Research interests:

Anesthesia, stress physiology, clinical pathology,& epidemiology of large carnivores and ruminants.

Teaching:

Biomedicine

Human impact in Ecology and Evolution (disease ecology lectures)

Selected publications:

A.L. Evans, C.G das Neves, G.F. Finstad, K.B. Beckmen, E. Sjerve, I.H. Nymo and M.Tryland. Evidence of alphaherpesvirus infections in Alaskan caribou and reindeer. BMC Veterinary Research. Accepted 16.12.11.

K. Arinell, B. Sahdo, A.L. Evans , J.M. Arnemo, U. Baandrup, O. Fröbert. Brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) seem resistant to atherosclerosis despite highly elevated plasma lipids during hibernation and active state. Clinical and Translational Science.  Accepted 17.11.11.

J.M. Arnemo, A.L. Evans , A.L. Miller, Ø. Os. Effective doses of medetomidine-ketamine in free-ranging, wild Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2011; 47: 755-758.

M. Rostal A. Evans , R. Sang, S. Gikundi, L. Akoolo, L. Wakhule, J. Macharia, D. Feikin, R. Breiman, T. Ksiazek, and M.K. Njenga.   Detection of Rift Valley fever virus antibodies in livestock and competent mosquito vectors during a post-epidemic period in Kenya.  American Journal of Veterinary Research. 2010:71(5):522-6

A. Evans , A. Atkins, S. Citino.  Tracheal stenosis in a blue-billed curassow.  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 2009:40(2):373-377.   

A. Evans , R. Bey, J. Schoster, J. Gaarder,   G. Finstad.  Preliminary Studies on Keratoconjunctivitis in Alaskan Reindeer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases.  2008:44(4):1051-5. 

A. Evans , F. Gakuya, J. Paweska, M. Rostal, L. Akoolo, P Van Vuren, T. Manyibe, J. Macharia, T. Ksiazek, D. Feikin, R. Breiman, M.K. Njenga.  Prevalence of antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in Kenya wildlife.  Epidemiology and Infection. 2008:136(9):1261-9.

Funding:

Direktoratet for Natureforvaltning (www.dirnat.no)

Morris Animal Foundation ( www.morrisanimalfoundation.org )

U.S.-Norway- Fulbright Foundation ( www.fulbright.no )

American Scandinavian Foundation ( www.amscan.org )