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Animal Science and Veterinary
Norway
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
63
Citations
12471
World Ranking
277
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Eystein Skjerve is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Medicine, with a significant number of publications spanning these areas. Key subfields include Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Immunology, and Small Animals.

Their main topics of research address issues such as aquaculture disease management and microbiota, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, animal virus infection studies, Vibrio bacteria research, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and aspects of animal nutrition and physiology.

Notable recent papers by the scientist include the following:

  • Characteristics of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Effect of a novel DNA vaccine against pancreas disease caused by salmonid alphavirus subtype 3 in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Evidence of Community-Wide Spread of Multi-Drug Resistant Escherichia coli in Young Children in Lusaka and Ndola Districts, Zambia, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Whole Genome Sequencing of Drug Resistant and Drug Susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates From Tigray Region, Ethiopia, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Community antibiotic consumption and associated factors in Lusaka district of Zambia: findings and implications for antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, 2024, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Frequent co-authors associated with Eystein Skjerve include:

  • Espen Rimstad (9 collaborations)
  • Ragnar Thorarinsson (5 collaborations)
  • Ann-Katrin Llarena (5 collaborations)
  • Georg Kapperud (5 collaborations)
  • Bjørn Tore Lunestad (5 collaborations)

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues, among which the following have the highest volume of publications:

  • European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety (5 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (4 publications)
  • Food Control (2 publications)
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2 publications)
  • Acta veterinaria Scandinavica (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infections: results of a case-control study in southeastern Norway.

    G Kapperud;E Skjerve;N H Bean;S M Ostroff

  • Epidemiological investigation of risk factors for Campylobacter colonization in Norwegian broiler flocks

    G. Kapperud;E. Skjerve;L. Vik;K. Hauge

  • A "One Health" surveillance and control of brucellosis in developing countries: moving away from improvisation.

    Jacques Godfroid;Sascha Al Dahouk;Sascha Al Dahouk;Georgios Pappas;Felix Roth

  • Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods by immunomagnetic separation.

    E Skjerve;L M Rørvik;O Olsvik

  • Alternaria and Fusarium in Norwegian grains of reduced quality—a matched pair sample study

    Barbara Kosiak;Mona Torp;Eystein Skjerve;Birgitte Andersen

  • Reduced incidence of Clostridium perfringens-associated lesions and improved performance in broiler chickens treated with normal intestinal bacteria from adult fowl.

    M Kaldhusdal;C Schneitz;M Hofshagen;E Skjerve

  • Cattle brucellosis in traditional livestock husbandry practice in Southern and Eastern Ethiopia, and its zoonotic implication

    Bekele Megersa;Demelash Biffa;Demelash Biffa;Fekadu Niguse;Tesfaye Rufael

  • Dairy farmer attitudes and empathy toward animals are associated with animal welfare indicators

    Camilla Kielland;Eystein Skjerve;Olav Østerås;Adroaldo José Zanella

  • Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella spp. and individual risk factors of infection in traditional cattle, goats and sheep reared in livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zambia.

    J. B. Muma;J. B. Muma;K. L. Samui;V. M. Siamudaala;J. Oloya;J. Oloya

  • Seroprevalence of brucellosis and its contribution to abortion in cattle, camel, and goat kept under pastoral management in Borana, Ethiopia

    Bekele Megersa;Bekele Megersa;Demelash Biffa;Demelash Biffa;Fufa Abunna;Alemayehu Regassa

  • Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella spp. in cattle, sheep, goats, horses and camels in the State of Eritrea; influence of husbandry systems.

    M. K. Omer;E. Skjerve;G. Holstad;Z. Woldehiwet

  • Risk factors for brucellosis in indigenous cattle reared in livestock–wildlife interface areas of Zambia

    J.B. Muma;K.L. Samui;J. Oloya;J. Oloya;M. Munyeme

  • The Prevalence and Distribution of Fusarium species in Norwegian Cereals: a Survey

    Barbara Kosiak;Mona Torp;Eystein Skjerve;Ulf Thrane

  • Association between cereal contents in the diet and incidence of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens in Norway

    Magne Kaldhusdal;Eystein Skjerve

  • African 1, an epidemiologically important clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis dominant in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad.

    Borna Müller;Markus Hilty;Stefan Berg;M. Carmen Garcia-Pelayo

  • Maternal vaccination against subclinical necrotic enteritis in broilers.

    Atle Lovland;Magne Kaldhusdal;Keith Redhead;Eystein Skjerve

  • Risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Norwegian cats and dogs.

    M Sandberg;B Bergsjø;M Hofshagen;E Skjerve

  • Risk factors for the presence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Norwegian slaughter lambs

    Eystein Skjerve;Harald Waldeland;Truls Nesbakken;Georg Kapperud

  • Levels of chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in Norwegian breast milk (2002-2006), and factors that may predict the level of contamination.

    A. Polder;J.U. Skaare;J.U. Skaare;E. Skjerve;K.B. Løken

  • Exploring non-invasive methods to assess pain in sheep.

    Solveig M. Stubsjøen;Andreas S. Flø;Randi O. Moe;Andrew M. Janczak

  • Ten years of bovine virus diarrhoea virus (BVDV) control in Norway: a cost-benefit analysis

    Paul S. Valle;Eystein Skjerve;S. Wayne Martin;Rolf B. Larssen

  • Piscine reovirus (PRV) in wild Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and sea‐trout, Salmo trutta L., in Norway

    Å. H. Garseth;C. Fritsvold;M. Opheim;E. Skjerve

  • Seroprevalence of brucellosis and its associated risk factors in cattle from smallholder dairy farms in Zimbabwe

    Gift Matope;Evison Bhebhe;John Bwalya Muma;John Bwalya Muma;James Oloya;James Oloya

  • Risk factors for Brucella spp. infection In dairy cattle farms in Asmara, State of Eritrea.

    M.K Omer;E Skjerve;Z Woldehiwet;G Holstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Kapperud
Georg Kapperud Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
John Bwalya Muma
John Bwalya Muma University of Zambia
Kassahun Asmare
Kassahun Asmare Hawassa University
Musso Munyeme
Musso Munyeme University of Zambia
Morten Tryland
Morten Tryland University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Gift Matope
Gift Matope University of Zimbabwe
Bekele Megersa
Bekele Megersa Addis Ababa University
Berit Djønne
Berit Djønne National Veterinary Institute

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