About Us

The section of epidemiology is lead by Prof. Paul Torgerson in collaboration with three senior research assistants. We are involved in many projects at the university of Zurich and elsewere. The collaborators working in our offices at the Tierspital in Zürich are listed on the Staff page.
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Our Publications on ZORA
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Publications
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Economic losses due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Ethiopian cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 230:106276.
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Prevalence data on chicken diseases in low-resource settings. OIE Scientific and Technical Review, 43:39-47.
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Measurement of compassion fatigue in animal health care professionals: a systematic review of available instruments and their content validity. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11:1425741.
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Photoactivated Chromophore for Keratitis-Corneal Cross-linking (PACK-CXL)—A Scoping Review Based on Preclinical Studies. Translational vision science & technology, 13(7):14.
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Absence of effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle. Scientific Reports, 14(1):16326.
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The Burden of Disease and Other Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Backyard Chickens in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
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Moral distress measurement in animal care workers: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 14(4):e082235.
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Prediction of coccidiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in countries and regions of the Horn of Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 327:110143.
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A health promotion perspective on One Health. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 115:271-275.
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The influence of hypoxaemia, hypotension and hypercapnia (among other factors) on quality of recovery from general anaesthesia in horses. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 51(2):135-143.
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The importance of estimating the burden of disease from foodborne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(2):e0011898.
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Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in an Indigenous Population from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(1):155-158.
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Environmental distribution of Echinococcus and Taenia spp-contaminated dog faeces in Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 151(1):84-92.
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Rodent surgeries – who is performing them and how?. 2024, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse-Fakultät.
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Environmental distribution of Echinococcus and Taenia spp-contaminated dog faeces in Kyrgyzstan. 2024, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty.
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Approximating the global economic (market) value of farmed animals. Global Food Security, 39:100722.
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The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence. One health, 17:100595.