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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Cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered domestic ruminants from Tunisia Journal of Helminthology, 87, 318–325. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X12000430
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One world health: Socioeconomic burden and parasitic disease control priorities Veterinary Parasitology, 195, 223–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.04.004
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Profiling of boar taint by nontargeted metabolomics (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-164222
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The emergence of echinococcosis in central Asia Parasitology, 140, 1667–1673. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013000516
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The effects of a loading dose followed by constant rate infusion of xylazine compared with romifidine on sedation, ataxia and response to stimuli in horses Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 40, 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.2012.00784.x
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Feeding behavior of laboratory dogs as a helpful guideline to their state of health during animal testing (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-60155
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Alveolar echinococcosis (Echinococcus multilocularis) and neotropical forms of echinococcosis (Echinococcus vogeli and Echinococcus oligarthrus) In S. R. Palmer, L. Soulsby, P. R. Torgerson, & D. W. G. Brown (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses Biology, Clinical Practice, and Public Health Control (pp. 669–699). Oxford University Press.
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Age, season and spatio-temporal factors affecting the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis and Taenia taeniaeformis in Arvicola terrestris (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-57891
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Efficiency of control of bovine fasciolosis XXVI World Buiatrics Congress, Santiago.
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Bovine Fasciolose in der Schweiz: Bedeutung und Bekämpfung Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 152, 223–229. https://doi.org/10.1024/0036-7281/a000053
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Public health and bovine tuberculosis: what’s all the fuss about? Trends in Microbiology, 18, 67–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2009.11.002
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Control of bovine fasciolosis in dairy cattle in Switzerland with emphasis on pasture management Veterinary Journal, 186, 188–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.003
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Epidemiologie der Echinococcose in Kirgistan In J. R. Aschenbach, G. Gaebel, & A. Daugschies (Eds.), Proceedings.Tagung der DVG-Fachgruppe “Parasitologie und parasitäre Krankheiten” (Vol. 5, pp. 106–107). Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
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Stochastic multi-host transmission models for parasitic diseases (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-21078
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Does risk to humans justify high cost of fighting bovine TB? Nature, 455, 1029–1029. https://doi.org/10.1038/4551029a
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An interactive map to assess the potential spread of Lymnaea truncatula and the free-living stages of Fasciola hepatica in Switzerland Veterinary Parasitology, 154, 242–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.030
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Biology and epidemiology of equine piroplasmoses in Takhin Tal (Mongolia) (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-8827
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Estimation of the transmission dynamics of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses. Parasitology, 135, 555–565. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182008004204
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Direct identification of chlamydiae from clinical samples using a DNA microarray assay: a validation study Molecular and Cellular Probes, 22, 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcp.2007.06.003
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Evaluating parasite densities and estimation of parameters in transmission systems Parasite, 15, 477–483. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2008153477