Utdannet veterinær med doktorgrad innen fiskehelse med støttefag i virologi og patologi. Tittel på doktorgradsavhandlingen fra 1999 er: Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in Atlantic salmon: Infection trials, pathogenesis and diagnostic methods. De viktigste arbeidsområdene er sykdomsdiagnostikk hos fisk og forskning på smittsomme sykdommer hos atlantisk laks, spesielt hjerte- og skjelettmuskelbetennelse (HSMB), pankreassykdom (PD) og kardiomyopatisyndrom (CMS).
Fritsvold C; Kongtorp RT; Taksdal T; Ørpetveit I; Heum M; Poppe TT. 2009. Experimental transmission of cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms; 87: 225-234
Kongtorp RT, Halse M, Taksdal T, Falk K. Longitudinal study of a natural outbreak of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. J Fish Dis 2006; 29: 233-44.
Tørud B, Taksdal T, Dale OB, Kvellestad A, Poppe TT. Myocardial glycogen storage disease in farmed rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). J Fish Dis 2006; 29: 535-40.
Jansen MD, Wasmuth MA, Olsen AB, Gjerset B, Modahl I, Breck O, Haldorsen RN, Hjelmeland R, Taksdal T. Pancreas disease (PD) in sea-reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Norway; a prospective, longitudinal study of disease development and agreement between diagnostic test results. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2010; 33 (9): 723-36
Taksdal T, Olsen AB, Bjerkås I, Hjortaas M J, Dannevig BH, Graham DA, McLoughlin MF. Pancreas disease in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in Norway. J Fish Dis 2007; 30: 545-58.
Karatas S, Mikalsen J, Steinum TM, Taksdal T, Bordevik M, Colquhoun DJ. Real time PCR detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues. Journal of Fish Diseases 2008; 31: 747-53.
Jansen MD, Taksdal T, Wasmuth MA, Gjerset B, Brun E, Olsen AB, Breck O, Sandberg M. Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) and pancreas disease (PD) in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in freshwater and seawater sites in Norway from 2006 to 2008. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2010; 33 (5): 391-402
Kongtorp, RT; Taksdal, T. 2009. Studies with experimental transmission of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES; 32
Poppe TT, Taksdal T, Bergtun PH. Suspected myocardial necrosis in farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L.; A field case. J fish dis 2007; 30: 615-20.