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Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center



Professor, Director, Clinical Services and Secretary-Treasurer, American Association of Avian Pathologists

Poultry Diagnostic Research Center
953 College Station Road
Athens, Georgia 30602-4875
706.542.5653
e-mail: chofacre@uga.edu

My area of interest is in clinical avian medicine. I will primarily be working with the Avian Medicine students and with the poultry industry in Georgia and throughout the southeastern United States.

I will do collaborative research with other researchers in our department or other institutions. Presently my area of research interest is in organisms that can cause food borne illness in people (salmonella, E.coli, Campylobacter). I want to help the poultry industry find practical ways to reduce these bugs on the final product. I also will work with Dr. John Maurer and Dr. Margie Lee on finding ways to reduce antibiotic resistant bacteria on poultry products that could potentially cause bacteria in people.

My teaching and clinician responsibility is 80% of my time so I will be spending most of it in the diagnostic lab or out in the field with the poultry industry.

 

Education:
B.S. - The Ohio State University, College of Agriculture, (cum laude) Department of Animal Science

M.S. - The Ohio State University - College of Agriculture, Department of Poultry Science

D.V.M. - The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

M.A.M. - University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Avian Medicine

Ph.D. - University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology

 

Recent publications:
Mitchell, B.W., J.L. Richardson, J.L. Wilson, and C.L. Hofacre. Application of an electrostatic space charge system for dust, ammonia and pathogen reduction in a broiler breeder house. J. Appl. Eng. Agric. 20(1):87-93. 2004.

Nandi, Sobhan, J. Maurer, C. Hofacre, and A. Summers. Gram-positive bacteria are a major reservoir of Class 1 antibiotics resistant integrons in poultry litter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Vol. 101:No. 18. pp. 7118-7122. May 4, 2004.

Morales, Cesar, Margie D. Lee, Charles Hofacre, and John J. Maurer. Detection of a novel virulence gene and a Salmonella virulence homologue among Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chickens. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Vol. 1, No. 3. pp 160-165. 2004.

Glisson, John R., Charles L. Hofacre, and Greg F. Mathis. Research Note–Comparative Efficacy of enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline, and sulfadimethoxine for the control of morbidity and mortality caused by Escherichia coli in broiler chickens. Avian Dis. 48:656-660. 2004.

Cox, N.A., C.L. Hofacre, J.S. Bailey, R.J. Buhr, J.L. Wilson, K.L. Hiett, L.J. Richardson, M.T. Musgrove, D.E. Cosby, J.D. Tankson, Y.L. Vizzier, P.F. Cray, L.E. Vaughn, P.S. Holt, and D.V. Bourassa. Presence of Campylobacter jejuni in various organs one hour, one day, and one week following oral or intracloacal inoculations of broiler chicks. Avian Dis. 49:155-158. 2005.

Liljebjelke, Karen A., Charles L. Hofacre, Tongrui, Liu, David G. White, Sherry Ayers, Suzanne Young, and John J. Maurer. Vertical and horizontal transmission of Salmonella within integrated broiler production system. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, Vol. 2, No. 1. pp. 90-102. 2005.

Moscoso, H., S.G. Thayer, C.L. Hofacre, and S.H. Kleven. Inactivation, storage, and PCR detection of mycoplasma on FTA filter paper. Avian Dis. 48:841-850. 2004.

Moscoso, H., E.O. Raybon, S.G. Thayer, and C.L. Hofacre. Molecular detection and serotyping of infectious bronchitis virus from FTA® filter paper. Avian Dis. 49:24-29. 2005.

Fairchild, A.S., J.L. Smith, U. Idis, J. Lu, S. Sanchez, L.B. Purvis, C. Hofacre, and M.D. Lee. Oral tetracycline administration in chickens and its effect on the intestinal community structure and the tet determinant carriage of commensal bacteria and Campylobacter jejuni. Accepted by Appl. Environ. Microbiol., May, 2005.

 

This page last updated April 13, 2006.

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