Presentations and Publications
Walugembe, M., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Lim, K.-S., Wang, Y., Chouicha, N., Kelly, T., Muhairwa, A.P., Kayang, B.B., Msoffe, P.L.M., Naazie, A., Otsyina, H.R., Mushi, J.S., Gallardo, R.A., Zhou, H., Lamont, S.J., & Dekkers, J.C.M. (2022). Development of a Low-Density SNP Panel for Local Ghanaian and Tanzanian Chicken Ecotypes. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_461
Muhammed Walugembe, Augustine Naazie, James R. Mushi, George A. Akwoviah, Esther Mollel, Juliana A. Mang’enya, Ying Wang, Nadira Chouicha, Terra Kelly, Peter L. M. Msoffe, Hope R. Otsyina, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Susan J. Lamont, Amandus P. Muhairwa, Boniface B. Kayang, Huaijun Zhou, Jack C. M. Dekkers. Genetic Analyses of Response of Local Ghanaian Tanzanian Chicken Ecotypes to a Natural Challenge with Velogenic Newcastle Disease Virus. Animals 2022, 12(20), 2755; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202755
T. Magwaba, E. Mollel , J.R Mushi , M. Walugembe , E.N Amuzu-Aweh , G.H. Chiwanga, N. Chouicha, P.L. Msoffe , T. Kelly , R.A. Gallardo , H. Zhou , A. Wolc, S.J. Lamont , A.P. Muhairwa and J.C.M. Dekkers (2023). Egg production and genetic parameters for local Tanzanian chickens. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_416
Kanlisi, R.A., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Walugembe, M. Naazie, A., Otsyina, H.R., Chouicha, N., Kelly, T. R., Gallardo, R., Dekkers, J., Lamont, S., Zhou, H. & Kayang, B.B. (2022). Genetic architecture of body weight and carcass traits in Ghanaian local chickens. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production,70_004_38079_38079_0EBB6A7E-2172-456B-98D2BC11EFE10DC6.docx (wageningenacademic.com) https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_587
K. Botchway, E. N. Amuzu-Aweh, A. Naazie, G. K. Aning, H. R. Otsyina, P. Saelao, Y. Wang, H. Zhou, M. Walugembe, J. Dekkers,y, S. J. Lamont, R. A. Gallardo, T. R. Kelly, D. Bunn, and B. B. Kayang. Host response to successive challenges with lentogenic and velogenic Newcastle disease virus in local chickens of Ghana. Poultry Science 101:102138, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102138
Tudeka, C.K., Aning, G.K., Naazie, A., Botchway, P.K., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Agbenyegah, G.K., Enyetornye, B., Fiadzomor, D., Saelao, P., Wang, Y., Kelly, T.R., Gallardo, R., Dekkers, J.C.M., Lamont, S.J., Zhou, H. & Kayang, B.B. (2022). Response of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana to lentogenic and velogenic Newcastle disease virus challenge.Trop Anim Health Prod 2022 Mar 10;54(2):134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03124-8
Perot Saelao, Ying Wang, Ganrea Chanthavixay, Vivian Yu , Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Susan J. Lamont, Terra Kelly & Huaijun Zhou. Distinct transcriptomic response to Newcastle disease virus infection during heat stress in chicken tracheal epithelial tissue. Scientific Reports | (2021) 11:7450 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86795-x
Dolapo Enahoro, Alessandra Galiè, Yakubu Abukari, Gaspar H. Chiwanga,Terra R. Kelly, Judith Kahamba, Fatihiya A. Massawe, Fausta Mapunda, Humphrey Jumba, Christoph Weber, Michel Dione, Boniface Kayang and Emily Ouma. Strategies to Upgrade Animal Health Delivery in Village Poultry Systems: Perspectives of Stakeholders From Northern Ghana and Central Zones in Tanzania. Front. Vet. Sci., 07 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.611357
James Richard Mushi, Gaspar Honorati Chiwanga, Esther Lemburis Mollel, Muhammed Walugembe, Robert Arsen Max, Peter Makenga Msoffe, Rodrigo Gallardo, Terra Kelly, Susan Lamont, Jack Dekkers, Huaijun Zhou, Amandus Muhairwa. Antibody response, viral load, viral clearance and growth rate in Tanzanian free-range local chickens infected with lentogenic Newcastle disease virus. J. Vet. Med. Anim. Health, Vol.13(2), pp. 98-105, April 2021. https://doi.org/10.5897/JVMAH2021.0912
Chanthavixay, K., C. Kern, Y. Wang, Saelao, P., R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, G. Rincon, Zhou, H. 2020. Integrated Transcriptome and Histone Modification Analysis Reveal NDV Infection Under Heat Stress Affects Bursa Development and Proliferation in Susceptible Chicken Line. Frontiers in Genetics. http://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.567812
Wang, Y, Saelao, K. Chanthavixay P., R. Gallardo, D, A, Bunn, S.J. Lamont. J.K. Dekkers, T. R. Kelly, Zhou, H. 2020. Liver Transcriptome Responses to Heat Stress and Newcastle Disease Virus Infection in Genetically Distinct Chicken Inbred Lines. Genes 11(9), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11091067.
