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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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Romagnoli, Noemi; Bektas, Rima N; Kutter, Annette P N; Barbarossa, Andrea; Roncada, Paola; Hartnack, Sonja; Bettschart-Wolfensberger, Regula (2017). Pharmacokinetics of ketamine and norketamine enantiomers after racemic or S-ketamine IV bolus administration in dogs during sevoflurane anaesthesia. Research in Veterinary Science, 112:208-213.
Pittavino, M; Dreyfus, A; Heuer, C; Benschop, J; Wilson, P; Collins-Emerson, J; Torgerson, P R; Furrer, Reinhard (2017). Comparison between Generalized Linear Modelling and Additive Bayesian Network; Identification of Factors associated with the Incidence of Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona in Meat Workers in New Zealand. Acta Tropica, 173:191-199.
Delaude, Alessandro; Rodriguez-Campos, Sabrina; Dreyfus, Anou; Counotte, Michel Jacques; Francey, Thierry; Schweighauser, Ariane; Lettry, Sophie; Schuller, Simone (2017). Canine leptospirosis in Switzerland—A prospective cross-sectional study examining seroprevalence, risk factors and urinary shedding of pathogenic leptospires. Preventive veterinary medicine, 141:48-60.
Sigrist, Nadja E; Kälin, N; Dreyfus, Anou (2017). Changes in serum creatinine concentration and acute kidney injury (AKI) grade in dogs treated with hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 from 2013 to 2015. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 31(2):434-441.
Pendl, W; Jenny, B; Torgerson, P R; Spring, P; Kümmerlen, D; Sidler, X (2017). Effect of herd health management on the prevalence of Postpartum Dysgalaktie Syndrome (PPDS) and the treatment incidence. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 159(2):109-116.
Rüegg, Simon R; McMahon, Barry J; Häsler, Barbara; Esposito, Roberto; Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ehlinger, Timothy; Peyre, Marisa; Aragrande, Maurizio; Zinsstag, Jakob; Davies, Philip; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Buttigieg, Sandra C; Rushton, Jonathan; Carmo, Luís P; De Meneghi, Daniele; Canali, Massimo; Filippitzi, Maria E; Goutard, Flavie Luce (2017). A blueprint to evaluate one health. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(20):1-5.
Deplazes, P; Rinaldi, L; Alvarez Rojas, C A; Torgerson, P R; Harandi, M F; Romig, T; Antolova, D; Schurer, J M; Lahmar, S; Cringoli, G; Magambo, J; Thompson, R C A; Jenkins, E J (2017). Global distribution of alveolar and cystic echinococcosis. In: Thompson, R C A. Echinococcus and Echinococcosis, Part A. Deutschland: Elsevier, 315-493.
Craig, P S; Hegglin, Daniel; Lightowlers, M W; Torgerson, Paul R; Wang, Q (2017). Echinococcosis: control and prevention. Advances in Parasitology, 96:55-158.
Wang, Craig; Torgerson, Paul R; Höglund, Johan; Furrer, Reinhard (2017). Zero-inflated hierarchical models for faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy. Veterinary Parasitology, 235:20-28.
Otero-Abad, Belen; Rüegg, Simon R; Hegglin, Daniel; Deplazes, Peter; Torgerson, Paul R (2017). Mathematical modelling of Echinococcus multilocularis abundance in foxes in Zurich, Switzerland. Parasites & Vectors, 10(1):21.
Bünter, Julia P; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Rüegg, Simon R; Heikinheimo, Annamari; Borel, Nicole; Johler, Sophia (2017). Wild type agr-negative livestock-associated MRSA exhibits high adhesive capacity to human and porcine cells. Research in Microbiology, 168(2):130-138.
Butz, Nathalie; Dreyfus, A; Fürst, Anton E; Bischofberger, Andrea S (2017). Wounds to the dorsal carpus (coronation injury) in horses: Treatment, complications and survival. Equine Veterinary Education, 29(1):38-44.
Lewis, Fraser I; Torgerson, Paul R (2017). The current and future burden of late-onset dementia in the United Kingdom: Estimates and interventions. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13(1):38-44.
Torgerson, Paul R (2016). Echinococcosis: Epidemics and Economics. In: International Scientific-Practical Conference "Veterinary Medicine in the 21st Century - Problems, Methods and Solutions", Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Dr Nurgali Tassilovich Kadyrov, Astana, Kazakhstan, 27 October 2016 - 28 October 2016, 8-12.
Baggenstos, Rhea; Dahinden, Tobias; Torgerson, Paul R; Bär, Hansruedi; Rapsch, Christina; Knubben-Schweizer, Gabriela (2016). Validation of an interactive map assessing the potential spread of Galba truncatula as intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica in Switzerland. Geospatial Health, 11(2):137-143.
Oppliger, Samuel; Hilbe, Monika; Hartnack, Sonja; Zini, Eric; Reusch, Claudia E; Kook, Peter H (2016). Comparison of serum spec fPL(™) and 1,2-o-Dilauryl-Rac-Glycero-3-Glutaric Acid-(6'-Methylresorufin) ester assay in 60 cats using standardized assessment of pancreatic histology. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 30(3):764-770.
Springer, S; Hartnack, Sonja; Grimm, H (2016). Euthanasia in small animal practice – an Austrian survey. In: Olsson, I Anna S; Araújo, Sofia M; Vieira, M Fátima. Food futures: ethics, science and culture. Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 387-392.
Braae, Uffe Christian; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Gabriël, Sarah; Dorny, Pierre; Speybroeck, Niko; Magnussen, Pascal; Torgerson, Paul R; Johansen, Maria Vang (2016). CystiSim – an agent-based model for taenia solium transmission and control. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(12):e0005184.
Pittavino, Marta. Additive Bayesian networks for multivariate data: parameter learning, model fitting and applications in veterinary epidemiology. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
Meier, Lorena; Torgerson, Paul R; Hertzberg, Hubertus (2016). Vaccination of goats against Haemonchus contortus with the gut membrane proteins H11/H-gal-GP. Veterinary Parasitology, 229:15-21.

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