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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Assessment of the effect of snakebite on health and socioeconomic factors using a One Health perspective in the Terai region of Nepal: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health, 10(3):e409-e415.
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The impact of natural environment on human alveolar echinococcosis: A township-level modeling study in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 856(Pt 1):159085.
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Protocol of the Dual Burden of Animal and Human Zoonoses: A Systematic Review. Basel, Switzerland: PrePrints - The Multidisciplinary Preprint Platform.
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Advances in the treatment, diagnosis, control and scientific understanding of taeniid cestode parasite infections over the past 50 years. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(13-14):1167-1192.
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Verifying the placement and length of feeding tubes in canine and feline neonates. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1):208.
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Modelling bluetongue risk in Kazakhstan. Parasites & Vectors, 14(1):491.
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Vector competence of Culicoides biting midges from Switzerland for African horse sickness virus and epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 164(1):66-70.
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The burden of zoonoses in Paraguay: A systematic review. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(11):e0009909.
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Effects of diets differing in dietary cation-anion difference and calcium concentration on calcium homeostasis in neutered male sheep. Journal of Dairy Science, 104(11):11537-11552.
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Helminthenkontrolle bei Ziegen durch die gemeinsame Weidenutzung mit Rindern. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 163(9):565-576.
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Porcine teschovirus, sapelovirus, and enterovirus in Swiss pigs: multiplex RT-PCR investigation of viral frequencies and disease association. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 33(5):864-874.
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Global Burden of Animal Diseases: a novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 40(2):567-584.
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Association between environmental and climatic risk factors and the spatial distribution of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(6):e0009498.
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Alternatives to robenidine to control gastrointestinal disorders of weaner rabbits in the field. Veterinary and animal science, 13:100179.
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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3):e0009296.
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of C. pecorum detected in Swiss fattening pigs. Veterinary Microbiology, 256:109062.
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Roll-out of the global burden of animal diseases programme. The Lancet, 397(10279):1045-1046.
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Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(4):291-299.
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Epidemiology and spatial modelling of cystic and alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan. 2021, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.