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Elisabeth Rajala

Elisabeth Rajala

Presentation

Veterinär och forskare med inriktning mot veterinär folkhälsa, epidemiologi med fokus på infektionssjukdomar och antimikrobiell resistens. 

Undervisning

Jag handleder examensarbetare och mastersstudenter samt undervisar veterinärstudenter inom epizootologi. 

Kursledare för doktorandkursen One Health: concept, cases and methodology.

Forskning

Pågående forskningsprojekt:

Improving preparedness in Swedish livestock production for food security - a Ukrainian perspective (2024) (projektledare).

Urban Livestock keeping and transforming food systems in global south (2024-2027) (PhD projekt, biträdande handledare).

Exploring the dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in livestock production (2021-2025) (PhD projekt, biträdande handledare)

One Health Initiative – Food safety interventions along pork value chain in Vietnam (2022-2025) (PhD projekt, biträdande handledare)

Övrigt: Leder Challenge 1 (Improving access to safe and nutritious food) inom programmet Agriculture for Food Security 2030 (AgriFoSe2030).

Samverkan

Koordinator för SLU Future One Health

 

Publikationer i urval

Rajala, E., Gröndal, H., Eriksson, J. et al. Enhancing infection control practices and biosecurity plans on Swedish pig farms: insights, challenges, and strategies. Acta Vet Scand 66, 48 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-024-00771-9

Ladyhina, V., Sternberg-Lewerin, S., Andersson, L., & Rajala, E. (2024). Antimicrobial resistance among indicator Enterococcus faecium and Escherichia coli in Swedish pig farms. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 66(1), 34.

Nagasha, J. I., Ocaido, M., Rajala, E., Abu-Hatab, A., & Chiwona-Karltun, L. (2024). Gender-based approaches for improving milk safety, value addition, and marketing among smallholder livestock farmers. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, 1392020.

Rajala E, Gröndal H, Sternberg-Lewerin S. The first outbreak of African swine fever in Sweden: a survey of pig farmers’ perceptions of information received, risks, biosecurity measures and future prospects. Acta vet scand.  (2023) 65:58  

E Rajala, I Vogel, A Sundin, D Kongmanila, Maria G. Nassuna et al. 2020. How can agricultural research translation projects targeting smallholder production systems be strengthened by using theory of change? Global Food Security. Volume 28, March 2021, 100475

Rajala E, Lee HS, Nguyen HN, Chu TTH, Hoang MS et al. (2021). Skewness in the literature on infectious livestock diseases in an emerging economy – the case of Vietnam. Animal Health Research Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1466252321000013. 

C Atterby, K Osbjer, V Tepper, E Rajala, J Hernandez et al. (2019). Carriage of carbapenemase‐ and extended‐spectrum cephalosporinase‐producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in humans and livestock in rural Cambodia; gender and age differences and detection of blaOXA‐48 in humans. Zoonoses and public health. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12612.

Sonne C, Andersen‐Ranberg E, L. Rajala E, Agerholm JS, Bonefeld‐Jørgensen E, et al. (2018). Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Polar Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2307-4

Sonne C, Andersen-Ranberg E, L. Rajala E, Agerholm, Bonefeld-Jørgensen E et al. (2018) Seroprevalence for Brucella spp. in Baltic ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and East Greenland harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 198:14-18. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2018.02.005.

Lindahl Rajala E, Hoffman T, Fretin D, Godfroid J, Sattorov N, et al. (2017). Detection and characterization of Brucella spp. in bovine milk in small-scale urban and peri-urban farming in Tajikistan. Plos neglected tropical diseases. 2017 Mar 15;11(3):e0005367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005367.

Rajala EL, Sattorov N, Boqvist S, Magnusson U. Bovine leptospirosis in urban and peri-urban dairy farming in low-income countries: a "One Health" issue? (2017). Acta Vet Scand. 2017 Dec 12;59(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s13028-017-0352-6.

Lindahl Rajala E, Grahn C, Ljung I, Sattorov N, Boqvist S, Magnusson U (2016). Prevalence and risk factors for Brucella seropositivity among sheep and goats in a peri-urban region of Tajikistan. Tropical Animal Health and Production 48(3), 553-558.

Hoffman T, Rock K, Mugizi DR, Muradrasoli S, Lindahl-Rajala E et al. (2016). Molecular detection and characterization of Brucella species in raw informally marketed milk from Uganda. Infect Ecol Epidemiol. doi: 10.3402/iee.v6.32442.

Lindahl E, Sattorov N, Boqvist S, Magnusson U (2015). A study of knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to brucellosis among small-scale dairy farmers in an urban and peri-urban area of Tajikistan. PLoS One 10(2), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117318.

Lindahl E, Sattorov N, Boqvist S, Sattori I, Magnusson U (2014). Seropositivity and risk factors for Brucella in dairy cows in urban and peri-urban small-scale farming in Tajikistan. Tropical Animal Health and Production 46(3), 563-569.

Lindahl E, Boqvist S, Artursson K, Magnusson U (2011). A field-study on Leptospira seroprevalence in dairy cows in four geographical areas in Sweden. Acta Vet Scand. 2011 Oct 12;53:53. doi: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-53.


Kontaktinformation

Forskare vid Institutionen för biomedicin och veterinär folkhälsovetenskap (BVF); Enheten för bakteriologi och livsmedelssäkerhet
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