
Kristin Opdal Seljetun
Project Manager, Ph.D
Secretariat
Kristin is the project manager for the Animal Health and Welfare Expert Group. She is a trained veterinarian with a doctorate in veterinary toxicology.
Phone: 91721817
E-mail: Kristin.Opdal.Seljetun@vkm.no
Position
Project Manager for the Animal Health and Welfare Expert Group
Education
2016 – 2021: PhD, NMBU Veterinary School
1992 – 1997: Cand.Med.Vet., Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
1991: German Studies, University of Vienna
Work Experience
2023 – present: Senior Advisor, Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
2014 – 2024: Senior Advisor, Department of Acute Poisoning, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
2004 – 2014: Advisor/Senior Advisor, Poison Information, Norwegian Directorate of Health
1998 – 2004: Clinical Veterinarian, Sarpsborg Small Animal Clinic
Additional Professional Background
Risk assessment applied to Animal health and welfare, BTSF Academy (2024)
Union Representative for the Norwegian Veterinary Association at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (2014 – present)
Member of the Mycological Advisory Council, Norwegian Mycological Society (2016 – 2022)
Selected Publications
Seljetun KO, Kragstad HR. A retrospective evaluation of mushroom ingestions in 421 dogs in Norway (2011-2022). (2023). Veterinary Record Open, 10, e60
Soleng A, Edgar KS, von Krogh A, Seljetun KO. Suspected rodenticide exposures in humans and domestic animals: Data from inquiries to the Norwegian Poison Information Centre, 2005–2020. (2022). PLoS ONE, 17, e0278642
Seljetun KO, Vindenes V, Øiestad EL, Brochmann G, Eliassen E, Moe L. Determination of anticoagulant rodenticides in faeces of exposed dogs and in a healthy dog population. (2020). Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 62, 30
Seljetun KO, Sandvik M, Vindenes V, Eliassen E, Øiestad EL, Madslien K, Moe L. Comparison of anticoagulant rodenticide concentrations in liver and feces from apparently healthy red foxes. (2020). Journal Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 32, 560-564
Seljetun KO, Eliassen E, Karinen R, Moe L, Vindenes V. Quantitative method for analysis of six anticoagulant rodenticides in faeces, applied in a case with repeated samples from a dog. (2018). Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 60, 3