Arbeitsgruppe Innere Medizin
Res earch
Research Group Prof. Kohn
Areas of Scientific Interest
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Infectious Diseases in the dog and cat (vector-borne diseases, canine and feline, leptospirosis, feline hemoplasmosis, Giardia spp. infection in small animals, canine Angiostrongylus infection)
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Antibiotic Stewardship (infections of the urinary tract)
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Multiresistant bacteria and nosocomial infection
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Clinical immunology: Immune-mediated diseases (immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, immune-mediated polyarthritis), new treatment options
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Transfusion medicine in the dog and cat (blood typing and compatibility testing, indications, side effects, safety issues, etc.)
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Acute phase proteins in the dog and cat
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Nanocarriers in feline hyperthyroidism
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Canine chronic enteropathies (epidemiological aspects, diagnosis, biomarkers, etc.)
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Renal disease and biomarkers
Cooperations
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FU Berlin:
Institute for Immunology, Biochemistry, Animal Nutrition, Epidemiology and Statistics, Animal Hygiene, Microbiology, Parasitology, Animal Pathology, Anatomy, Animal Physiology
National and International Universities:
Rudolf-Virchow Klinikum, Charite University Medicine, Berlin
Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, FU Berlin
Small Animal Clinic, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
Nutrition Physiology, Universität Potsdam
Institute for Animal Hygiene, University of Leipzig
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas AM University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Pathobiology, University of Bristol
Small Animal Clinic, University of Bristol
Parasitology, LM-University Munich / University of Zurich
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Federal Research Institutes:
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin
Epidemiology, Robert-Koch Institute, Berlin
Parasitology, Robert-Koch Institute, Berlin
German Red Cross Blood Service, Springe
Numerous Cooperations with Industry / Private laboratories