Professor Torgerson is a British trained veterinarian and graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. Subsequently after a period in clinical practice, first as a large animal intern at Glasgow Veterinary School followed by agricultural veterinary practice, Professor Torgerson returned to Cambridge to complete a PhD in Parasitology. He was subsequently appointed as a lecturer at University College Dublin where he developed an interest in parasite epidemiology. In 2002 he was invited to lead a group on parasite epidemiology at the Institute of Parasitology in Zurich and remained there until 2008. Following a brief spell at Ross University in The Caribbean, Professor Torgerson was appointed to the newly created chair of veterinary epidemiology in Zurich from late 2009. Professor Torgerson also holds the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health with a speciality in population medicine and the Diploma of the European Veterinary Parasitology College.
Researcher profiles and publications
Professor Torgerson’s publications can be found at:
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Publications
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Quantifying national burdens of foodborne disease—Four imperatives for global impact. PLoS Global Public Health, 5(4):e0004309.
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Global and regional prediction of heterakidosis population prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries. Veterinary Parasitology, 332:110329.
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The burden and distribution of cystic echinococcosis in Bhutan: a retrospective study. Parasitology, 151(13):1432-1440.
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Global and regional prediction of coccidiosis and ascaridiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries. Veterinary Parasitology, 331:110268.
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Global losses due to dairy cattle diseases: A comorbidity-adjusted economic analysis. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(9):6945-6970.
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Economic losses due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Ethiopian cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 230:106276.
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Prevalence data on chicken diseases in low-resource settings. OIE Scientific and Technical Review, 43:39-47.
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Absence of effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle. Scientific Reports, 14(1):16326.
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The Burden of Disease and Other Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Backyard Chickens in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
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Prediction of coccidiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in countries and regions of the Horn of Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 327:110143.
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The influence of hypoxaemia, hypotension and hypercapnia (among other factors) on quality of recovery from general anaesthesia in horses. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 51(2):135-143.
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The importance of estimating the burden of disease from foodborne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(2):e0011898.
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Environmental distribution of Echinococcus and Taenia spp-contaminated dog faeces in Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 151(1):84-92.
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Environmental distribution of Echinococcus and Taenia spp-contaminated dog faeces in Kyrgyzstan. 2024, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty.
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Approximating the global economic (market) value of farmed animals. Global Food Security, 39:100722.
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The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence. One health, 17:100595.
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Strongyle faecal egg counts in Swiss horses: A retrospective analysis after the introduction of a selective treatment strategy. Veterinary Parasitology, 323:110027.
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Intraperitoneal and incisional ropivacaine did not improve postoperative analgesia after multimodal anaesthesia compared with saline in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 165(10):634-643.