PUBLICATIONS

YEAR	VRI AUTHORS	PUBLICATION
2013	LIGDA CHRISTINA	Adding value to local breeds: challenges, strategies and key factors Ch. Ligda and F. Casabianca, 2013. Animal Genetic Resources Information, 53: 107-116
2013	LIGDA CHRISTINA	Valuation of autochthonous bovine genotypes: Assessment of the meat quality of the Italian Podolian and the Greek Katerini cattle D. Karatosidi, G. Marsico, C. Ligda, S. Tarricone, 2013. Animal Genetic Resources Information, 53:141-146
2013	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	Lamb eimeriosis: Applied treatment protocols in dairy sheep production systems Saratsis, A., Karagiannis, I., Brozos, C., Kiossis, E., Tzanidakis, N., Joachim, A., Sotiraki, S. (2013) Veterinary Parasitology, 196 (1-2), pp. 56-63.
2013	LIGDA CHRISTINA, SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Challenges and strategies for the sustainable development of the pastoral and rangeland sheep and goat production systems in Ipeiros region in Greece Ch. Ligda, E. Sossidou, I. Tzouramani, 2013. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium: Modern trends in livestock production, 2-4 October, Belgrade, Serbia
2013	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA, LIGDA CHRISTINA, SAMARTZI FOTEINI	Sheep and Goat Farming in Greece: Implications and Challenges for the Sustainable Development of Less Favoured Areas E Sossidou, Ch Ligda, I Mastranestasis, D Tsiokos, F Samartzi. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 46 (2) 446-449, 2013
2013	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	The effects of husbandry system on grass intake and egg nutritive characteristics of laying hens Cecilia Mugnai, Evangelia N. Sossidou, Alessandro Dal Bosco, Silvia Ruggeri, Simona Mattioli and Cesare Castellini (2013) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94: 459-467 DOI 10.1002/jsfa.6269
2013	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Improving performance of Zackel sheep through cross-breeding with prolific Bluefaced Leicester under semi-intensive and extensive production systems Dinu Gavojdian, Ludovic Cziszter, Evangelia Sossidou & Nicolae Pacala (2013) Journal of Applied Animal Research, Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0971-2119 (Print), 0974-1844 (Online) DOI:10.1080/09712119.2013.792734
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Tetracycline resistance genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from bovine, ovine, caprine and swine pneumonic lungs originated from different Greek prefectures Maria Babetsa, Vassilios Sandalakis, Christina Vougidou, Antonios Zdragas, Afroditi Sivropoulou, Anna Psaroulaki, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(17) pp. 3917-3923, 2012.
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA, IOANNIDOU MARIA, SAMOURIS GEORGE, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS	Egg quality traits of layers as affected by the in- water supplementation with essential oils of aromatic plants Marinopoulos G., Dotas V., Sossidou E., Ioannidou M., Samouris G., Zdragas A., Dotas D., Conventional and Functional poultry nutrition, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	Hepatogenous photosensitisation in Scottish sheep casued by Dicrocoelium dendriticum Sargison, N.D., Baird, G.J., Sotiraki, S., Gilleard, J.S., Busin, V. (2012) Veterinary Parasitology, 189 (2-4), pp. 233-237. .
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA, SAMOURIS GEORGE, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, IOANNIDOU MARIA	Effect of laying hen dietary supplementation with purslane (portulaca olerecea l.) leaves and stems on egg quality Dotas V., Sossidou E., Marinopoulos G., Samouris G., Zdragas A., Ioannidou M., Dotas D. Conventional and Functional poultry nutrition, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	In vivo and in vitro efficacy of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) against Eimeria spp in lambs Saratsis, A., Regos, I., Tzanidakis, N., Voutzourakis, N., Stefanakis, A., Treuter, D., Joachim, A., Sotiraki, S. (2012) Veterinary Parasitology, 188 (1-2), pp. 19.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Molecular typing of Brucella melitensis endemic strains and differentiation from the vaccine strain Rev-1 Noutsios GT, Papi RM, Ekateriniadou LV, Minas A, Kyriakidis DA, Vet Res Commun, 2012 Mar;36(1):7-20.
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	Anisakidae infection in fish of the Aegean Sea Chaligiannis, I., Lalle, M., Pozio, E., Sotiraki, S. (2012) Veterinary Parasitology, 184 (2-4), pp. 362-366.
