

Dr. Hartnack studied veterinary medicine at the University of Munich and at the University of Liege from 1994-2000. She was awarded her doctorate following studies in animal nutrition from University of Munich in 2002. Between 2002 and 2009 she was employed as a postdoctoral researcher on a number of projects at the Veterinary Faculties of Munich, Leipzig, and the Vetsuisse Faculty in Bern. She joined the Veterinary Epidemiology Group in Zurich in early 2010. Dr. Hartnack holds the Diploma in Veterinary Virology from the Veterinary Chamber of Saxony and the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health with a speciality in Population Medicine.
Researcher profiles and publications
Dr. Hartnack’s publications can be found at:
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or in the Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA) below.
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Publications
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Protocol of the Dual Burden of Animal and Human Zoonoses: A Systematic Review. Basel, Switzerland: PrePrints - The Multidisciplinary Preprint Platform.
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Predictors of free-roaming domestic dogs' contact network centrality and their relevance for rabies control. Scientific Reports, 11(1):12898.
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Teaching: confidence, prediction and tolerance intervals in scientific practice: a tutorial on binary variables. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18(1):17.
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Diagnostic accuracy estimates for COVID-19 RT-PCR and Lateral flow immunoassay tests with Bayesian latent class models. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(8):1689-1695.
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Hand hygiene compliance in companion animal clinics and practices in Switzerland: An observational study. Veterinary Record, 189(1):e307.
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Evaluation of Three Commercial Interferon-γ Assays in a Bovine Tuberculosis Free Population. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8:682466.
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Comparative study of free-roaming domestic dog management and roaming behavior across four countries: Chad, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Uganda. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8:617900.
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Issues and pitfalls in the use of p-values. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 48(2):155-159.
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Bayesian latent class models to estimate diagnostic test accuracies of COVID‐19 tests. Journal of Medical Virology, 93(2):639-640.
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A prospective observational study on trajectories and prognostic factors of mid back pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1):554.
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Antimicrobial prescriptions in cats in Switzerland before and after the introduction of an online antimicrobial stewardship tool. BMC Veterinary Research, 16(1):229.
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Husbandry, use, and orthopedic health of horses owned by competitive and leisure riders in Switzerland. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 91:103107.
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Randomized controlled trial of pregabalin for analgesia after surgical treatment of intervertebral disc disease in dogs. Veterinary Surgery, 49(5):905-913.
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Prospective, controlled, blinded, randomized crossover trial evaluating the effect of maropitant versus ondansetron on inhibiting tranexamic acid‐evoked emesis. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 30(4):436-441.
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography in awake rabbits allows identification of the visual streak, a comparison with histology. Translational vision science & technology, 9(5):13.