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Aleksija Neimane
Title:Veterinary officer, PhD, Dipl. ACVP
Research area :Wildlife, wildlife diseases, pathology, One Health
Aleksija is a wildlife pathologist who studies wildlife health and disease. She is interested in emerging and re-emerging diseases that pose a threat to wildlife, but also to domestic animals and/or humans.
Current projects
European Partnership Animal Health and Welfare, EUP AH&W
Start/end:2024 - 2034
Project manager :Karin Artursson
Wildlife and One Health: wildlife ecology, health surveillance and interaction with livestock, human population and environment Ref.:...
Start/end:2023 - 2030
Project manager :Dolores Gavier-Widén
Who sends fallen wildlife to SVA for examination and why? Investigating the factors affecting submission of carcasses and samples to better...
Start/end:2021 - 2023
Project manager :Aleksija Neimane
SARS-CoV2 Research Integration and Preparedness (COVRIN)
Start/end:2021 - 2023
Project manager :Mikael Leijon
Emerging African swine fever in domestic pigs and wild boar: Understanding pathobiology to inform disease control
Start/end:2021 - 2023
Project manager :Dolores Gavier-Widén
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Publications
African Swine Fever: Disease Dynamics in Wild Boar Experimentally Infected with ASFV Isolates Belonging to Genotype I and II (2019)
Overcoming species barriers: an outbreak of Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2 in an isolated population of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) (2018)
Recent changes in infectious diseases in European wildlife (2019)
Elucidation of the pathology and tissue distribution of Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2 (rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2) in young and adult rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (2018)
Post mortem findings and their relation to AA amyloidosis in free-ranging Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) (2018)
Host-Specific Glycans Are Correlated with Susceptibility to Infection by Lagoviruses, but Not with Their Virulence (2017)
Arrival of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 to northern Europe: Emergence and outbreaks in wild and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Sweden (2017)
Gastrointestinal parasitic infections in dead or debilitated moose (Alces alces) in Sweden (2018)
Emergence of the Zoonotic Biliary Trematode Pseudamphistomum truncatum in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea (2016)
One Health approach to use of veterinary pharmaceuticals (2014)