Zhidong Zhang

Professor
Zhidong
Zhang

College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine,The Southwest Minzu University
Email 
zhangzhidong [at] swun.edu.cn
Biography

2020 to present: Professor in Veterinary Virology,College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine,The Southwest Minzu University,Chengdu, Sichuan, China

2013 to 2020: Head of Viral Diseases in Grazing Animals Programme, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Lanzhou, China.

2010 to 2013: Head of Section of Vesicular Diseases, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

2004 to 2010: Head of Pathogenesis of Viral Vesicular Disease Group, Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, UK.

Research interests

Pathogenesis of Veterinary Viral Disease and Control

Discipline
Virology
Host species
Cattle Pigs Small ruminants
Pathogen
Viruses Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Capripoxvirus Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Viruses›Poxviruses Viruses›Rabies virus
Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design Pre-clinical trials