Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine
Faculty Bio
Shuping Zhang, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine
Contact Information
Mississippi Veterinary Research & Diagnostic Laboratory
P.O. Box 97813
Pearl, MS 39288
Phone: 601-420-4744
FAX: 601-420-4719
E-Mail:
zhang@cvm.msstate.edu
Education
- M.S. – College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwestern Agricultural University, China
- D.V.M. – College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, China
- Ph.D. – College of Veterinary Medicine,Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
- Postdoctoral Training - College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
Special Interests
- Teaching - Veterinary Agents of Infectious Disease, Diagnostic Microbiology and Research
- Research – Mechanisms of pathogen and host interactions, Food safety, Molecular diagnostics
- Service - Diagnostic Bacteriology/Mycology/Serology, Federal and State Sponsored Surveillance Programs, such as AI/END, WNV/EEE, and Johne's disease, etc.
Primary Area of Expertise
Diagnostic Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
Bacterial Pathogenesis
Specialty
Development, validation, and application of molecular diagnostic test
Molecular and immunologic mechanisms underlying Salmonella colonization in chicken intestine and reproductive tract
Role of protein kinases of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis during intracellular growth/survival in bovine macrophages