Prof. Dr. Volker Stefanski

  • Director, Department of Behavioral Physiology of Livestock (460f)

Garbenstraße 17
2nd Floor, Room 216

Phone: +49 711 459 22455
Email: volker.stefanski@uni-hohenheim.de

 

Office Hours: by appointment

Administration

Profile

1991Dr. rer. nat., Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld
1993-1995Post-doc Norman Cousins Program in Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California, Los Angeles
1995-2001Research Associate, Department of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth
2001-2005Private Lecturer, Department of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth
2006-2009Chair of Immunology, Leibniz-Institute for  Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin
2009-University Professor (W3), University of Hohenheim, Institute für Animal Science, Department for Animal Physiology of Livestock, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Projects

Selected Publications

  • Reiske, L., Schmucker, S.S., Steuber, J., Toulouse, C., Pfaffinger, B., Stefanski, V. (2020) Interkingdom cross-talk in times of stress: Salmonella Typhimurium grown in the presence of catecholamines inhibits porcine immune functionality in vitro. Front. Immunol. 11:572056. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.572056 
  • Reiske, L., Schmucker, S. Pfaffinger, B. Weiler, U., Steuber, J, Stefanski, V. (2000) Intravenous infusion of cortisol, adrenaline, or noradrenaline alters porcine immune cell numbers and promotes innate over adaptive immune functionality. J. Immunol 204:3205. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000269
  • Kress K., Weiler U., Schmucker S., Čandek-Potokar M., Vrecl M., Fazarinc G., Škrlep M., Batorek-Lukač N., Stefanski V. (2019) Influence of Housing Conditions on Reliability of Immunocastration and Consequences for Growth Performance of Male Pigs. Animals 10:27. doi: 10.3390/ani10010027
  • Engert, L.C., Weiler, U., Pfaffinger, B., Stefanski, V., Schmucker, S.S. (2018) Diurnal rhythms in peripheral blood immune cell numbers of domestic pigs. Dev Comp Immunol. 79:11. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.10.003
  • Tilocca, B., Burbach, K., Heyer, C.M.E, Hoelzle, L.E., Mosenthin, R., Stefanski, V., Camarinha-Silva, A., Seifert, J. (2017) Dietary changes in nutritional studies shape the structural and functional composition of the pigs' fecal microbiome-from days to weeks. Microbiome 5:144. doi: 10.1186/s40168-017-0362-7
  • Grün, V., Schmucker, S., Schalk, C., Flauger, B., Stefanski, V., (2014) Characterization of the adaptive immune response following immunization in pregnant sows (Sus scrofa) kept in two different housing systems. J Anim Sci 92: 3388-3397. doi: 10.2527/jas.2013-7531
  • Götz, A.A., Stefanski, V., (2007) Psychosocial maternal stress during pregnancy affects serum corticosterone, blood immune parameters and anxiety behaviour in adult male rat offspring. Physiol Behav 90:108. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.014
  • Engler, H., Dawils, L., Hoves, S., Kurth, S., Stevenson, J.R., Schauenstein, K., Stefanski, V. (2004) Effects of social stress on blood leukocyte distribution: The role of α- and β-adrenergic mechanisms. J. Neuroimmunol 156: 153. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.08.005
  • Stefanski, V., 2000. Social stress in laboratory rats: Hormonal responses and immune cell distribution. Psychoneuroendocrinol 25, 389-406. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4530(99)00066-9
  • Stefanski, V., Ben-Eliyahu, S. (1996) Social confrontation and tumor metastasis in rats: Defeat and β-adrenergic mechanisms. Physiol Behav: 60:277. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00014-5