Magne Bisgaard - CV

Date and place of birth: July 7th, 1945, Saksild, DK-8300 Odder

                                                                                           

Education

1972Cand. med. vet.
1972Post graduate courses and exams in microbiology, food hygiene, food conservation, toxicology and food legislation and administration
1976Post graduate course and exams in virology
1976Post graduate course and exams in immunology
1980Post graduate course in biostatistics
1985 Post graduate course in biotechnology
1990Post graduate course in theory of education
1993Post graduate course in basic laboratory animal science
1993IBM course in administration, management, team-building and communication
2001IBM course in administration

Academic appointments

1972
Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (RVAU), Frederiksberg, DK
1973
Research assistant, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1981
Associate professor in microbiology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology (RVAU)
1983
Research officer, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1984
Senior research officer, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1986
Professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology (RVAU) and head of the Institute of Avian Diseases (Ministry of Agriculture)
1990
Professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
1993-1995
Head of Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
1996-1998
Professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
1999-2004Head of Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
2005-2011
Professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen
2007
RVAU merged with the University of Copenhagen
2011
Professor emeritus, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences (From January 2012: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences), University of Copenhagen
2013
Inducted into the World Veterinary Poultry Associations Hall of Honour for outstanding contribution in the furtherance of poultry veterinary science (http://www.wvpa.net)
2015
BISGAARD CONSULTING.
Basted upon some 40 years of experience as an adviser for the poultry industry, and as well basic as applied research, totaling more than 600 papers, a private company, Bisgaard Consulting, was established in 2015. The company offers analyses and advice to the industry, including the whole production chain, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills included.

Membership of professional associations

Danish Society for Pathology
Danish Society for Microbiology
Scandinavian Society for Poultry Pathologists
American Society for Microbiology
World Veterinary Poultry Association
World Poultry Science Association
Pasteurellaceae Subcommittee, I.C.S.M.