Dr. Alejandro Banda, DVM, PhD, DACPV, DACVM

Dr. Alejandro Banda, DVM, PhD, DACPV, DACVM

Title:

  • Clinical Professor, Executive Director of MVRDLS

Contacts:

ab665@msstate.edu
Office: (601) 420-4738
MS. Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory

Overview

Summary:

Clinical professor in veterinary virology with the Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine. Section leader of the poultry and mammalian virology laboratories, and the vivarium area.

Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical Microbiology, University of Georgia, 2002
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Veterinary Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1998
  • Master of Science (M.S.), Veterinary Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1996

Publications

Journal Article

  • Heterakis isolonche infection associated with severe nodular typhlitis and suspect aberrant pulmonary migration in a golden pheasant (Chrysolopus pictus). Avian Diseases. Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 243-247. 2022

Presentations

Abstract

  • "Proventriculitis in a broiler integrator in Mississippi: a field investigation." International Poultry Scientific Forum, International Production and Processing Expo, Atlanta, GA. 2022

Oral Presentation

  • "Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Update." Row Crop Short Course, , Starkville, MS. 2023
  • "Can We Leverage Environmental Contamination for CWD Surveillance?." Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, The Wildlife Society, Jackson, MS. 2023
  • "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Mississippi Experience." 2023 American Association of Avian Pathologists Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Jacksonville, FL. 2023
  • "Can We Leverage Environmental Contamination for CWD Surveillance." 4th International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium, , Denver, CO. 2023
  • "Harnessing Scraping Behavior for CWD Surveillance." Southeastern Deer Study Group Meeting, Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society , Baton Rouge, LA. 2023
  • "Case Report: Investigating Unusual Outbreaks of Neurologic Disease in Broiler Chickens." 2022 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Philadelphia, PA. 2022
  • "A new differential for neurologic disease in chickens? ." Emerald Coast Veterinary Conference, Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, Miramar Beach, FL. 2021
  • "Characterization of neuropathologic lesions associated with avian reovirus infection in commercial broiler chickens." American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, ACVP, San Antonio, TX. 2019
  • "Chronic wasting disease in Mississippi White-tailed deer." 62nd American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Annual Meeting, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Providence, RI. 2019
  • "Application and comparison of iSeq100 and MinION sequencing in identifying Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus." 62nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Providence, RI. 2019
  • "Application of iSeq on Genotyping Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus." 1st Annual Veterinary Diagnostics Conference, , Shanghai, China . 2019
  • "Reo gone rogue? A case investigation." MS Poultry Association Health Seminar, Mississippi Poultry Association, Jackson, MS. 2019
  • "An Investigation of Variables Associated with Mortality in a Broiler Complex in Mississippi." 2019 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2019
  • "An Investigation of Variables Associated With Reduced Livability in a Broiler Complex in Mississippi." 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Denver, CO. 2018

Webinar

  • "Comparison between ELISA and RT-QuIC to detect chronic wasting disease in retropharyngeal lymph nodes of deer." 103rd Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, , Chicago, IL. 2023

Areas of Expertise

Diagnostic poultry virology and serology Immunosuppressive diseases of poultry Veterinary virology Avian medicine