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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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Hartnack, Sonja (2022). Animal health is often ignored, but indispensable to the human right to health. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1):3.
Liz Paola, Noguera Z; Torgerson, Paul R; Hartnack, Sonja (2022). Alternative Paradigms in Animal Health Decisions: A Framework for Treating Animals Not Only as Commodities. Animals, 12(14):1845.
Steblaj, Barbara; Campagna, Ivo; Hartnack, Sonja; Kutter, Annette P N (2022). Effects of acepromazine and dexmedetomidine, followed by propofol induction and maintenance with isoflurane anaesthesia, on the microcirculation of Beagle dogs evaluated by sidestream dark field imaging: an experimental trial. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 49(4):364-371.
Niemann, Lisa; Kutter, Annette P N; Joerger, Fabiola B; Wieser, M L; Hartnack, Sonja; Steblaj, B (2022). The impact of vatinoxan on microcirculation after intramuscular co-administration with medetomidine in Beagle dogs: a blinded crossover study. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 49(4):336-343.
Rasmussen, Philip; Shaw, Alexandra P M; Muñoz-Gómez, Violeta; Bruce, Mieghan; Torgerson, Paul R (2022). Estimating the burden of multiple endemic diseases and health conditions using Bayes’ Theorem: A conditional probability model applied to UK dairy cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 203:105617.
Assmann, Anton D; Ohlerth, Stefanie; Suárez Sánchez‐Andrade, José; Torgerson, Paul R; Bischofberger, Andrea S (2022). Ex vivo comparison of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and multidetector computed tomography arthrography to identify artificial soft tissue lesions in equine stifles. Veterinary Surgery, 51(4):648-657.
Torgerson, Paul R (2022). What is the role of badger culling as a control measure for bovine TB?. Veterinary Record, 190(6):236-238.
Babo Martins, Sara; Bolon, Isabelle; Alcoba, Gabriel; Ochoa, Carlos; Torgerson, Paul; Sharma, Sanjib K; Ray, Nicolas; Chappuis, François; Ruiz de Castañeda, Rafael (2022). Assessment of the effect of snakebite on health and socioeconomic factors using a One Health perspective in the Terai region of Nepal: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health, 10(3):e409-e415.
Malbon, Alexandra J; Dürrwald, Ralf; Kolodziejek, Jolanta; Nowotny, Norbert; Kobera, Ralph; Pöhle, Dietrich; Muluneh, Aemero; Dervas, Eva; Cebra, Christopher; Steffen, Frank; Paternoster, Giulia; Gerspach, Christian; Hilbe, Monika (2022). New World camelids are sentinels for the presence of Borna disease virus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(2):451-464.
Persson, Kirsten; Gerdts, Wiebke-Rebekka; Hartnack, Sonja; Kunzmann, Peter (2022). Assessing Moral Judgements in Veterinary Students: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study from Germany. Animals, 12(5):586.
Sisay, Abay; Abera, Adugna; Dufera, Boja; Endrias, Tujuba; Tasew, Geremew; Tesfaye, Abraham; Hartnack, Sonja; Beyene, Dereje; Desta, Adey Feleke (2022). Diagnostic accuracy of three commercially available one step RT-PCR assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in resource limited settings. PLoS ONE, 17:e0262178.
Kok, Marcel T J; Tsioumani, Elsa; Bliss, Cebuan; Immovilli, Marco; Keune, Hans; Morgera, Elisa; Rüegg, Simon R; Schapper, Andrea; Vijge, Marjanneke J; Zinngrebe, Yves; Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J (2022). Enabling Transformative Biodiversity Governance in the Post-2020 Era. In: Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J; Kok, Marcel T J. Transforming Biodiversity Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 341-360.
Keune, Hans; Payyappallimana, Unnikrishnan; Morand, Serge; Rüegg, Simon R (2022). One Health and Biodiversity. In: Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid; Kok, Marcel T J. Transforming Biodiversity Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 93-114.
Tizzani, Michele; Muñoz-Gómez, Violeta; De Nardi, Marco; Paolotti, Daniela; Muñoz, Olga; Ceschi, Piera; Viltrop, Arvo; Capua, Ilaria (2021). Integrating digital and field surveillance as complementary efforts to manage epidemic diseases of livestock: African swine fever as a case study. PLoS ONE, 16(12):e0252972.
Lightowlers, Marshall W; Gasser, Robin B; Hemphill, Andrew; Romig, Thomas; Tamarozzi, Francesca; Deplazes, Peter; Torgerson, Paul R; Garcia, Hector H; Kern, Peter (2021). Advances in the treatment, diagnosis, control and scientific understanding of taeniid cestode parasite infections over the past 50 years. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(13-14):1167-1192.
Furthner, Etienne; Kowalewski, Mariusz P; Torgerson, Paul; Reichler, Iris M (2021). Verifying the placement and length of feeding tubes in canine and feline neonates. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1):208.
Warembourg, Charlotte; Fournié, Guillaume; Abakar, Mahamat Fayiz; Alvarez, Danilo; Berger-González, Monica; Odoch, Terence; Wera, Ewaldus; Alobo, Grace; Carvallo, Elfrida Triasny Ludvina; Bal, Valentin Dingamnayal; López Hernandez, Alexis Leonel; Madaye, Enos; Maximiano Sousa, Filipe; Naminou, Abakar; Roquel, Pablo; Hartnack, Sonja; Zinsstag, Jakob; Dürr, Salome (2021). Predictors of free-roaming domestic dogs' contact network centrality and their relevance for rabies control. Scientific Reports, 11(1):12898.
Hartnack, Sonja; Roos, Malgorzata (2021). Teaching: confidence, prediction and tolerance intervals in scientific practice: a tutorial on binary variables. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18(1):17.
Amsler, Morena; Zurfluh, Katrin; Hartnack, Sonja; Sidler, Xaver; Stephan, Roger; Kümmerlen, Dolf (2021). Occurrence of Escherichia coli non-susceptible to quinolones in faecal samples from fluoroquinolone-treated, contact and control pigs of different ages from 24 Swiss pig farms. Porcine Health Management, 7(1):29.
Abdrakhmanov, Sarsenbay K; Beisembayev, Kanatzhan K; Sultanov, Akmetzhan A; Mukhanbetkaliyev, Yersyn Y; Kadyrov, Ablaikhan S; Ussenbayev, Altay Y; Zhakenova, Aigerim Y; Torgerson, Paul R (2021). Modelling bluetongue risk in Kazakhstan. Parasites & Vectors, 14(1):491.

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