Areas of research
Main areas of research
- Riemerella infections in poultry
- Erysipelas in poultry - pathology, serotyping and epidemiology
- Respiratory diseases of poultry caused by viruses, including interactions between viruses, mycoplasma, bacteria and environment
- Salmonella infections in poultry
- Development and application of molecular methods for subspecies and serovar characterization of S. enterica
- Antigenic characterization of S. enterica serovar Berta and development of sensitive and specific immunoassays for detection of infections caused by this serovar
- Clonal transmission of S. enterica
- Plasmid mediated virulence expression
- Host specificity and pathogenesis
- Risk factors
- Taxonomic, ecological, epidemiological, population genetics, and host-parasite interaction studies of organisms classified with Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981
- Immunosuppressive infections in poultry. Pathogenesis and epidemiology, including interactions with other immunosuppressive agents
- Zoonoses associated with poultry and poultry products
- Risk factors, transmission, virulence and population genetics of avian E. coli infections
- Helminth infections in poultry and interactions between the host and combined infections caused by helminths, virus and bacteria
- Streptococci and enterococci. New old emerging disease agents in poultry and humans
- Diseases associated with free-range and organic farming systems
- Diseases in village poultry in developing countries
- Pathogenesis of valvular endocarditis and studies on antimicrobial therapy using a natural chicken model
- Genetic characterization of populations of potential pathogenic bacteria during subclinical infections and disease outbreaks in large populations
- Hatchery - and processing plant hygiene