Paul Torgerson

Paul Torgerson, Prof.

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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.

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Schreiber, N., Basso, W., Riond, B., Willi, B., Torgerson, P. R., & Deplazes, P. (2021). Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 291–299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.09.011
Paternoster, G. (2021). Epidemiology and spatial modelling of cystic and alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-204110
Rohner, L., Marti, H., Torgerson, P., Hoffmann, K., Jelocnik, M., & Borel, N. (2021). Prevalence and molecular characterization of C. pecorum detected in Swiss fattening pigs Veterinary Microbiology, 256, 109062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109062
Rushton, J., Huntington, B., Gilbert, W., Herrero, M., Torgerson, P. R., Shaw, A. P. M., Bruce, M., Marsh, T. L., Pendell, D. L., Bernardo, T. M., Stacey, D., Grace, D., Watkins, K., Bondad-Reantaso, M., Devleesschauwer, B., Pigott, D. M., Stone, M., & Mesenhowski, S. (2021). Roll-out of the global burden of animal diseases programme The Lancet, 397, 1045–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00189-6
Klopfstein, M., Leyer, A., Berchtold, B., Torgerson, P. R., & Meylan, M. (2021). Limitations in the implementation of control measures for bovine paratuberculosis in infected Swiss dairy and beef herds PLoS ONE, 16, e0245836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245836
Paslaru, A. I., Verhulst, N. O., Maurer, L. M., Brendle, A., Pauli, N., Vögtlin, A., Renzullo, S., Ruedin, Y., Hoffmann, B., Torgerson, P. R., Mathis, A., & Veronesi, E. (2021). Potential mechanical transmission of Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) by the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) through regurgitation and defecation Current Research in Insect Science, 1, 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2020.100007
Abdybekova, A. M., Assylbekova, S. Z., Abdibayeva, A. A., Zhaksylykova, A. A., Barbol, B. I., Aubakirov, M. Z., & Torgerson, P. R. (2021). Studies on the population biology of helminth parasites of fish species from the Caspian Sea drainage basin Journal of Helminthology, 95, e12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x2100002x
Knubben-Schweizer, G., Rössler, A.-S., Schade-Weskott, E., & Torgerson, P. R. (2021). Epidemiology and control In J. Dalton (Ed.), Fasciolosis (pp. 180–210). CABI International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789246162.0006
Torgerson, P. R., & Shaw, A. P. M. (2021). A simple metric to capture losses. The concept of an animal health loss envelope OIE Bulletin (English Edition), Panorama, 2–5. https://doi.org/10.20506/bull.2021.1.3259
Corona, D., Ranninger, E., Jörger, F. B., Goldinger, E., Stefan, A., Torgerson, P. R., & Bettschart-Wolfensberger, R. (2020). Cats undergoing spay with medetomidine, ketamine and butorphanol develop arterial oxygen desaturation independent of surgical positioning and increased intraocular pressure in Trendelenburg position Schweizer Archiv Für Tierheilkunde, 162, 539–550. https://doi.org/10.17236/sat00271
Abdybekova, A. M., Abdibayeva, A. A., Popov, N. N., Zhaksylykova, A. A., Barbol, B. I., Bozhbanov, B. Z., & Torgerson, P. R. (2020). Helminth parasites of fish of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and associated drainage basin Helminthologia, 57, 241–251. https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2020-0030
Weber, S., Ohlerth, S., Mosing, M., Torgerson, P. R., Fürst, A., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2020). Ex vivo evaluation of the distribution of a mixture of mepivacaine 2% and iopromide following local infiltration of the infraorbital nerve via the infraorbital foramen Equine Veterinary Education, 32, 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13108
Schoster, A., Altermatt, N., Torgerson, P. R., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2020). Outcome and complications following transrectal and transabdominal large intestinal trocarization in equids with colic: 228 cases (2004–2015) Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 257, 189–195. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.257.2.189
Torgerson, P. R., Robertson, L. J., Enemark, H. L., Foehr, J., van der Giessen, J. W. B., Kapel, C. M. O., Klun, I., & Trevisan, C. (2020). Source attribution of human echinococcosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14, e0008382. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008382
Alvarez Rojas, C. A., Kronenberg, P. A., Aitbaev, S., Omorov, R. A., Abdykerimov, K. K., Paternoster, G., Müllhaupt, B., Torgerson, P. R., & Deplazes, P. (2020). Genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in Kyrgyzstan: The A2 haplotype of E. multilocularis is the predominant variant infecting humans PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14, e0008242. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008242
Wendler, P., Ertl, N., Flügger, M., Sós, E., Torgerson, P., Heym, P. P., Schiffmann, C., Clauss, M., & Hatt, J.-M. (2020). Influencing factors on the foot health of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in European zoos Zoo Biology, 39, 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21528
Kratzer, G., Lewis, F. I., Willi, B., Meli, M. L., Boretti, F. S., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Torgerson, P. R., Furrer, R., & Hartnack, S. (2020). Bayesian Network Modeling applied to Feline Calicivirus Infection among cats in Switzerland Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 73. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00073
Abdybekova, A. M., Zhang, Z., Sultanov, A. A., Abdibayeva, A. A., Zhaksylykova, A. A., Junisbayeva, S. M., Aubakirov, M. Z., Akhmetova, G. D., & Torgerson, P. R. (2020). Genotypes of Echinococcus isolated from domestic livestock in Kazakhstan Journal of Helminthology, 94, e69. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x19000634
Schreiber, N. (2020). Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-194053
Stäubli, T. (2020). Porcine teschovirus, sapelovirus and enterovirus in Swiss pigs: investigation of prevalences and disease association by multiplex RT-PCR (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-198380

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