Prakas, P., Rehbein, S., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Butkauskas, D. 2023. Molecular identification of Sarcocystis species in sika deer (Cervus nippon) of free-ranging populations in Germany and Austria. Veterinary Research Communications, 47: 2165–2175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10079-0
Marandykina-Prakienė, A., Butkauskas, D., Gudiškis, N., Juozaitytė-Ngugu, E., Januškevičius, V., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Prakas, P. 2022. Molecular identification of Sarcocystis species in sheep from Lithuania. Animals, 12 (16): art. no. 2048. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162048
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L., Prakas, P., Stirkė, V., Butkauskas, D. (2022) Morphological and molecular description of Sarcocystis myodes n. sp. from the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Lithuania. Biology, 11 (4): art. no. 512. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040512
Prakas, P., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Šneideris, D., Butkauskas, D. (2021) Invasive American mink (Neovison vison) as potential definitive host of Sarcocystis elongata, S. entzerothi, S. japonica, S. truncata and S. silva using different cervid species as intermediate hosts. Parasitology Research, 120 (6): 2243–2250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07180-1
Prakas, P., Rehbein, S., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Butkauskas, D. (2021) Molecular identification of Sarcocystis species in diaphragm muscle tissue of European mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) from Austria. Parasitology Research, 120 (7): 2695–2702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07212-w
Delgado-de Las Cuevas, G.E., Prakas, P., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Garcia-Gil, M.L., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Butkauskas, D., Mowery, J.D., Dubey, J.P., Habela, M.A., Calero-Bernal, R. (2021) First description of Sarcocystis species infecting Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia). Parasitology Research, 120 (8): 2881–2886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07239-z
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D. (2021) Molecular identification of seven Sarcocystis species in red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Lithuania. Parasitology International, 85: art. no. 102419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2021.102419
Juozaitytė-Ngugu, E., Švažas, S., Šneideris, D., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Butkauskas, D., Prakas, P. (2021) The role of birds of the family Corvidae in transmitting Sarcocystis protozoan parasites. Animals, 11 (11): art. no. 3258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113258
Vyšniauskienė, R., Rančelienė, V., Naugžemys, D., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Patamsytė, J., Butkauskas, D., Kupčinskienė, E., Žvingila, D. (2020) Genetic diversity of Nuphar lutea in Lithuanian river populations. Aquatic Botany, 161: art. no. 103173. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.103173″>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.103173
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Servienė, E., Januškevičius, V., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Molecular identification of two Sarcocystis species in fallow deer (Dama dama) from Lithuania. Parasitology International, 75: art. no. 102044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.102044
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Delgado de las Cuevas, G. E., Prakas, P., Calero-Bernal, R ., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Servienė, E., Habela, M.A., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Sarcocystis spp. diversity in the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Lithuania and Spain. Parasitology Research. 119 (4): 1363–1370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06603-9
Prakas, P., Kirillova, V., Dzerkale, A., Kirjusina, M., Butkauskas, D., Gavarane, I., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Šulinskas, G. (2020) First molecular characterization of Sarcocystis miescheriana in wild boars (Sus scrofa) from Latvia. Parasitology Research, 119 (11): 3777–3783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06882-2
Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Januškevičius, V., Chiesa, F., Baranauskaitė, A., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Servienė, E., Petkevičius, S., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method. Parasites & Vectors, 13 (1): art. no. 610. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04473-9
Prakas, P., Kirillova, V., Calero-Bernal, R., Kirjusina, M., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Habela, MA., Gavarane, I., Butkauskas, D. (2019) Sarcocystis species identification in the moose (Alces alces) from the Baltic States. Parasitology Research. 118 (5): 1601-1608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06291-0
Prakas, P., Kirillova, V., Gavarane, I., Gravele, E., Butkauskas, D., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Kirjusina, M. (2019) Morphological and molecular description of Sarcocystis ratti n. sp. from the black rat (Rattus rattus) in Latvia. Parasitology Research. 118 (9): 2689-2694. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06393-9
de las Cuevas, G.E.D., Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Butkauskas, D., Servienė, E., Habela, M.A., Calero-Bernal, R. (2019) Sarcocystis morae (Apicomplexa) in fallow deer (Dama dama) from Spain: ultrastructure and new host record. Journal of Parasitology, 105 (5): 813–815. https://doi.org/10.1645/19-56
Kirillova, V., Prakas, P., Calero-Bernal, R., Gavarane, I., Fernandez-Garcia, J.L., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Martinez-Estellez, M., Butkauskas, D., Kirjusina, M. (2018) Identification and genetic characterization of Sarcocystis arctica and Sarcocystis lutrae in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Baltic States and Spain. Parasites & Vectors. 11: 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2694-y
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D., Kutkienė, L., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Servienė, E. (2018) Morphological and molecular identification of Sarcocystis spp. from the sika deer (Cervus nippon), including two new species Sarcocystis frondea and Sarcocystis nipponi. Parasitology Research. 117 (5): 1305-1315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5816-8
Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Servienė, E., Butkauskas, D. (2018) Molecular identification of Sarcocystis lutrae (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in muscles of five species of the family Mustelidae. Parasitology Research. 117 (6): 1989-1993. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5880-0″>https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5880-0
Prakas, P., Rudaitytė, E., Butkauskas, D., Kutkienė, L. (2017) Sarcocystis entzerothi n. sp from the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Parasitology Research. 116 (1): 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5288-7
Prakas P., Butkauskas D., Rudaitytė E., Kutkienė L., Sruoga A., Pūraitė I. (2016) Morphological and molecular characterization of Sarcocystis taeniata and Sarcocystis pilosa n. sp from the sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Lithuania. Parasitology Research. 115 (8): 3021-3032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5057-7