Mushi, J.R. G. H. Chiwanga; E. N. Amuzu-Aweh; M. Walugembe; R. A. Max; S. J. Lamont; T. R. Kelly; E. L. Mollel; P. L. Msoffe; J. Dekkers; R. Gallardo; H. Zhou; A. P. Muhairwa. 2020. Phenotypic variability and population structure analysis of Tanzanian free-range local chickens. BMC Veterinary Research. file:///C:/Users/nchouich/Downloads/s12917-020-02541-x-1.pdf
Ana Paula da Silva, E. Aston, G. Chiwanga, A. Birakos, A. Muhairwa, B. Kayang, T. Kelly, H. Zhou, Rodrigo Gallardo 2020, Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Viruses Isolated from Chickens in Tanzania and Ghana. Viruses 12, 916; doi:10.3390/v12090916.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7551648/pdf/viruses-12-00916.pdf
Zhang J, Kaiser MG, Deist MS, Gallardo RA, Kelly TR, Dekkers JCM, Zhou H, Lamont SJ. 2020. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Inhibitory Effects of Lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus on Cell Survival and Immune Function in Spleen of Commercial Layer Chicks. Genes 11,1003; doi:10.3390/genes11091003. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565929/pdf/genes-11-01003.pdf
Walugembe M, Amuzu-Aweh EN, P. K. Botchway, A. Naazie, G. Aning, Wang Y, Saelao P, Kelly T, Gallardo RA, Zhou H, Lamont SJ, Kayang B.B., Dekkers JCM. 2020. Genetic Basis of Response of Ghanaian Local Chickens to Infection With a Lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus. Front. Genet., https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00739.
Del Vesco A., M. Monson. K. M. Kaiser, H. Zhou, S. Lamont. 2020. Genetic responses of inbred chicken lines illustrate importance of eIF2 family and immune-related genes in resistance to Newcastle disease virus. Sci Rep 10, 6155 (2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63074-9
Deist, Herrmann, R. Gallardo, J. Dekkers, H. Zhou, S. Lamont. 2020. Novel combined tissue transcriptome analysis after lentogenic Newcastle disease virus challenge in inbred chicken lines of differential resistance. Frontiers in Genetics doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00011. file:///C:/Users/nchouich/Downloads/Novel_Combined_Tissue_Transcriptome_Analysis_After.pdf
Alders, R., Costa, R., Gallardo, R.A., Sparks, N., Zhou, H., (2019). Smallholder Poultry: Leveraging for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security. In: Ferranti, P., Berry,E.M., Anderson, J.R. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, vol. 3,pp. 340–346. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128126875. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00W5TS.pdf
Alders, R., Costa, R., Gallardo, R.A., Sparks, N., Zhou, H., (2019). Smallholder Poultry: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security. In: Ferranti, P., Berry, E.M., Anderson, J.R. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, vol. 3, pp.292–298. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128126875.
