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 Associate Professor Poultry Diagnostic Research Center |
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Education:
M.S., M.A.M, Ph.D. from the University of Georgia
DVM and Speciality in Poultry Production and Pathology from the Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Research interests:
Clinical avian medicine; clinical and molecular retrovirology; epidemiology,
detection, control and eradication of oncogenic avian retroviruses; epidemiology
and control of infectious laryngotracheitis; viral pathogenesis.
Dr. Zavala is involved in clinical service to the poultry industry, research
in avian diseases and teaching. His research involves avian tumor viruses,
immunosuppressive disease and broiler breeders.Dr. Zavala interacts actively
with the domestic poultry industry in Georgia, the United States and overseas.
Recent Publications:
Zavala G. Les rétroviroses aviaries. Manuel de Pathologie Aviaire.
Brugére-Picoux J. & A. Silim, Eds. Edition Chaire de Pathologie
Médicale du Bétail et des Animaux de Basse-Cour, Ecole Nationale
Vétérinaire d’Alfort (France) et Faculte de Medecine
Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal (Québec,
Canada). Imprimerie du Cercle des Elèves de l’Ecole Nationale
Vétérinaire d’Alfort. Maisons-Alfort, France. In press.
Zavala G. Retroviral Diseases of Poultry. Slide and Text Study Set. American
Association of Avian Pathologists. In review process.
Callison S. A., S. M. Riblet, S. Sun, G. Zavala, S. Williams, R. Resurreccion,
E. Spackman, M. García. Development and validation of a Real-Time
Taqman® PCR assay for the detection and quantification of infectious
laryngotracheitis virus in poultry. Journal of Virological Methods. 139:31-38.
2007.
Fadly A.M., G. Zavala, and R.L. Witter. Reticuloendotheliosis. In: Diseases
of Poultry, 15th Ed. Blackwell Publishing. Ames, IA. In press (2006).
G. Zavala, B. Lucio-Martinez, S. Cheng and T. Barbosa. Sarcomas and myelocytomas
induced by avian leukosis virus in white Leghorn egg layer chickens. Avian
Diseases (2006), in press.
Barbosa T., G. Zavala, S. Cheng, and Pedro Villegas. Full genome sequence
and some biological properties of reticuloendotheliosis virus strain APC-566
isolated from endangered Attwater’s prairie chickens. Virus Research
(Epub ahead of print), 94313 p1-10 (2006).
Zavala G.*, Benjamin Lucio-Martinez, Sunny Cheng, and Taylor Barbosa.
Sarcomas and Myelocytomas Induced by a Retrovirus Related to Myeloblastosis-Associated
Virus Type 1 in White Leghorn Egg Layer Chickens. Avian Dis. 50:201–208
(2006).
Zavala G.* and S. Cheng. Detection and Characterization of Avian Leukosis
Virus in Marek’s Disease Vaccines. Avian Dis. 50:209–215 (2006).
Zavala G.*, and S. Cheng. Experimental Infection with Avian Leukosis Virus
Isolated from Marek’s Disease Vaccines. Avian Dis. 50:232–237
(2006).
Barbosa T., G. Zavala*, S. Cheng, and P. Villegas. Pathogenicity and Transmission
of Reticuloendotheliosis Virus Strain APC-566 in Japanese Quail. Avian
Dis., in press.
Zavala G. S. Cheng, T. Barbosa, and H. Haefele. Enzootic Reticuloendotheliosis
in the Endangered Attwater’s And Greater Prairie Chickens. Avian
Dis., in press.
Barbosa T. G. Zavala, S. Cheng, T. Lourenço, and P. Villegas. Effects
of reticuloendotheliosis virus on the viability and reproductive performance
of Japanese quail. JAPR, in press.
Hong, Y., M. García, V. Leiting, D. Bencina, L. Dufour-Zavala,
G. Zavala, and S. H. Kleven. Specific detection and typing of Mycoplasma
synoviae strains in poultry with PCR and DNA sequence analysis targeting
the hemagglutinin encoding gene vlhA. Avian Dis. 48:606-616, 2004.
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