About the Authors
- Claudia Welz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Welz, Nina Krüger
Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Nina Krüger
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Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Welz, Nina Krüger
Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Monika Schniederjans
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Sandra M. Miltsch
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Jürgen Krücken
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Marcus Guest
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Lindy Holden-Dye
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Achim Harder
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Affiliation Bayer HealthCare AG, Animal Health, R&D-Parasiticides, Monheim, Germany
- Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
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* E-mail: gvsamson@vetmed.fu-berlin.de
Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
Achim Harder is employed by BayerHealthCare AG, which is developing veterinary pharmaceuticals including antiparasiticdal drugs like emodepside. This study was performed as a collaborative research project between Bayer HealthCare AG and the Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin as well as previously the Institute for Parasitology at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover. Accordingly, both academic institutions received project specific reseach grants from Bayer HealthCare AG.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CW NK LHD AH GvSH. Performed the experiments: CW NK MS SMM MG. Analyzed the data: CW NK MS SMM JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG LHD AH GvSH. Wrote the paper: CW NK JK GvSH.