Perot Saelao, Ying Wang, Ganrea Chanthavixay, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Anna Wolc, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Susan J. Lamont, Terra Kelly and Huaijun Zhou. Genetics and Genomic Regions Affecting Response to Newcastle Disease Virus Infection under Heat Stress in Layer Chickens, Genes (2019), 10 (1), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10010061
Deist, M. S., Gallardo, R. A., Bunn, D. A., Kelly, T. R., Dekkers, J. C. M., Zhou, H., & Lamont, S. J. (2018). Novel analysis of the Harderian gland transcriptome response to Newcastle disease virus in two inbred chicken lines. Scientific Reports, 8(1), [6558]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24830-0
A.P. Muhairwa, G.C.Chiwanga, J.R. Mushi, P.L.M Msoffe, E.N.Amuzu Aweh, J.Dekkers, R.Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, T.R.Kelly and H. Zhou. Investigation of Genetic Resistance to Newcastle Disease in Local Chickens in Tanzania using Natural Challenge by Field Velogenic NDV Strains. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 884, (2018)
Rowland, K.; Saelao, P.; Wang, Y.; Fulton, J.E.; Liebe, G.N.; McCarron, A.M.; Wolc, A.; Gallardo, R.A.; Kelly, T.; Zhou, H.; Dekkers, J.C.M.; Lamont, S.J. Association of Candidate Genes with Response to Heat and Newcastle Disease Virus. Genes (2018), 9, 560.
Perot Saelao, Ying Wang, Rodrigo A. Gallardo,Susan J. Lamont,Jack M. Dekkers, Terra Kelly, Huaijun Zhou. Novel insights into the host immune response of chicken Harderian gland tissue during Newcastle disease virus infection and heat treatment BMC Veterinary Research (2018) 14:280 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1583-0
Perot Saelao, Ying Wang, Ganrea Chanthavixay, Vivian Yu, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Susan J. Lamont, Terra Kelly and Huaijun Zhou Integrated Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Differential Expression of Chicken Lung Tissue in Response to NDV Infection during Heat Stress. Genes (2018), 9(12), 579; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120579
Jibin Zhang, Michael G. Kaiser, Melissa S. Deist, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, David A. Bunn, Terra R. Kelly, Jack C. M. Dekkers1, Huaijun Zhou3 & Susan J. Lamont. Transcriptome Analysis in Spleen Reveals Differential Regulation of Response to Newcastle Disease Virus in Two Chicken Lines. Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 1278 (2018) |
Boniface Kayang, Esinam Amuzu-Aweh, Princess Botchway, Christopher Tudeka, Augustine Naazie, George Aning, Jack Dekkers, Sussan Lamont, Rodrigo Gallardo, Terra Helly, Davis Bunn, Huaijun Zhou. Performance of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana naturally exposed to velogenic Newcastle disease virus. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Volume Electronic Poster Session - Biology - Disease Resistance 3, 846, 2018
Zhang J, Kaiser MG, Deist MS, Gallardo RA, Bunn DA, Kelly TR, Dekkers JCM, Zhou H, Lamont SJ. Transcriptome Analysis in Spleen Reveals Differential Regulation of Response to Newcastle Disease Virus in Two Chicken Lines. Sci Rep. (2018) Jan 19;8(1):1278. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19754-8.
