The Poultry Podcast Show - #21 - Poultry pathology: the science of keeping birds healthy

Do you know what poultry pathology is? It is the area that involves studying diseases that affect birds. Diagnosing those diseases is an important step in controlling and preventing outbreaks, since the environment, viruses, bacteria, and parasites can all affect poultry and, so that treatment and control are effective, obtaining an accurate diagnosis as soon as possible is critical. In this episode, Dr. Yuko Sato talks about her experience using different methods to investigate and identify bird diseases and discusses the latest technology for doing so.

What you’ll learn:

1. Changes in poultry diagnostics in the past few years

2. Extension work on bird farms

3. Pathology and diagnostics of different bird flocks

4. Veterinary services for backyard flocks

5. Next-generation sequencing and the future of diagnostic diseases

6. Trends on poultry pathology and diagnostics

7. Botulism and other interesting cases on poultry diagnostics

8. Experience on poultry diagnostics in other countries

Meet the guest

Dr. Yuko Sato

Experience

○ Current: Poultry Extension Veterinarian and Diagnostician at Iowa State University

○ Past: Resident, Poultry Diagnostic Medicine at Purdue University

 Background

○ M.Sc., Poultry Diagnostic Medicine (Purdue University)

○ D.V.M. (Purdue University)

○ B.Sc., Pre-Veterinary Studies (Berry College)

Hobby: Running; trying new restaurants; taking gross pictures of necropsy.

Favorite book, movie or TV series: The power of habit (book); and Marvel movies, mostly.

Favorite quote: Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. – John Wayne

A tip for success: Your best is good enough!

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn