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Morten Tryland is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, and Genetics.

The research topics addressed by Tryland center on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Rabies epidemiology and control, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Notable co-authors collaborating frequently with Tryland include Javier Sánchez Romano, Ingebjørg H. Nymo, Eva Marie Breines, Michael A. Tranulis, and Torill Mørk.

Tryland's work appears regularly in several publication venues, including Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, Viruses, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Representative recent papers with Tryland as author or co-author encompass:

  • Ancient origin and genetic segregation of canine circovirus infecting arctic foxes ( Vulpes lagopus ) in Svalbard and red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) in Northern Norway, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Spreading or Gathering? Can Traditional Knowledge Be a Resource to Tackle Reindeer Diseases Associated with Climate Change?, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease-A Review, 2023, Foods
  • SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING IN REINDEER HUSBANDRY Results from a workshop with reindeer herders and researchers from Norway, Sweden and Finland, 2020, Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences))
  • A Screening for Virus Infections in Eight Herds of Semi-domesticated Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway, 2013-2018, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • The impact of globalisation on the distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis

    Rebecca K. Davidson;Thomas Romig;Emily Jenkins;Morten Tryland

  • A review of Brucella infection in marine mammals, with special emphasis on Brucella pinnipedialis in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)

    Ingebjørg H Nymo;Morten Tryland;Jacques Godfroid

  • MLVA-16 typing of 295 marine mammal Brucella isolates from different animal and geographic origins identifies 7 major groups within Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis

    Marianne Maquart;Philippe Le Flèche;Geoffrey Foster;Morten Tryland

  • Phenotypic and molecular characterization of a Brucella strain isolated from a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

    Chantal Clavareau;Vincent Wellemans;Karl Walravens;Morten Tryland

  • Avipoxviruses: infection biology and their use as vaccine vectors

    Simon Chioma Weli;Morten Tryland

  • Serosurvey for Toxoplasma gondii in arctic foxes and possible sources of infection in the high Arctic of Svalbard

    Kristin Wear Prestrud;Kjetil Åsbakk;Eva Fuglei;Torill Mørk

  • Chasing Jenner's Vaccine: Revisiting Cowpox Virus Classification

    Darin S. Carroll;Ginny L. Emerson;Yu Li;Scott Sammons

  • Evidence of Brucella infection in marine mammals in the North Atlantic Ocean

    M. Tryland;L. Kleivane;A. Alfredsson;M. Kjeld

  • A severe outbreak of contagious ecthyma (orf) in a free-ranging musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population in Norway.

    Turid Vikøren;Atle Lillehaug;Johan Åkerstedt;Tord Bretten

  • Risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis in traditional cattle of the livestock/wildlife interface areas in the Kafue basin of Zambia.

    M Munyeme;J B Muma;E Skjerve;A M Nambota

  • Brucella sp. antibodies in polar bears from Svalbard and the Barents Sea.

    Morten Tryland;Morten Tryland;Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig;Jacques Godfroid

  • Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and animal level risk factors for indigenous cattle under different grazing strategies in the livestock/wildlife interface areas of Zambia

    M. Munyeme;J. B. Muma;K. L. Samui;E. Skjerve

  • Characterisation of parapoxviruses isolated from Norwegian semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

    Joern Klein;Morten Tryland;Morten Tryland

  • Cattle owners' awareness of bovine tuberculosis in high and low prevalence settings of the wildlife-livestock interface areas in Zambia

    Musso Munyeme;John B Muma;Hetron M Munang'andu;Clovice Kankya

  • Cervid Herpesvirus 2, the Primary Agent in an Outbreak of Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis in Semidomesticated Reindeer

    Morten Tryland;Carlos G. Das Neves;Marianne Sunde;Torill Mørk

  • Naturally Occurring Orthopoxviruses: Potential for Recombination with Vaccine Vectors

    Tore Sandvik;Morten Tryland;Hilde Hansen;Reidar Mehl

  • Isolation and partial characterization of a parapoxvirus isolated from a skin lesion of a Weddell seal.

    M. Tryland;J. Klein;E.S. Nordøy;A.S. Blix

  • SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED VIRUS INFECTIONS IN POLAR BEARS AT SVALBARD

    Morten Tryland;Erkki Neuvonen;Anita Huovilainen;Hannele Tapiovaara

  • Direct high-resolution genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in the remote arctic Svalbard archipelago reveals widespread clonal Type II lineage

    Kristin Wear Prestrud;Kjetil Åsbakk;Torill Mørk;Eva Fuglei

  • Analysis and comparison of the 4b core protein gene of avipoxviruses from wild birds: evidence for interspecies spatial phylogenetic variation.

    S. C. Weli;T. Traavik;M. Tryland;M. Tryland;D. H. Coucheron

  • Human pathogens in marine mammal meat – a northern perspective.

    M. Tryland;T. Nesbakken;L. Robertson;D. Grahek-Ogden

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Georg Kapperud
Georg Kapperud Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Eystein Skjerve
Eystein Skjerve Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Eva Fuglei
Eva Fuglei Norwegian Polar Institute
Musso Munyeme
Musso Munyeme University of Zambia
Antti Oksanen
Antti Oksanen University of Helsinki
John Bwalya Muma
John Bwalya Muma University of Zambia
Ugo Moens
Ugo Moens University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Berit Djønne
Berit Djønne National Veterinary Institute

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