Wang, Y, Saelao, K. Chanthavixay P., R. Gallardo, D,A, Bunn, S.J. Lamont. J.K. Dekkers, T. R. Kelly, Zhou, H. (2018). Physiological Responses to Heat Stress in Two Genetically Distinct Chicken Inbred Lines. Poult. Sci. , pex363, https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pex363
Zhou H. (2018) Improving Food Security in Africa By Enhancing Resistance to Newcastle Disease and Heat Stress in Chickens. International Poultry Science Forum, Atlanta, GA
Amuzu-Aweh, Esinam Nancy; Kayang, Boniface Babore; Muhairwa, Amandus Pachificus; Zhou, Huaijun; Gallardo, Rodrigo; Kelly, Tarra; Lamont, Susan J.; and Dekkers, Jack (2017) "Estimating Genetic Parameters for Growth and Response to Infection with La Sota lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus Strain in Local Chicken Breeds in Ghana and Tanzania," Animal Industry Report: AS 663, ASLR3180.DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-322
Melissa S. Deist, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, David A. Bunn, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Huaijun Zhou and Susan J. Lamont Resistant and susceptible chicken lines show distinctive responses to Newcastle disease virus infection in the lung transcriptome. BMC Genomics (2017) 18:989.DOI 10.1186/s12864-017-4380-4
Herrmann, Melissa S.; Gallardo, Rodrigo A.; Bunn, David A.; Bunn, David A.; Kelly, Terra R.; and Dekkers, Jack C. M. (2017) "Does Gender Impact the Immune Response of Chicks?," Animal Industry Report: AS 663, ASL R3175: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_air/vol663/iss1/48
Rowland, Kaylee; Zhou, Huaijun; Gallardo, Rodrigo; Kelly, Terra; Dekkers, Jack; and Lamont, Susan J. (2017) "Commercial Layer-type Chickens and Newcastle Disease Virus Infection: Toward Genetic Selection of More Resilient Chickens," Animal Industry Report: AS 663, ASL R3177: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_air/vol663/iss1/50
K. R. Wilson, D. A. Bunn, T. Kelly and H. Zhou. (2017) Approaches to Develop a Chicken Breeding and Distribution Program with Smallholder Farmers. Family Poultry Communications, Vol.24, No.1- 2/52
Deist, Herrmann, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, J. Dekkers, H. Zhou, S. Lamont. (2017). Resistant and susceptible chicken lines show distinctive responses to Newcastle disease virus infection in the lung transcriptome. BMC Genomics201718:989
Wilson B. K, T. Kelly, D.A. Bunn, and H. Zhou. (2017). How the Improved Chicken Crossed the Road- Approaches and Recommended Steps to Develop a Chicken Breeding and Distribution Program for Smallholder Farmers. Family Poultry Communications Vol. 24 No. 20-28.
Deist, Herrmann, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, T. Kelly, J. Dekkers, H. Zhou, S. Lamont. (2017). Novel mechanisms revealed in the trachea transcriptome of resistant and susceptible chicken lines following infection with Newcastle disease virus. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 24(5). pii: e00027-17. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00027-17.
Zhang J., M. G. Kaiser, M. S. Herrmann, R. A. Gallardo, D. A. Bunn, H. Zhou, S. J. Lamont. (2017). Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Distinct Immune Responses to Newcastle Disease Virus in Spleen Between Resistant and Susceptible Chicken Lines. Plant & Animal Genome XXV, San Diego, CA
Y. Wang, Saelao, P., Kern, C. K. Chanthavixay, S. Jin, D. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont. Zhou, H. (2017). Transcriptome Analysis of Host Response to Heat Stress in Two Genetically Distinct Chicken Inbred Lines. Plant & Animal Genome XXV, San Diego, CA
Herrmann, M. S. H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, T. Kelly, J. Dekkers, S. Lamont. (2017). Battle of the Sexes: Examining Gender Differences on the Trachea, Lung, and Harderian Gland Transcriptomes in Young Chickens. Plant & Animal Genome XXV, San Diego, CA
Zhou, H., D,A, Bunn, R. Gallardo, S. J. Lamont, J. C.M. Dekkers, A. Muhairwa, P. Msoffe, B. Kayang, A. Naazie, G. Aning, C. J. Schmidt. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry Improving Food Security in Africa By Enhancing Resistance to Newcastle Disease and Heat Stress in Chickens. 2016, 4th International One Health Congress & 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology & Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Rowland, K., H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Genome wide association study for NDV response in chickens. XIVth Avian Immunology Research Group (AIRG) Meeting. Munich, Germany.
Rowland, K., H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Genetic parameter estimation and genome-wide association study for NDV response in chickens. International Conference on Quantitative Genetics. June 2016; Madison, WI.
