Alam, S., Velayudhan, S.M., Roessler, R., Yin, T., Mech, A., Soren, N.M., Malik, P.K., Rao, S.B., Bhatta, R., König, S., Schlecht, E. (2025): Urbanization and seasonal effects on milk fatty acid profiles in the Indian Megacity of Bengaluru. Int. Dairy. J., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2025.106343

Egerer, C., Gerhards, K., Becker, S., Engel, P., König, S., Reiner, G. (2025): Pig tail length is associated with the prevalence of tail malformations but not with tail inflammation. BMC Vet. Research, accepted.

Gerhards, K., Egerer, C., Becker, S., Willems, H., Engel, P., König, S., Reiner, G. (2025): GWAS reveals SNPs associated with tail length and tail kinks in piglets. Veterinary Science, accepted.

Gheitanchi, F., Giambra, I.J., Hecker, A.S., Strube, C., König, S., May, K. (2025): Relationships between liver and rumen fluke infections, milk somatic cells and polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor 5 gene and vitamin D metabolism-related genes in Holstein dairy cows. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 283, 110911

Halli, K., Yin, T., Koch, C., Krebs, S., König, S. (2025): Heat stress induces specific methylation, transcriptomic and metabolic pattern in dairy cows and their female progeny. Scientific Reports, accepted.

Hecker, A.S., May, K., König, S., Raulf, M.C., Strube, C. (2025): Population genetic analysis of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in German dairy cattle reveals high genetic diversity and associations with fluke size. Parasites & Vectors, accepted.

Hecker, A.S., Raulf, M.K., König, S., May, K., Strube, S. (2025): Individual host factors and coinfections affect the probability and excretion intensity of endoparasite infections in dairy cows. Parasites & Vectors, accepted.

Hümmelchen, H., Wagner, H., Wenisch, S., König, S., Wehrend, A. (2025): Phenotyping the sheep tail: Histological depiction of caudal spine structures in sheep. Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia. Accepted.

Kappes, R., Schneider, V., Giambra, I.J., Medugorac, I., Knob, D.A., Seichter, D., Lühken, G., Thaler Neto. A., Scholz, A.M. (2025): Effects of β-casein A1/A2 milk and β- and κ-casein genotypes on the performance, body composition, and fecal score of dairy calves. Scientific Reports 15,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25976-4

König, S., Frenken, E., Giambra, I., Abdalla, E., Heise, J., Brügeman, K. (2025): Breeding concepts on heat tolerance in dairy cattle. Züchtungskunde 1, 10-25.

Mainzer, J., Yin, T., Giambra, I., Hümmelchen, H., Engel, P., Wagner, H., Wehrend, A., König, S. (2025): Genetic parameters, genome-wide associations and potential candidate genes for additive and dominance effects of tail traits in Merinoland sheep based on whole-genome sequence data in a selection experiment. Anim. Genet. DOI: 10.1111/age.70041

May, K., Hecker, A.S., Strube, C., Yin, T., König, S. (2025): Genetic parameters and single-step genome-wide association analysis for trematode (Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron/Paramphistomum spp.) infections in German dairy cows. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2025.105712

Oberpenning, J., Brügemann, K., König, S. (2025): Characterization of German sheep production systems and derivation of respective economic values for breeding traits. Veterinary and Animal Sci., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2025.100432.

Oyieng, E.,  Ojango, J.M.,  Gauly, M., Ekine-Dzivenu, C.C., Mrode, R. Clarke, E.L., Oloo, R., König, S. (2025): The impact of heat stress on growth and resilience phenotypes of sheep raised in a semi-arid environment of sub-Saharan Africa. Livestock Sci., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2025.105794, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2025.10579

Oyieng, E., Ojango, J.M.K., Gauly, M., Mrode, Dooso, R., Okeyo, A.M., Kalinda, C., König, S. (2025): Evaluating reproduction traits in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands. Animal 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101391

Oyieng, E., Okjango, J.M.K., Gauly, M., Mrode, R., Okeyo, A.M, König, S. (2025): Lamb survival and ewe longevity in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands. Small Rum. Res., accepted

Roessler, R., Giambra, I., Scheper, C., König, S., Schlecht, E. (2025): Genetic structure and diversity of dairy cows in commercial herds in Burkina Faso using microsatellite markers. J. Agric. Rural Develop. Tropics and Subtropics 26, 1–12.

Sakhaeifar, S., König, S. (2025): Modelling approaches for the estimation of genetic parameters for calving ease and stillbirth in German Holstein dairy cattle. Livest. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2025.105855

Sakhaeifar, S., Yin, T., König, S. (2025): Application of Genomic Random Regression Models for Genetic Parameter Estimations of Female Fertility Traits in Different Parities in German Holsteins. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.70027

Schmid, S., Brügemann, K., König, S., and Wagner, H. (2025): Surveys on farm structure and marketing of products of animal origin from sheep and goat farms. Tierarztl. Prax. 53: 82–90

Sölzer, N., Brügemann, K., Engel, P., König, S. (2025): Inferring effects of barn emissions, housing conditions and genetics on specific dermatitis digitalis diagnoses in dairy cows. Livestock Sci. 293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2025.105650

Vanvanhossou, S.F.U., Yin, T., Gorjanc, G., König, S. (2025): Evaluation of crossbreeding strategies for improved adaptation and productivity in African smallholder cattle farms. Genetics Selection Evolution, accepted.

Wolf, M., Yin, T., Neumann, G.P.,  Korkuć, P.,  Brockmann, G.A., König, S. (2025): Single-step breeding value estimations and optimum contribution selection in endangered dual-purpose German Black Pied cattle (DSN) using a breed specific SNP chip. J. Anim. Breed. Genet., https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12929