Dr. Constanze Pietsch

Project management

Teaching

Fish Welfare

Stress Physiologie

Fisch Nutrition

Immunology

Toxikology

Mycotoxin Effects

LTK Modul 20

FBA Aquakultur

CAS Freshwater Fishes of Europe

Master of Sustainable Development

Biology

Environmental Engineers/Life Sciences

Fish biology

Fish behaviour

Fish welfare

Fish nutrition

Aquaculture

Histology

Ecotoxikology

Fisch rearing

Keeping fish for scientific experiments

Environmental chemistry and -analytics

Methods in science with emphasis on data collection and statistics

Sustainability in natural sciences

Fish

Mycotoxins

Fish welfare, stress physiology, fish brhaviour, fish nutrition, aquaculture, toxikology, immune system

Occurence and effects of mycotoxins on fish

Bridge - Entwicklung von innovativen Nachweismethoden von Fischwohl in der Aquakultur

Verbesserung der Qualität von Futtermitteln und Fischen in der Fischzucht

Entwicklung eines automatischen Videomonitorings für Fischzuchten

ZHAW Anschubfinanzierung "Happy Fish"

Pietsch, C., Tschudi, F., Baumann, S., Schmidt-Posthaus, H. (2019). Occurrence of an idiopathic muscle disease in farmed burbot (Lota lota), Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, in press.

Pietsch, C., Müller, G., Mourabit, S., Carnal, S., Bandara, K. (2020) Occurrence of fungi and fungal toxins in fish feed during storage. Toxins12(3), 171.

Pietsch, C. (2019) Risk assessment for mycotoxin contamination in fish feeds in Europe. Mycotoxin Research, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12550-019-00368-6.

Tschirren, L., Siebenmann, S., Pietsch, C. (2018). Toxicity of ochratoxin to early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxins 10: 264.

Egloff, S., Pietsch, C. (2018): Ethoxyquin: a feed additive that poses a risk for aquatic life. Dis. Aquat. Org. 131: 39-48.

Pietsch, C. (2017): Zearalenone (ZEN) and its influence on regulation of gene expression in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) liver tissue. Toxins, 9, 283-300.

Pietsch, C., Junge, R. (2016): Physiological responses of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) to dietary exposure to zearalenone (ZEN). Comp Biochem Physiol. Part C 188, 52-59.

Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Valenta, H., Dänicke, S., Schulz, C., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Junge, R. (2015): Effects of dietary exposure to zearalenone (ZEN) on carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Toxins 7(9), 3465-3480.

Pietsch, C., Junge, R., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Immunomodulation by zearalenone (ZEN) in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). BioMed Res Int, ID 420702, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2015/420702.

Pietsch, C., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Feed-borne exposure to deoxynivalenol (DON) leads to acute and chronic effects on liver enzymes and histology in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). World Mycotoxin Journal 8(5), 619-627.

Pietsch, C., Katzenback, B.A., Garcia Garcia, E., Schulz, C., Belosevic, M., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Acute and subchronic effects on immune responses of carp after exposure to deoxynivalenol (DON) in feed. Mycotoxin Research 31(3): 151-164.

Michel, C., Herzog, S., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Pietsch, C. (2014): Natural mineral particles are cytotoxic to rainbow trout gill epithelial cells in vitro. PLoS ONE, 9(7): e100856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100856

Pietsch, C., Noser, J., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Unravelling the mechanisms involved in zearalenone-mediated toxicity in permanent fish cell cultures. Toxicon 88: 44-61.

Pietsch, C., Hollender, J., Dorusch, F., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Toxic effects of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its metabolite tetrachlorohydroquinone (TCHQ) on rainbow trout liver cells are modulated by antioxidants. Cell Biol. Toxicol. 30(4): 233-252.

Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Valenta, H., Dänicke, S., Schulz, C., Kloas, W., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): In vivo effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) on innate immune responses of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Food Chem. Toxicol. 68: 44-52.

Pietsch, C., Schulz, C., Robiero, P., Kloas, W., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Organ damage and altered nutritional condition in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) after food-borne exposure to the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON). Toxins 6: 756-778.

Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Valenta, H. and Dänicke, S. (2013): Occurrence of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in commercial fish feed. An initial study. Toxins 5: 184-192.

Pietsch, C., Bucheli, T., Wettstein, F., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2011): Frequent biphasic cellular responses of permanent fish cell cultures to deoxynivalenol (DON). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 256:24-34.

Pietsch, C., Neumann, N., Preuer, T., Kloas, W. (2011): In vivo treatment with progestogens causes immunosuppression of carp leukocytes (Cyprinus carpio L.) by affecting nitric oxide production and arginase activities. J. Fish Biol. 79:53-69.

Kloas, W., Urbatzka, R., Opitz, R., Würtz, S., Behrends, T., Hermelink, B., Jagnytsch, O., Lorenz, C., Neumann, N., Pietsch, C., Trubiroha., A., van Ballegooy, C., Wiedemann, C., Lutz, I. (2009): Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Vertebrates. CECE 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1163:187-200.