Herrmann, M. S. H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Searching for NDV resistance in the trachea transcriptome. 65th National Breeders Roundtable, St. Louis, MO. Rowland, K., H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Genetic parameter estimation and genome-wide association study for NDV response in chickens. 65th National Breeders Roundtable, St. Louis, MO.
Herrmann, M. S. H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, T. Kelly, J. Dekkers, S. Lamont. 2016. Harderian Gland transcriptome responses to Newcastle disease virus in two inbred lines. XIVth Avian Immunology Research Group (AIRG) Meeting. Munich, Germany.
Zhang J., M. G. Kaiser, M. S. Herrmann, R. A. Gallardo, D. A. Bunn, H. Zhou, S. J. Lamont. 2016. RNA-seq Analysis Reveals Distinct Splenic Response of Two Chicken Lines to Newcastle Disease Virus. 65th National Breeders Roundtable, St. Louis, MO.
Zhou, H., D,A, Bunn, R. Gallardo, S. J. Lamont, J. C.M. Dekkers, A. Muhairwa, P. Msoffe, B. Kayang, A. Naazie, G. Aning, C. J. Schmidt. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry Improving Food Security in Africa By Enhancing Resistance to Newcastle Disease and Heat Stress in Chickens. The Proceedings of XXV World’s Poultry Congress, Beijing, China.
Saelao, P., Y. Wang, K. Chanthavixay, D. Bunn, R. Gallardo, J. Fulton, S.J. Lamont. Zhou, H. 2016. Haplotype Analysis of Candidate Genes Resistance to Newcastle Disease Virus and Heat Stress in Chickens. 105th Annual Poultry Science Meeting, New Orland.
Wang, Y. Saelao, P., Kern, C. K. Chanthavixay, S. Jin, D. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont. Zhou, H. 2016. Transcriptome Analysis of Host Response to Environmental Temperature Differences in Two Genetically Distinct Chicken Inbred Lines Challenged with Newcastle Disease Virus Infection. The Proceedings of XXV World’s Poultry Congress, Beijing, China.
Y. Wang, P. Saelao, D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, H. Zhou. 2016. Physiological Responses to Heat Stress in Three Chicken Lines. Plant & Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, CA.
Saelao, P., Y. Wang, A. Nazmi, D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, H. Zhou. 2016. Genome-Wide Identification of Regions Associated with Heat-Tolerance and Newcastle Disease Virus Resistance in Chickens. Plant & Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, CA.
Herrmann, M. S. H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Differential Response of Resistant and Susceptible Chicken Lines to Newcastle Disease Virus in the Trachea and Lung. Plant & Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, CA.
Rowland, K., H. Zhou, R. Gallardo, D. Bunn, S. Lamont. 2016. Genetic Parameter Estimation and Genome Wide Association Study for NDV Response in Chickens. Plant & Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, CA.
Zhou, H. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry Improving Food Security in Africa By Enhancing Resistance to Newcastle Disease and Heat Stress in Chickens. XXV World’s Poultry Congress, Beijing, China.
Zhou, H. 2016. Improving food security in Africa by enhancing resistance to NDV and heat stress in chickens. Shandong Agricultural University, China.
Zhou, H. 2016. Improving food security in Africa by enhancing resistance to NDV and heat stress in chickens. Mississippi State University.
Zhou, H. 2016. USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Global Food Summit, UC Irvine.
Zhou, H. Improving resistance to NDV and heat stress in Africa chickens, GeneSeek Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome meeting.
Zhou, H. 2016. Improving food security in Africa by enhancing resistance to Newcastle Disease and heat stress in chickens. Shangdong Agricultural University, China.
Muhairwa A. 2016. Biosecurity measures as applied in breeding local chickens as exemplified by Feed the Future GIP Programme. Tanzania Poultry Breeders Association Meeting.
Muhairwa A. 2016. Disease control in breeders and growing chickens; Vaccination/ treatment and other prophylaxis needed. Tanzania Poultry Breeders Association Meeting.
