Professor - Veterinary Population Medicine and Department Co-chair

goyal001@umn.edu

Degrees

B.V.Sc. Panjab Agricultural University, 1966.
M.Sc. Haryana Agricultural University, 1968.
Ph.D. Haryana Agricultural University, 1972.

Specialist Microbiologist, American Academy of Microbiology, Washington, D.C.

Research Interests

• Pathogenesis and control of viral infections in livestock and poultry
• development of methods for the detection and prevention of human and animal viruses in food, water, and environment.

Clinical Interests

• Development of rapid methods for the detection of viral infections in livestock and poultry.

Instructional areas

• Scientific Writing and Speaking
• A Career in Science
• General Virology
• Advanced Virology
• Viral Diseases of Livestock and poultry
• Viral infections of humans
• Environmental Virology

Publications

Current Funding

• Generation of avian pneumovirus modified clones for the development of a vaccine  BARD. $132,000 (2005-08).
• Development of an improved avian pneumovirus vaccine differentiable from wild virus. MTGA/MPRP. $149,442 (2006-08).
• Upper Midwest and Thailand Zoonotic Disease Cooperative Research Center. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (PI: Marguerite Pappaioanou), CDC, 8/31/06 – 8/30/09,    $2,621,209.
• Establishing Capacity for the Survillance of Influenza in Humans and Animal Populations in Tanzania. (PI: Marguerite Pappaioanou), USAID, 8/31/06 – 8/30/08, $700,000.
• Center of Excellence for influenza research and surveillance. PI: Marguerite appaioanou, NIH/NIAID, 2007-2014, $23,500,000.
• Etiology and pathogenesis of the new “Poult Enteritis Syndrome.” Rapid Agricultural     Response Fund. $82,000 (2007-08).

Honors and Awards

• Competitive Fellowship, Dept. of Atomic Energy, 1969-72
• Honors in M.S. and Ph.D.
• Internat. Dir. of Distinguished Leadership, 3rd. Ed., 1990.
• Civil Service Award for Outstanding Faculty, 1991.
• Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in Veterinary Medicine, 2005