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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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Rose, H; Rinaldi, L; Bosco, A; Mavrot, F; de Waal, T; Skuce, P; Charlier, J; Torgerson, P R; Hertzberg, H; Hendrickx, G; Vercruysse, J; Morgan, E R (2015). Widespread anthelmintic resistance in European farmed ruminants: a systematic review. Veterinary Record, 176(21):546.
Kutter, Annette P N; Mosing, Martina; Hartnack, Sonja; Raszplewicz, Joanna; Renggli, Martina; Mauch, Jacqueline Y; Hofer, Christoph K (2015). The influence of acute pulmonary hypertension on cardiac output measurements : calibrated pulse contour analysis, transpulmonary and pulmonary artery thermodilution against a modified fick method in an animal model. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 121(1):99-107.
Dreyfus, A; Heuer, C; Wilson, P; Collins-Emerson, J; Baker, M G; Benschop, J (2015). Risk of infection and associated influenza-like disease among abattoir workers due to two Leptospira species. Epidemiology and Infection, 143(10):2095-2105.
Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Praet, Nicolas; Speybroeck, Niko; Torgerson, Paul R; Haagsma, Juanita A; De Smet, Kris; Murrell, K Darwin; Pozio, Edoardo; Dorny, Pierre (2015). The low global burden of trichinellosis: evidence and implications. International Journal for Parasitology, 45(2-3):95-99.
Dreyfus, A; Wilson, P; Collins-Emerson, J; Benschop, J; Moore, S; Heuer, C (2015). Risk factors for new infection with Leptospira in meat workers in New Zealand. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 72(3):219-225.
Hatz, Lea-Annina; Hartnack, Sonja; Kümmerle, Jan Michael; Hässig, Michael; Bettschart-Wolfensberger, Regula (2015). A study of measurement of noninvasive blood pressure with the oscillometric device, sentinel,in isoflurane-anaesthetized horses. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 42(4):369-376.
Wohlfender, Franziska; Doherr, M G; Driessen, Bernd; Hartnack, Sonja; Johnston, G M; Bettschart-Wolfensberger, Regula (2015). International online survey to assess current practice in equine anaesthesia. Equine Veterinary Journal, 47(1):65-71.
Haxhiu, Driton; Hoby, Stefan; Wenker, C; Boos, Alois; Kowalewski, Mariusz P; Lewis, F; Liesegang, Annette (2014). Influence of feeding and UVB exposition on the absorption mechanisms of calcium in the gastrointestinal tract of veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus). Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 98(6):1021-1030.
Becher, A M; Meier, K; Scheuerie, M; Torgerson, P; Pfister, K (2014). Variability of equine faecal egg counts between subsamples: caused by biological reasons?. In: 1st International Congress of the German Equine Veterinary Association (GEVA) and the subgroup "Equine Diseases" of the German Veterinary Medical Society (GVMS), Munich, 7 November 2014 - 8 November 2014.
Firestone, Simon M; Lewis, Fraser I; Schemann, Kathrin; Ward, Michael P; Toribio, Jenny-Ann L M L; Taylor, Melanie R; Dhand, Navneet K (2014). Applying Bayesian network modelling to understand the links between on-farm biosecurity practice during the 2007 equine influenza outbreak and horse managers’ perceptions of a subsequent outbreak. Preventive veterinary medicine, 116(3):243-251.
Waser, Julia. No effect of transient BVDV infection on weight gain in beef calves in New Zealand. 2014, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty.
Wichert, Brigitta; Liesegang, Annette; Hartnack, S (2014). Estimating energy losses with urine in the cat. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 98(4):628-635.
Abraham, Marc; Allen, Caroline; Bacon, Heather; Dalzell, Fiona; Eastwood, Bronwen; Edwards, Richard; Elliott, Phill; Fogle, Bruce; Hale, Geoffrey; Hale, Geraldine; Jones, Mark; Knight, Andrew; Lewis, Jo; McGill, Iain; MacMillan, Alastair; Menache, Andre; Saunders, Richard; Southgate, Peter; Torgerson, Paul R (2014). Bovine TB and badger control. Veterinary Record, 174(26):664-666.
Golini, Lorenzo; Kircher, Patrick R; Lewis, Fraser I; Steffen, Frank (2014). Transarticular fixation with cortical screws combined with dorsal laminectomy and partial discectomy as surgical treatment of degenerative lumbosacral stenosis in 17 dogs: clinical and computed tomography follow-up. Veterinary Surgery, 43(4):405-413.
Paul, Michaela; Torgerson, P R; Högland, J; Furrer, Reinhard (2014). Hierarchical modelling of faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy. arXiv 1401.2642, University of Zurich.
Ammann, Tanja. Effects of meteorological factors and the lunar cycle on onset of parturition in cows. 2014, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty.
Hässig, Michael; Eugster, Sabine; Lewis, Fraser I (2014). Herd level antimicrobial resistance in beef calves in Switzerland 1986 through 2011. Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 4(11):247-254.
Dumusc, S D; Ontsouka, E C; Schnyder, M; Hartnack, S; Albrecht, C; Bruckmaier, R M; Burgener, I A (2014). Cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-Lipoxygenase in dogs with chronic enteropathies. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28(6):1684-1691.
Hartnack, Sonja (2014). Issues and pitfalls in method comparison studies. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 41(3):227-232.
Hartnack, Sonja; Nathues, Christina; Nathues, Heiko; Grosse Beilage, Elisabeth; Lewis, Fraser Iain (2014). Estimating diagnostic test accuracies for brachyspira hyodysenteriae accounting for the complexities of population structure in food animals. PLoS ONE, 9(6):e98534.

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