K. R. Wilson, D. A. Bunn, T. Kelly, H. Zhou. 2016. How the improved chicken crossed the road; A multidisciplinary approach to combatting Newcastle Disease and improving livelihoods of smallholder poultry producers. The 11th University Fighting World Hunger Annual Summit. 25-27 February 2016; The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
K. R. Wilson, D. A. Bunn, T. Kelly, H. Zhou. 2016. How the improved chicken crossed the road: Approaches to breeding and distributing an improved chicken breed to smallholder farmers in developing countries. The Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security. June 5-18, 2016; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
October 2013 -- Huaijun Zhou and David Bunn were interviewed by Fox News, Sacramento for a story about the launching of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry.
January 14, 2014 -- Sue Lamont made a presentation about the Research Program at the USAID workshop at the Plan and Animal Genomics Conference in San Diego.
May 9, 2014 -- Sue Lamont discussed the Genomics to Improve Poultry Research Program on Iowa Public Television for a television program called "Market to Market".
Herrmann, M.S., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D.A., Zhou, H., and Lamont, S.J. 2015. Differential response of resistant and susceptible chicken lines to a Newcastle Disease Virus vaccine strain. Proc. International Symposium on Vaccines Against Antigenically Variable Viruses (VAAVV), November 5-8, 2015; Ames, IA.
Herrmann, M.S., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D.A., Zhou, H., and Lamont, S.J. 2015. Differential response of resistant and susceptible chicken lines to a lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus strain. Proc. Global Alliance for Research on Avian Diseases, June 28-July 1, 2015; London, England.
Herrmann, M.S., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D.A., Zhou, H., and Lamont, S.J. 2015. Differential response of resistant and susceptible chicken lines to a lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus strain. Proc. National Breeders Roundtable, May 7-8, 2015; St. Louis, MO.
Herrmann, M.S., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D.A., Zhou, H., and Lamont, S.J. 2015. Differential response of resistant and susceptible chicken lines to a lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus strain. Proc.2nd Graduate and Professional Research Conference, April 2, 2015; Ames, IA.
Rowland, K., Zhou, H., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D., Lamont, S. 2015. Identifying genes and genetic markers for NDV resistance in commercial layer chickens. Proc. 9th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, June 16-18, Tuusula, Finland.
Rowland, K., Zhou, H., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D., Lamont, S. 2015. Identifying genes and genetic markers associated with NDV resistance in chickens. Proc. Poultry Breeders Roundtable, May 7-8, St. Louis, MO.
Rowland, K., Zhou, H., Gallardo, R., Bunn, D., Lamont, S. 2015. Identifying host genes and genetic markers for antibody production to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) vaccine strain in commercial layer chickens. Proc. Vaccines Against Antigenically Variable Viruses, November 5-8, Ames, IA.
Saelao, P., Y. Wang, D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont. Zhou, H. 2015. Transcriptome response of two distinct highly inbred lines to combined stressors of Newcastle Disease Virus and heat. International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics, Piacenza, Italy.
Saelao, P., Y. Wang, A. Nazmi, D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, H. Zhou. 2015. Transcriptional analysis of resistance to Newcastle Disease virus infection in two genetically distinct inbred chicken lines. Plant & Animal Genome XXIII, San Diego, CA.
Wang, Y., P. Saelao, D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S.J. Lamont, H. Zhou. 2015. Transcriptome analysis of genetic resistance to heat stress in two genetically distinct inbred chicken lines. Plant & Animal Genome XXIII, San Diego, CA.
Zhou, H., D.A. Bunn, R. Gallardo, S. J. Lamont, J.C.M. Dekkers, A. Muhairwa, P. Msoffe, B. Kayang, A. Naazie, G. Aning, C. J. Schmidt. 2015. Improving food security in Africa by enhancing resistance to Newcastle Disease and heat stress in chickens: genomics to improve poultry. Plant & Animal Genome XXIII, San Diego, CA.
Zhou, H. Enhancing resistance to NDV and heat stress in chickens in Africa. Department of Animal Science Seminar Series, UC Davis.