2012	SAMOURIS GEORGE	Effect of water deficit on leaf phenolic composition, gas exchange, oxidative damage and antioxidant activity of four Greek olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars A. Petridis, I. Therios, G. Samouris, St. Koundouras, A. Giannakoula. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Volume 60, 1-11, 2012.
2012	SAMOURIS GEORGE, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, IOANNIDOU MARIA	Microbiological parameters of traditional cheese "Ladotyri Mytilinis" Samouris G., Zdragas A., Ioannidou M., et al. Substainable production of traditional cheeses from local sheep milk in the Balkans. Thessaloniki, 2012.
2012	BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI	Restriction fragment length analysis of the cytochrome b gene and muscle fatty acid composition differentiate the cryptic flatfish species Solea solea and Solea aegyptiaca Evridiki Boukouvala, Alessia Cariani, Gregory E. Maes, Rafael G. Sevilla,Véronique Verrez-Bagnis, Marc Jérôme, Ilaria Guarniero, Georgios Monios, Fausto Tinti, Filip A.M. Volckaert, José M. Bautista, Grigorios Krey (2012). J.Agric. Food Chem., 60, 32, 7941-7948.
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	A review of comparative aspects of myiasis in goats and sheep in Europe Sotiraki, S., Hall, M.J.R. (2012) Small Ruminant Research, 103 (1), pp. 75-83.
2012	SAMOURIS GEORGE	Salinity-induced changes in phenolic compounds in leaves and roots of four olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) and their relationship to antioxidant activity A. Petridis, I. Therios, G. Samouris, St. Koundouras, C. Tananaki. Environmental and Experimental Botany, Volume 79, 37-43, 2012.
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	Specificities of parasitism in goats and sheep: Interactions with nutrition and control strategies Frutos, P., Hoste, H., Sotiraki, S., Hall, M., Jackson, F. (2012) Small Ruminant Research, 103 (1), pp. 1-2.
2012	SAMOURIS GEORGE	Genotypic Variation of Total Phenol and Oleuropein Concentration and Antioxidant Activity of 11 Greek Olive Cultivars (Olea europaea L.) Petridis, A, Therios, I, Samouris, G. HortScience, 47 (3), 339-342, 2012.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Detection of virulence-associated genes and genetic diversity of the ompA gene among Pasteurella multocida isolates from pneumonic lungs of ruminants and pigs Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, Loukia Ekateriniadou, 12th Penellenic Veterinary Congress, 508/4/2012, Athens.
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, VAFEAS GEORGE, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Prevalence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retail products in Greece A.Zdragas, K.Mazaraki, G.Vafeas, V.Giantzi, T.Papadopoulos and L.Ekateriniadou. J.Applied Microbiology 55, 308-313 2012
2012	PSOMAS EVDOXIOS	Effect of milk fat, kefir grain inoculum and storage time on the flow properties and microbiological characteristics of kefir Taxiarhoula I. Magra, Klio D. Antoniou and Evdoxios I. Psomas. Journal of Texture Studies 43 (2012) 299-308.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Sequence diversity of the leukotoxin (lktA) gene in caprine and ovine strains of Mannheimia haemolytica isolated from pneumonic lungs Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, Loukia Ekateriniadou, 12th Penellenic Veterinary Congress, 508/4/2012, Athens.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Serotypic diversity and sequence variation of the ompA gene among Mannheimia haemolytica isolates from domestic ruminants Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, William Donachie, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. 2012, JHVMS, Vol.63,(1), pp.13-24.
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, VAFEAS GEORGE, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Incidence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retailed products in Greece Antonios Zdragas, Kyriaki Mazaraki, Georgios Vafeas, Virginia Giantzi, Theofilos Papadopoulos, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2012 Oct; 55(4):308-13.
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Animal Welfare in different human cultures, traditions and religious faiths Endre Szücs, Rony Geers, Tadeusz Jezierski, Evangelia N Sossidou, Donald M Broom (2012) Asian Australian J. Anim. Sci., 25 (11):1499-1506 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2012.r.02
