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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System thinking and citizen participation is still missing in One Health initiatives – Lessons from fifteen evaluations Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 653398. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.653398
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Alternatives to robenidine to control gastrointestinal disorders of weaner rabbits in the field Veterinary and Animal Science, 13, 100179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2021.100179
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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, e0009296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009296
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Comparative study of free-roaming domestic dog management and roaming behavior across four countries: Chad, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Uganda Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 617900. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.617900
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Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 291–299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.09.011
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Roll-out of the global burden of animal diseases programme The Lancet, 397, 1045–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00189-6
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of C. pecorum detected in Swiss fattening pigs Veterinary Microbiology, 256, 109062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109062
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Epidemiology and spatial modelling of cystic and alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-204110
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Chlamydia pecorum–Induced Arthritis in Experimentally and Naturally Infected Sheep Veterinary Pathology, 58, 346–360. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985820973461
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Issues and pitfalls in the use of p-values Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 48, 155–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2020.10.007
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Limitations in the implementation of control measures for bovine paratuberculosis in infected Swiss dairy and beef herds PLoS ONE, 16, e0245836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245836
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Bayesian latent class models to estimate diagnostic test accuracies of COVID‐19 tests Journal of Medical Virology, 93, 639–640. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26405
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Systematic Review: Anesthetic Protocols and Management as Confounders in Rodent Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BOLD fMRI)—Part B: Effects of Anesthetic Agents, Doses and Timing Animals, 11, 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010199
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A simple metric to capture losses. The concept of an animal health loss envelope OIE Bulletin (English Edition), Panorama, 2–5. https://doi.org/10.20506/bull.2021.1.3259
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Studies on the population biology of helminth parasites of fish species from the Caspian Sea drainage basin Journal of Helminthology, 95, e12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x2100002x
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Epidemiology and control In J. Dalton (Ed.), Fasciolosis (pp. 180–210). CABI International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789246162.0006
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Comparison of antimicrobial prescription patterns in calves in Switzerland before and after the launch of online guidelines for prudent antimicrobial use BMC Veterinary Research, 17, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02704-w
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Potential mechanical transmission of Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) by the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) through regurgitation and defecation Current Research in Insect Science, 1, 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2020.100007
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One Health continues to evolve for better health of people, animals and ecosystems Conexus, 8–25. https://doi.org/10.24445/conexus.2020.03.003
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Antimicrobial prescriptions in cats in Switzerland before and after the introduction of an online antimicrobial stewardship tool BMC Veterinary Research, 16, 229. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02447-8