Ghida Banat
Graduate Student
Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory
3606 East Mt Hope Rd
East Lansing MI 48823
Phone: (517) 337-6842
E-mail: banatghi@msu.edu
Education and Training
MS in Poultry Science, American University of Beirut, 2001
BS in Agriculture, American University of Beirut, 1999
Research Interests
Avian Diseases, Molecular biology, Virology and Immunology in general, and Avian Leukosis in particular.
Recent Publications
Banat, G., Silva, R., Reed, W., and Fadly A. 2006. Characterization of various isolates of a naturally occurring recombinant avian leukosis virus using biological assays and polymerase chain reaction (Abstract). American Veterinary Medical Association/American Association of Avian Pathologists convention notes p. 72.
Barbour, E., Banat, G., Itani, W., Jaber, L., Habre, A., and Hamadeh, S. 2005. Quantitative assessment of humoral immunosuppression in water deprived semi nomadic sheep. International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine (USA), 2 (4): 15-20.
Barbour, E. K., Rawda, N., Banat, G., Jaber, L., Sleiman, F.T., and Hamadeh, S.K. 2005. Comparison of immunosuppression in dry and lactating Awassi ewes due to water deprivation-stress. Veterinary Research Communications (UK), 29:47-60.
Barbour, E.K., Farran, M., Elias, D., Banat, G., and Talhouk, R. 2004. A new animal welfare-molting approach maintaining immunity in commercial layers. World Poultry Journal (Netherlands), 20: 36-38.
Banat, G. 2001. Chicken Physiological Responses to Control Programs in Heat Stress & Salmonellosis. MS Thesis, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Banat, G., and Barbour, E. 2000. Development of a Live Salmonella Enteritidis Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy (Abstract). Proceedings of the 14th Science Meeting of the National Council for Scientific Research & the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science (Beirut, Lebanon), p. 114.
