Animals

Prof. Dr. D. N. Rao Veeramachaneni

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1. Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Interests: andrology and reproductive toxicology; mixed animal; wildlife; zoo animals

Dr. Antonio Velarde

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Institut de Recerca I Technologia Agroalimentaries, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
Interests: animal welfare; animal behavior; welfare at slaughter

Prof. Dr. Sandra G. Velleman

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Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Interests: avian muscle biology; extracellular matrix biology; muscle satellite cells; avian physiology; poultry

Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Veneziano

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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Via F. Delpino, 1-80137 Naples, Italy
Interests: parasitology; canine vector-borne diseases
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Prof. Dr. Massimo Vignoli

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Località Piano D’ Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Interests: diagnostic imaging; radiology; ultrasound; CT; MRI; PET; radiation therapy
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Prof. Dr. Daniele Vigo

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Department of Veterinary, Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy
Interests: veterinary physiology; endocrinology and reproduction animals animal welfare; stress and lactation 3D cellular culture system; neorgans and pseudorgans Controlled; release technology; biotechnology and nanotechnology

Dr. Amit Vikram

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Intralytix, Columbia, MD, USA
Interests: food safety; antimicrobial resistance; foodborne bacteria; phage biocontrol
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Dr. Antonio Jesús Vizcaíno Torres

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Department of Biology and Geology, Ceimar-University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: fish nutrition and digestive physiology; alternative protein ingredients; algae and microalgae
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Prof. Dr. Milka Vrecl

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Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva 60, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: membrane receptors; intracellular signaling; molecular biology; histology; cell culture; confocal microscopy; pig; sheep; rabbit; rat

Dr. Agnieszka Waclawik

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Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: endocrinology and reproductive biology; animal physiology

Prof. Dr. Hermann Wagner

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Department of Biology, Institute for Biology II (Zoology), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Interests: behaviour; neuroethology; sensory physiology; conservation; ornithology

Dr. Bin Wang

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Mountain Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China
Interests: amphibians; toads; systematics; molecular phylogenetics; phylogeography; evolutionary biology; ecology and evolution; biogeography; genomics; population genetics; species diversity
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Prof. Dr. Fang Wang

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College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
Interests: crab behavioral ecology; aquaculture ecology
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Dr. Shengchen Wang

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College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
Interests: chicken; mineral nutrition; oxidative stress; transcriptional regulation; skeletal muscle
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Prof. Dr. Xiaodan Wang

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School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Interests: aquatic animal nutrition; comparative physiology; stress adaptation; osmoregulation; genetic evolution
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Dr. Xinxia Wang

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Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: animal molecular nutrition and meat quality; epigenetics and meat quality; adipocyte/muscle stem cell development and regulation
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Dr. David J. Waters

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1. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
2. Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies, Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Interests: aging–cancer connection; comparative aspects of biogerontology; sex differences in biology and medicine; U-shaped dose responses and health promotion; pet dogs as a model for human healthspan; personalized cancer prevention; cancer resistance in extreme longevity; duration of lifetime gonad exposure, disease resistance, and longevity
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Prof. Amanda Whitfort

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Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Interests: animal welfare law; wildlife crime; criminal procedure in Hong Kong SAR, China
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Prof. Dr. Brian Whitlock

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Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: reproductive physiology; reproductive systems; reproductive management and infertility

Dr. Tryon Wickersham

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Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Interests: cattle; ruminant nutrition; protein; sustainability; urea; intake; digestion

Dr. Nadja Wielebnowski

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1. Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR 97221, USA
2. Affiliate Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Interests: zoo animal and wildlife; welfare; behavior; endocrinology; personality; noninvasive hormone monitoring; stress

Prof. Dr. William Winlow

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Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Interests: synapses; invertebrate ganglia; aquatic invertebrates; crustacea; Mollusca; neuroplasticity; neurophysiology; electrical synapses; neuroethology; anesthesia
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Prof. Dr. Anna Winnicka

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Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-776 Warszawa, Poland
Interests: veterinary laboratory diagnostic; reference values; hematology; flow cytometry

Prof. Dr. Christine Wrenzycki

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Clinic for Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 106, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Interests: reproductive biotechnologies; in vitro production of embryos; preimplantation embryo development

Dr. Torsten Wronski

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School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Morres University, Liverpool 0151, UK
Interests: behavioural ecology of ungulates; conservation of ungulates in Africa and Asia; captive breeding of wildlife resources for reintroductions or production; transmission of zoonotic diseases between livestock and wildlife

Prof. Dr. Shiwen Xu

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College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Interests: selenium; zinc; micronutrients; immunology; in vitro; poultry

Prof. Dr. Osamu Yamato

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Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Interests: inherited or genetic diseases in animals; lysosomal storage disorders; pathogenesis; diagnostic; therapeutic; preventive methods; nutrition in captive and free-range wild animals
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Dr. Seiya Yamayoshi

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Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
Interests: RNA virus; vaccine; antiviral therapy; antibody; host-microbe interaction; pathogenicity; zoonosis

Prof. Dr. Jinzeng Yang

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Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Interests: molecular biolgy; animal biotechnology; transgenic animals genetics; gene regulation; muscle biology; lactation physiology mammary gland biology

Dr. James Yeates

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World Federation of Animals, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Interests: animal welfare; animal ethics and law

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