2012	BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Towards breeding of goats for genetically determined TSEs resistance- GOAT-TSE-FREE, Plan of the National Group E. Boukouvala, L.V. Ekateriniadou. 28 September 2012, Larnaca, Cyprus
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Poultry welfare and management: WPSA Working Group Nine H.A. Elson, I.C. de Jong, J.B. Kjaer, E.N. Sossidou and R. Tauson (2012) World’s Poultry Science Journal, December 2012, Volume 68 (4): 768-775 DOI: 10.1017/S0043933912000888
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, VAFEAS GEORGE	Diversity of vanA-type vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from broilers, poultry slaughterers and hospitalized humans in Greece Tzavaras I., Siarkou V. I Zdragas A., Kotzamanidis C., Vafeas G., Bourtzi-Hatzopoulou E., Pournaras S and.. Sofianou. J Antimicrob Chemother. , 67(8):1811-8, 2012
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Fatty acid profile and oxidative stability of egg yolk as affected by the supplementation of layer diet with purslane (Portulaca Oleracea L.) and essential oils of aromatic plants V. Dotas, G. Marinopoulos, E. Sossidou, I. Mitsopoulos, L. Hatzizisis, K. Papanikolaou (2012) In: Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Poultry Summit & 6th International Poultry Conference, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012, Egypt, http://www.mpn-wpsa.org/main/
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Effect of essential oil compounds and benzoic acid in combination with protease, on performance and intestinal microbiota composition of broiler chickens I. Giannenas, E. Triantafillou, E. Sossidou, G. Kontopidis, Ch. Papaneophitou, A. Meuter (2012) In: Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Poultry Summit & 6th International Poultry Conference, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012, Egypt http://www.mpn-wpsa.org/main/
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Assessment of probiotic supplementation via drinking water, on growth performance and intestinal morphology of chickens infected with Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima E. Tsalie, I. Giannenas, E. Papadopoulos, E. Sossidou, K. Teichmann, S. Henikl, D. Tontis (2012) In: Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Poultry Summit & 6th International Poultry Conference, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012, Egypt http://www.mpn-wpsa.org/main/
2012	REKKAS KONSTANTINOS, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, SAMARTZI FOTEINI	Long-term storage of porcine spermatozoa in chemically defined extenders T Khalifa, C Rekkas, I Tsakmakidis, A Zdragas, F Samartzi, A Lymberopulos. 16th Annual Conference of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction, Dublin, 2012 (Poster P 83), Reprod Domest Anim 47 (Suppl. 5): 91, 2012.
2012	SOSSIDOU EVANGELIA	Quality characteristics and oxidative stability of eggs and meat from laying hens produced under the family production system E. Kasapidou, P. Mitlianga, E. Sossidou (2012) In: Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Poultry Summit & 6th International Poultry Conference, Alexandria, 26-29 March 2012, Egypt http://www.mpn-wpsa.org/main/
2012	TSILIGIANNI THEODORA, SAMARTZI FOTEINI, VAINAS EMMANUEL	Relationship between oocyte maturation and the activity of two glycosidases [β-Ν-acetyloglucosaminidase (NAGASE), α-mannosidase (α-MAN)] in bovine follicular fluid Th Tsiligianni, F Samartzi, E Dovolou E Vainas, GS Amiridis, C Perreau, P Mermillod. 16th Annual Conference of ESDAR, Dublin, 2012 (Poster P 162), Reprod Domest Anim 47 (Suppl. 5): 111, 2012.
2012	SOTIRAKI SMARAGDA	Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats: Seroprevalence and potential risk factors under dairy husbandry practices Tzanidakis, N., Maksimov, P., Conraths, F.J., Kiossis, E., Brozos, C., Sotiraki, S., Schares, G. (2012) Veterinary Parasitology, 190 (3-4), pp. 340-348.
2012	TSILIGIANNI THEODORA	Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of GDF9 and BMP15 genes and litter size in two dairy sheep breeds of Greece E. Liandris, A. Kominakis, M. Andreadou, K. Kapeoldassi, S., Chadio, Th. Tsiligianni, M., Gazouli, J. Ikonomopoulos, I. Small Ruminant Research 107:16-21 (2012).
2012	LIGDA CHRISTINA	Evidence of major gene(s) affecting milk traits in the Chios sheep breed D.G. Chatziplis, O. Tzamaloukas, D. Miltiadou, Ch. Ligda, A. Koumas, A.P. Mavrogenis, A. Georgoudis, C. Papachristoforou, 2012. Small Ruminant Research, 105 (1-3): 61-68

