Researcher interests: Development and function of the enteral immune system in omnivorous birds. Mechanisms of peripheral tolerance to protein antigens. Nutritional approaches to improve immune responses and resistance to disease in poultry.
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
DEPARTMENT: Animal Sciences
Selected Publications
innate immune functions of avian intestinal epithelial cells response to bacterial stimuli and localization of responding cells in the developing avian digestive tract (2018)|
PLOS ONE|
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transport related stress and its resolution in turkey pullets activation of a pro inflammatory response in peripheral blood leukocytes (2017)|
Poultry Science|
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avoiding handling induced stress in poultry use of uniform parameters to accurately determine physiological stress (2017)|
Poultry Science|
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effects of parasite pressure on parasite mortality and reproductive output in a rodent flea system inferring host defense trade offs (2016)|
Parasitology Research|
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role of goblet cells and mucin layer in protecting maternal iga in precocious birds (2014)|
Developmental and Comparative Immunology|
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regional and global changes in tcrαβ t cell repertoires in the gut are dependent upon the complexity of the enteric microflora (2010)|
Developmental and Comparative Immunology|
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adjuvant arthritis is associated with changes in the glycosylation of serum igg1 and igg2b (2008)|
Clinical and Experimental Immunology|
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oral tolerance in birds and mammals digestive tract development determines the strategy (2008)|
Journal of Applied Poultry Research|
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therapeutic effects of estradiol benzoate on development of collagen induced arthritis cia in the lewis rat are mediated via suppression of the humoral response against denatured collagen type ii cii ()|
Clinical and Experimental Immunology|
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