Pietsch, C., Neumann, N., Knopf, K., Wuertz, S., Kloas, W. (2009): Progestogens cause immunosuppression of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) leukocytes stimulated with Aeromonas hydrophila in vitro. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 150:16-24.

Pietsch, C., Vogt, R., Neumann, N., Kloas, W. (2008): Production of nitric oxide by carp kidney leukocytes is regulated by cyclic adenosine 3´,5´monophosphate. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A 150: 58-65.

Ogunji, J.O., Kloas, W., Wirth, M., Neumann, N., Pietsch, C. (2007): Effect of housefly maggot meal (magmeal) diets on the performance, concentration of plasma glucose, cortisol and blood characteristics of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings. J. Animal Physiol. Animal Nutr. 92: 511-518.

Pietsch, C., Krause, E., Burnison, B.K., Steinberg, C.E.W., Pflugmacher, S. (2006): Effects and metabolism of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon in the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum. J. Appl. Bot. Food Qual. 80: 25-30.

Pflugmacher, S., Pietsch, C., Rieger, W., Steinberg, C.E.W. (2005): Dissolved natural organic matter (NOM) impacts photosynthetic oxygen production and electron transport in coontail Ceratophyllum demersum. Sci. Tot. Environ. 357: 169-175.

Pietsch, C., Wiegand, C., Amé, M.V., Nicklisch, A., Wunderlin, D., Pflugmacher, S. (2001): The effects of a cyanobacterial crude extract on different aquatic organisms: Evidence for cyanobacterial toxin modulating factors. Environ. Toxicol. 16: 535-542.

Pietsch, C., Pawlak, P., Burren, A., & Seitz, A. (2023). Effects of different acute stressors on the regulation of appetite genes in the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) brain (Vol. 10, Issue 2). The Royal Society Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.19143

Pietsch, Constanze (8 October 2022). Akuter Stress in karpfenartigen Fischen- was sind typische Merkmale ? In: 18. Gemeinschaftstagung der deutschsprachigen Sektionen der EAFP. Hannover, Deutschland. 4. bis zum 8. Oktober 2022.

Pawlak, Paulina; Konrad, Jonathan; Pietsch, Constanze (27 September 2022). Visible Effects of Stress on Fish Abstract Book EAS 2022, p. 1002.

Pietsch, C., Pawlak, P., Burren, A., Seitz, A., & Glauser, G. (2022). Differential effects of acute eustress and distress on gene regulation patterns in the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) brain (Vol. 53, Issue 14). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.17491

Stadtlander, T., Bandy, J., Rosskothen, D., Pietsch, C., Tschudi, F., Sigrist, M., Seitz, A., & Leiber, F. (2022). Dilution rates of cattle slurry affect ammonia uptake and protein production of duckweed grown in recirculating systems (Vol. 357). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.17632

Wahli, T., & Pietsch, C. (Eds.). (2021). Fischgesundheit - eine Herausforderung für alle. Universität Bern, Zentrum für Fisch- und Wildtiermedizin. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.14479

Burren, A., & Pietsch, C. (2021). Distress regulates different pathways in the brain of common carp: an initial study (Vol. 11, Issue 2). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.13819

Imani, A., Ghafarifarsani, H., Niewold, T., Pietsch, C., & Moghanlou, K. S. (2021). Histopathological effects of aflatoxin B1 and zearalenone on liver tissue of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Vol. 74, Issue 1). Journal of Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15042

Imani, A., Ghafarifarsani, H., Niewold, T. A., Pietsch-Schmied, C., & Sarvi Moghanlou, K. (2021). Synergistic toxicity of dietary aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and zearalenone (ZEN) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is attenuated by anabolic effects (Vol. 541). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15049

Koletsi, P., Schrama, J. W., Graat, E. A. M., Wiegertjes, G. F., Lyons, P., & Pietsch, C. (2021). The Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Raw Materials and Fish Feeds in Europe and the Potential Effects of Deoxynivalenol (DON) on the Health and Growth of Farmed Fish Species—A Review (Vol. 13, Issue 6). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15048

Pietsch, C. (2019): Food Safety: The Risk of Mycotoxin Contamination in Fish. In: Sabuncuoglu, S. (ed): Mycotoxins and Food Safety. InTech Open, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89002.

Pietsch, C., Hirsch, P. (eds.) (2015): Biology and Ecology of Carp. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Science Publishers. USA, 394 pages.

Burkhardt-Holm P., Pietsch, C. (2010): „Ökotoxikologische Beurteilung von PCB in Fischen und deren Prädatoren“, In: „Polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) in Gewässern und Fischen der Schweiz. Bericht über Phase I“. Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Bern, 2010.

Pflugmacher, S., Pietsch, C., Rieger, W., Paul, A., Preuer, T., Zwirnmann, E., Steinberg, C.E.W. (2003): Humic substances and their direct effects on the physiology of aquatic plants. In: Humic Substances: Natures`s most versatile materials. Taylor and Francis, New York.

Association of the European Fish Pathologists seit 2005

European Aquaculture Society seit 2017