Adding value to local breeds: challenges, strategies and key factors

Valuation of autochthonous bovine genotypes: Assessment of the meat quality of the Italian Podolian and the Greek Katerini cattle

Lamb eimeriosis: Applied treatment protocols in dairy sheep production systems

Challenges and strategies for the sustainable development of the pastoral and rangeland sheep and goat production systems in Ipeiros region in Greece

Sheep and Goat Farming in Greece: Implications and Challenges for the Sustainable Development of Less Favoured Areas

The effects of husbandry system on grass intake and egg nutritive characteristics of laying hens

Improving performance of Zackel sheep through cross-breeding with prolific Bluefaced Leicester under semi-intensive and extensive production systems

Tetracycline resistance genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from bovine, ovine, caprine and swine pneumonic lungs originated from different Greek prefectures

Egg quality traits of layers as affected by the in- water supplementation with essential oils of aromatic plants

Hepatogenous photosensitisation in Scottish sheep casued by Dicrocoelium dendriticum

Effect of laying hen dietary supplementation with purslane (portulaca olerecea l.) leaves and stems on egg quality

In vivo and in vitro efficacy of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) against Eimeria spp in lambs

Molecular typing of Brucella melitensis endemic strains and differentiation from the vaccine strain Rev-1

Anisakidae infection in fish of the Aegean Sea

Effect of water deficit on leaf phenolic composition, gas exchange, oxidative damage and antioxidant activity of four Greek olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars

Microbiological parameters of traditional cheese "Ladotyri Mytilinis"

Restriction fragment length analysis of the cytochrome b gene and muscle fatty acid composition differentiate the cryptic flatfish species Solea solea and Solea aegyptiaca

A review of comparative aspects of myiasis in goats and sheep in Europe

Salinity-induced changes in phenolic compounds in leaves and roots of four olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) and their relationship to antioxidant activity

Specificities of parasitism in goats and sheep: Interactions with nutrition and control strategies

Genotypic Variation of Total Phenol and Oleuropein Concentration and Antioxidant Activity of 11 Greek Olive Cultivars (Olea europaea L.)

Detection of virulence-associated genes and genetic diversity of the ompA gene among Pasteurella multocida isolates from pneumonic lungs of ruminants and pigs

Prevalence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retail products in Greece

Effect of milk fat, kefir grain inoculum and storage time on the flow properties and microbiological characteristics of kefir

Sequence diversity of the leukotoxin (lktA) gene in caprine and ovine strains of Mannheimia haemolytica isolated from pneumonic lungs

Serotypic diversity and sequence variation of the ompA gene among Mannheimia haemolytica isolates from domestic ruminants

Incidence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retailed products in Greece

Animal Welfare in different human cultures, traditions and religious faiths

Towards breeding of goats for genetically determined TSEs resistance- GOAT-TSE-FREE, Plan of the National Group

Poultry welfare and management: WPSA Working Group Nine

Diversity of vanA-type vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from broilers, poultry slaughterers and hospitalized humans in Greece

Fatty acid profile and oxidative stability of egg yolk as affected by the supplementation of layer diet with purslane (Portulaca Oleracea L.) and essential oils of aromatic plants

Effect of essential oil compounds and benzoic acid in combination with protease, on performance and intestinal microbiota composition of broiler chickens

Assessment of probiotic supplementation via drinking water, on growth performance and intestinal morphology of chickens infected with Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima

Long-term storage of porcine spermatozoa in chemically defined extenders

Quality characteristics and oxidative stability of eggs and meat from laying hens produced under the family production system

Relationship between oocyte maturation and the activity of two glycosidases [β-Ν-acetyloglucosaminidase (NAGASE), α-mannosidase (α-MAN)] in bovine follicular fluid

Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats: Seroprevalence and potential risk factors under dairy husbandry practices

Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of GDF9 and BMP15 genes and litter size in two dairy sheep breeds of Greece

Evidence of major gene(s) affecting milk traits in the Chios sheep breed

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