Time to discover the research topics and researchers of the team Chair Poultry Health Sciences. All research project and researcher are presented in a movie, click on the underlined name of the research topic or researcher to play the movie.
Nowadays, the poultry research of the group of prof. Antonissen is multidisciplinary, focusing on a better understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious and non-infectious diseases, improving diagnostics, improving animal welfare and demonstrating the efficacy and safety of prevention and treatment strategies.
Current research is related to gut health (alternatives to antibiotics, diagnostics), mycotoxins (e.g. impact on animal and human health, interaction of mycotoxins and infectious diseases, mechanism of action and safety of detoxifying agents), host-pathogen interaction, antimicrobial resistance, and poultry welfare (monitoring and interventions).
For more information please contact prof. Gunther Antonissen: gunther.antonissen@ugent.be or +32 474 37 31 82