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Jonas Johansson Wensman
Title:State veterinarian, associate professor
Research area :Infectious diseases, small ruminants, sustainable livestock production
I am mainly doing research and capacity development. My main research interest is to understand why only some animals exposed to pathogens become infected, and why only some animals develop disease. My research aims at providing a sustainable livestock production through improved animal health in Sweden (cattle, sheep and goats, reindeer) and in low- and middle-income countries (sheep and goats).
Current projects
Equine parapoxvirus in Sweden - is it present at pastern dermatitis?
Start/end:2024 - 2024
Project manager :Jonas Johansson Wensman
GOAT POWER: Can top-down intensification of goat production for climate resilience empower women in Zambia?
Start/end:2024 - 2026
Project manager :Jonas Johansson Wensman
Equine coronavirus - an emerging threat in Swedish horses?
Start/end:2024 - 2026
Project manager :Gittan Gröndahl
TARANDUS - The Arctic Research Network for Diseases in reindeer related to husbandry and climate change
Start/end:2021 - 2022
Project manager :Anna Omazic
The slow sheep and goat killer: Small ruminant lentiviruses in Swedish herds
Start/end:2022 - 2025
Project manager :Jonas Johansson Wensman
Sustainable intensification of Zambian goat production in a changing world
Start/end:2022 - 2025
Project manager :Jonas Johansson Wensman
Severe eye and oral infectious diseases will affect the animal welfare among Swedish reindeer
Start/end:2020 - 2024
Project manager :Ylva Persson
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Publications
Seropositivity rates of zoonotic pathogens in small ruminants and associated public health risks at informal urban markets in Zambia (2022) (pdf)
Molecular diversity of hard tick species from selected areas of a wildlife-livestock interface ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Morogoro region, Tanzania (2021)
Serological evidence of exposure to peste des petits ruminants in small ruminants in Rwanda (2021)
Genetic relationship between hard ticks (Ixodidae) infesting cattle from selected areas of a wildlife-livestock interface ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (2021)
Could naturally occurring coronaviral diseases in animals serve as models for COVID-19? A review focusing on the bovine model (2020)
Field-adapted full genome sequencing of peste-des-petits-ruminants virus using Nanopore sequencing (2020)
Application of viral metagenomics for study of emerging and re-emerging tick-borne viruses (2020)
Perceptions and practices among Zambian sheep and goat traders concerning small ruminant health and disease (2020)
Evaluation of gastrointestinal nematode infection and levels of anthelmintic resistance in small-holder goat flocks from three villages around Gaborone, Botswana (2020)
Evolutionary genetics of canine respiratory coronavirus and recent introduction into Swedish dogs (2020)