• Infectious Disease Outbreak Associated with Supplementary Feeding of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer 

      Tryland, Morten; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Sanchez Romano, Javier; Mørk, Torill; Klein, Jörn; Rockström, Ulrika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Supplementary winter feeding of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) has become more common in Sweden and Norway due to reindeer pasture fragmentation and climatic conditions. With increased corralling ...
    • Orf virus infection in Alaskan mountain goats, Dall’s sheep, muskoxen, caribou and Sitka black-tailed deer 

      Tryland, Morten; Beckmen, Kimberlee B.; Burek-huntington, Kathleen; Breines, Eva Marie; Klein, Jörn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background: The zoonotic Orf virus (ORFV; genus Parapoxvirus, Poxviridae family) occurs worldwide and is transmitted between sheep and goats, wildlife and man. Archived tissue samples from 16 Alaskan wildlife cases, ...
    • Pathogen surveillance in Southern Ocean pinnipeds 

      Núñez-Egido, Sandra; Lowther, Andrew; Nymo, Ingebørg H.; Klein, Jörn; Breines, Eva Marie; Tryland, Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Knowledge of the health status and potential effect of disease outbreaks among Southern Ocean fauna may be decisive for its conservation. We assessed the exposure and infection of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella, ...