• Comments on: The opinion of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (Afssa) on changes to the control measures for sheep and goat herds in which a case of classical or atypical scrapie has been detected. Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards & Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Rimstad, Espen; Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve; Kapperud, Georg; Lassen, Jørgen Fredrik; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Nesbakken, Truls; Robertson, Lucy Jane; Skjerve, Eystein; Wasteson, Yngvild; Bøe, Knut Egil; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Braastad, Bjarne Olai; Fossum, Kåre; Hjeltnes, Brit Kristine; Håstein, Tore; Juell, Jon-Erik; Valle, Paul Steinar; Waagbø, Rune (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2007-02)
      The Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (Afssa) was asked by the Direction général de l’alimentation (DGAI) to comment on various proposals made by the CES ESST (expert committee on TSEs) in the EC TSE Roadmap.<p><p> On January 24<sup>rd</sup> 2007, the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Panel on Biological Hazards and Panel on Animal Health and Animal welfare) received a request ...
    • CWD in Norway 

      Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Kapperud, Georg; Skjerve, Eystein; Gudding, Roar; Grahek-Ogden, Danica; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Narvhus, Judith; Nesbakken, Truls; Robertson, Lucy; Rosnes, Jan Thomas; Vold, Line; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Wasteson, Yngvild; Skjerdal, Olaug Taran (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-06-30)
      The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) and Norwegian Environmental Authority (NEA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for an opinion on factors associated with the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) to Norway. VKM appointed a working group consisting of two members of the Panel on Biological Hazards, one member of Panel ...
    • Dekontaminering av pattedyrslakt ved bruk av damp eller varmt vann. Uttalelse fra Faggruppe for hygiene og smittestoffer i Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet 

      Nesbakken, Truls; Christensen, Hardy; Skjerve, Eystein; Nygård, Karin Maria; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Kapperud, Georg; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Robertson, Lucy; Olsvik, Ørjan; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Rimstad, Espen (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2010-04-15)
      Mattilsynet har gitt VKM i oppgave å foreta en risikovurdering når det gjelder ”dekontaminering av pattedyrslakt ved bruk av varmt vann eller damp”. Da det er en bestemtdekontamineringsteknologi Mattilsynet ønsker utredet, velger faggruppen å bruke den mer presise betegnelsen ”overflatepasteurisering av slakt” som er i tråd med uttrykk og definisjoner som forskere innenfor dette området har benyttet ...
    • Ketamine for prehospital trauma analgesia in a low-resource rural trauma system: a retrospective comparative study of ketamine and opioid analgesia in a ten-year cohort in Iraq 

      Losvik, Ole Kristian; Murad, Mudhafar Kareem; Skjerve, Eystein; Husum, Hans (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-09)
      Background Opioid analgesics are used in most trauma systems, and only a few studies report on the use of ketamine for prehospital analgesia. In a low-cost rural trauma system in Iraq paramedics have been using prehospital ketamine analgesia for ten years. This study aims to evaluate the effects of prehospital analgesia on physiologic trauma severity indicators and compare the effect of ketamine ...
    • Pestivirus Infections in Semi-Domesticated Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus): A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Serological Study in Finnmark County, Norway. 

      Neves, Carlos Gonzalo das; Johansson Wensman, Jonas; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Skjerve, Eystein; Alenius, Stefan; Tryland, Morten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-26)
      Members of the Pestivirus genus (family <i>Flaviviridae</i>) cause severe and economically important diseases in livestock. Serological studies have revealed the presence of pestiviruses in different cervid species, including wild and semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer. In this retrospective study, serum samples collected between 2006 and 2008 from 3339 semi-domesticated Eurasian reindeer ...
    • Prevalence of hepatitis B & hepatitis C virus infections in potential blood donors in rural Vietnam 

      Le, Viet; Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Lan; Ty, Phung Xuan; Bjørkvoll, Bjørn; Hoel, Hedda B; Gutteberg, Tore Jarl; Husebekk, Anne; Larsen, Stig; Skjerve, Eystein; Husum, Hans (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Safe blood and blood products should be offered to all patients in need for blood transfusion. The objectives of the present study were to establish prevalence estimates for hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections as a foundation for safe blood transfusion in rural Vietnam, and to check the accuracy of the laboratory analysis used for hepatitis testing of blood donors in Vietnam. A cross-sectional ...
    • The serostatus of Brucella spp., Chlamydia abortus, Coxiella burnetii and Neospora caninum in cattle in three cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina 

      Softic, Adis; Asmare, Kassahun; Granquist, Erik Georg; Godfroid, Jacques; Fejzic, Nihad; Skjerve, Eystein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-02)
      Dairy production in Bosnia and Herzegovina exhibits limited productivity, which may partly, be explained by extensive reproductive problems of non-infectious and infectious origin. Brucella spp., Chlamydia abortus, Coxiella burnetii and Neospora caninum are common infectious causes of decreased reproductive outcomes in cattle worldwide. Little is, however, known about the disease status of herds ...