Chicken genome editing for investigating poultry pathogens

Euan Mitchell, Memo Tellez, Mike McGrew

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Abstract / Description of output

Major advances in pathogen identification, treatment, vaccine development, and avian immunology have enabled the enormous expansion in global poultry production over the last 50 years. Looking forward, climate change, reduced feed, reduced water access, new avian pathogens and restrictions on the use of antimicrobials threaten to hamper further gains in poultry productivity and health. The development of novel in vitro cell culture systems, coupled with new genetic tools to investigate gene function, will aid in developing novel interventions for existing and newly emerging poultry pathogens. Our growing capacity to cryopreserve and generate genome-edited chicken lines will also be useful for developing improved chicken breeds for poultry farmers and conserving chicken genetic resources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
JournalAvian Pathology
Early online date24 Oct 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 24 Oct 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • poultry
  • germ cell
  • genome editing
  • disease resistance
  • avian cell lines
  • enteroids

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