Avian diseases; avian pathology; mycotoxicoses; diagnostic techniques
My research interests have always involved spontaneous diseases of poultry and other avian species. I have examined the pathology of thrichothecene mycotoxins and aflatoxin in broiler chickens. Infectious disease studies include avian cryptosporidiosis, turkey viral hepatitis, viral enteritis of broilers, and Mycoplasma synoviae. I helped develop new diagnostic procedures for a number of poultry diseases. Recent studies include spontaneous tendonopathy in broiler chickens, the pathogenesis of ascarids visceral larval migration in turkeys, and the pathogenesis and cause of spontaneous respiratory diseases and immunosuppression in broilers.
Diseases of commercial poultry
