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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Solitary intraventricular tumors in dogs and cats treated with radiotherapy alone or combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A retrospective descriptive case series Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 37, 204–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16583
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Advancing One Health: Updated core competencies CABI One Health, 2023, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0002
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Vergleichende Bestimmung äusserer anatomischer Parameter zum BOAS-Status bei französischen Bulldoggen (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-259332
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Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, e0010468. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010468
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Estimated specific antibody‑based true sero‑prevalences of canine filariosis in dogs in Central Europe and the UK Parasitology Research, 121, 3671–3680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07695-1
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Analyse comparative des initiatives One Health en Guinée et en République Démocratique du Congo: Un appel à l’opérationnalisation International Health Trends and Perspectives, 2, 48–60. https://doi.org/10.32920/ihtp.v2i3.1703
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Animal health is often ignored, but indispensable to the human right to health International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01613-0
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Guidance for evaluating integrated surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance CABI One Health, 2022, 0007. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2022.0007
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One Health evaluation of brucellosis control in Kazakhstan PLoS ONE, 17, e0277118. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277118
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Medical Management versus PACK-CXL in Dogs with Infectious Keratitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol Animals, 12, 2862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202862
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Evaluating diagnostic accuracies of Panbio™ test and RT-PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia using Bayesian Latent-Class Models (BLCM) PLoS ONE, 17, e0268160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268160
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The dual burden of animal and human zoonoses: A systematic review PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, e0010540. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010540
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A methodology to assess indirect economic impacts of animal disease outbreaks: A case of hypothetical African swine fever outbreak in Switzerland Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, e1768–e1786. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14512
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Screening of Healthy Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in the City of Zurich Reveals Continuous Circulation of Pigeon Paramyxovirus-1 and a Serious Threat of Transmission to Domestic Poultry Microorganisms, 10, 1656. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081656
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The bactericidal effect of two photoactivated chromophore for keratitis-corneal crosslinking protocols (standard vs. accelerated) on bacterial isolates associated with infectious keratitis in companion animals BMC Veterinary Research, 18, 317. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03397-z
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Verantwortung in der Tiermedizin conexus, 4, 130–140. https://doi.org/10.24445/conexus.2022.04.007
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Alternative Paradigms in Animal Health Decisions: A Framework for Treating Animals Not Only as Commodities Animals, 12, 1845. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12141845
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Ergebnis der selektiven Verpaarung beim Entlebucher Sennenhund zur Reduktion der ureteralen Ektopie Schweizer Archiv Für Tierheilkunde, 164, 535–546. https://doi.org/10.17236/sat00363
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The impact of vatinoxan on microcirculation after intramuscular co-administration with medetomidine in Beagle dogs: a blinded crossover study Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 49, 336–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2021.07.007
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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, 364–371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2022.04.001