinal herbs on fish health to the detection of novel RNA viruses in aquatic species.

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Ursachen für Massenmortalitäten in bedrohten einheimischen Krebsarten – Screening für virale Erreger in Edelkrebsen aus einem Gewässer im Kanton Solothurn

Open Date: 2023-04-01

Close Date: 2024-03-01

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Monitoring der Krebspest im Kanton Aargau – eine tödliche Erkrankung in stark bedrohten einheimischen Krebsarten

Open Date: 2022-04-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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Monitoring der Krebspest im Kanton St. Gallen – eine tödliche Erkrankung in stark bedrohten einheimischen Krebsarten

Open Date: 2022-04-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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FishCheck: Point-of-Care Assays for Early Detection and Monitoring of Fish Pathogens in Aquacultures

Open Date: 2021-10-01

Close Date: 2023-10-01

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Fische in der Tiermedizin – Aufbau eines innovativen Lehrtools zur vielfältigen Ausbildung von Tiermedizinstudierenden

Open Date: 2021-08-01

Close Date: 2022-08-01

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Collaborators (7)

Sabrina Neyrinck

Research Institute for Nature and Forest

BELGIUM

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Thomas Wahli

Head Fish Disease Laboratory

University of Bern

SWITZERLAND

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Albert F. H. Ros

University of Neuchatel

SWITZERLAND

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Rein Brys

Research Institute for Nature and Forest

BELGIUM

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Kara Lynne Dianne Dawson

University of Bern

SWITZERLAND

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Carolina Tafalla

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Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria

SPAIN

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Hana Novotna

National Veterinary Research Institute

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Histopathology in Aquatic Animal Health Sciences: Progress in Comparative Pathobiology

Non‐Invasive Monitoring of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae by eDNA: Influencing Environmental Parameters

Biomarker responses in wild brown trout from a headwater stream and their causal link to water pollution assessed through chemical analysis and in vitro reporter gene bioassays

18S rRNA Metagenomic Analysis of Nodular Gill Disease in Swiss Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Medicinal herbs, bioactives, phytochemicals and functional foods for health of aquatic species: Exploring a burgeoning focus for fish health sciences

An old unknown: 40 years of crayfish plague monitoring in Switzerland, the water tower of Europe

Optimal detection protocol of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae by environmental DNA: A comparison of qPCR and ddPCR approaches

Investigation of Proliferative Kidney Disease in Brown Trout and Habitat Characteristics Associated with a Swiss Wastewater Treatment Plant

Amoeba species colonizing the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Swiss aquaculture

Detection of novel RNA viruses in wild noble crayfish (Astacus astacus): A virome analysis in Swiss water bodies

Further spread of perch rhabdovirus on European percid farms

Mitigating human impacts including climate change on proliferative kidney disease in salmonids of running waters

Novel Filoviruses, Hantavirus, and Rhabdovirus in Freshwater Fish, Switzerland, 2017

It's a hard knock life for some: Heterogeneity in infection life history of salmonids influences parasite disease outcomes

Comparison of diagnostic methods for Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae detection in salmonid fish

Sudden outbreak of metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

The role of migration barriers for dispersion of Proliferative Kidney Disease—Balance between disease emergence and habitat connectivity

An understated danger: Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture and pet fish in Switzerland, a retrospective study from 2000 to 2017

Collaborators (7)

Sabrina Neyrinck

Thomas Wahli

Albert F. H. Ros

Rein Brys

Kara Lynne Dianne Dawson

Carolina Tafalla

Hana Novotna

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Articles (18)

Histopathology in Aquatic Animal Health Sciences: Progress in Comparative Pathobiology

Non‐Invasive Monitoring of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae by eDNA: Influencing Environmental Parameters

Biomarker responses in wild brown trout from a headwater stream and their causal link to water pollution assessed through chemical analysis and in vitro reporter gene bioassays

18S rRNA Metagenomic Analysis of Nodular Gill Disease in Swiss Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Medicinal herbs, bioactives, phytochemicals and functional foods for health of aquatic species: Exploring a burgeoning focus for fish health sciences

An old unknown: 40 years of crayfish plague monitoring in Switzerland, the water tower of Europe

Optimal detection protocol of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae by environmental DNA: A comparison of qPCR and ddPCR approaches

Investigation of Proliferative Kidney Disease in Brown Trout and Habitat Characteristics Associated with a Swiss Wastewater Treatment Plant

Amoeba species colonizing the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Swiss aquaculture

Detection of novel RNA viruses in wild noble crayfish (Astacus astacus): A virome analysis in Swiss water bodies

Further spread of perch rhabdovirus on European percid farms

Mitigating human impacts including climate change on proliferative kidney disease in salmonids of running waters

Novel Filoviruses, Hantavirus, and Rhabdovirus in Freshwater Fish, Switzerland, 2017

It's a hard knock life for some: Heterogeneity in infection life history of salmonids influences parasite disease outcomes

Comparison of diagnostic methods for Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae detection in salmonid fish

Sudden outbreak of metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

The role of migration barriers for dispersion of Proliferative Kidney Disease—Balance between disease emergence and habitat connectivity

An understated danger: Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture and pet fish in Switzerland, a retrospective study from 2000 to 2017

Collaborators (7)

Sabrina Neyrinck

Thomas Wahli

Albert F. H. Ros

Rein Brys

Kara Lynne Dianne Dawson

Carolina Tafalla

Hana Novotna

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An old unknown: 40 years of crayfish plague monitoring in Switzerland, the water tower of Europe