MAGNE BISGAARD

Date and place of birth:  July 7th, 1945, Saksild, DK-8300 Odder

Education

1972	cand. med. vet.
1972	post graduate courses and exams in microbiology, food hygiene, food conservation, toxicology and food legislation and administration
1976	post graduate course and exams in virology
1980	post graduate course in biostatistics
1985	post graduate course in biotechnology
1990	post graduate course in theory of education
1993	post graduate course in basic laboratory animal science
1993	IBM course in administration, management, team-building and communication
2001	IBM course in administration

Academic appointments

1972	lecturer, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (RVAU), Frederiksberg, DK
1973	research assistant, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1981	associate professor in microbiology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology (RVAU)
1983	research officer, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1984	senior research officer, Institute of Avian Diseases, Department Langaa
1986	professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology (RVAU) and head of the Institute of Avian Diseases (Ministry of Agriculture)
1990	professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology
1993-1995	head of Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
1996-1998	professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
1999-2004	head of Department of Veterinary Microbiology, RVAU
2007	professor, chair of diseases of poultry, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Membership of professional associations

Danish Society for Pathology
Danish Society for Microbiology
Scandinavian Society for Poultry Pathologists
American Society for Microbiology
World Veterinary Poultry Association
World Poultry Science Association
Pasteurellaceae Subcommittee, I.C.S.M.

Main areas of research

• Erysipelas in poultry - pathology, serotyping and epidemiology
• Respiratory diseases of poultry caused by viruses, including interactions between viruses, mycoplasma, bacteria and environment
• Salmonella infections in poultry
• Development and application of molecular methods for subspecies and serovar characterization of S. enterica
• Antigenic characterization of S. enterica serovar Berta and development of sensitive and specific immunoassays for detection of infections caused by this serovar
• Clonal transmission of S. enterica
• Plasmid mediated virulence expression
• Host specificity and pathogenesis
• Risk factors
• Epidemiology
• Taxonomic, ecological, epidemiological, population genetics, and host-parasite interaction studies of organisms classified with Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981
• Immunosuppressive infections in poultry. Pathogenesis and epidemiology, including interactions with other immunosuppressive agents
• Zoonoses associated with poultry and poultry products
• Risk factors, transmission, virulence and population genetics of avian E. coli infections
• Helminth infections in poultry and interactions between the host and combined infections caused by helminths, virus and bacteria
• Streptococci and enterococci. New old emerging disease agents in poultry and humans
• Diseases associated with free-range and organic farming systems
• Diseases in village poultry in developing countries
• Pathogenesis of valvular endocarditis and studies on antimicrobial therapy using a natural chicken model'
• Genetic characterization of populations of potential pathogenic bacteria during subclinical infections and disease outbreaks in large populations

Publications May 2010: 478

15	Teaching materials
21	Danish periodicals
12	Danish Veterinary Journal
190	Peer-reviewed international journals
6	Peer-reviewed international journals, in press
6	Peer-reviewed international journals, submitted for publication
205	Congress contributions
	Chapters in books
14	International peer-reviewed
9	Others

Ad hoc reviewer of the following journals

• Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• International Journal of Medical Microbiology
• Microbiology
• Avian Pathology
• International Journal of Food Microbiology
• International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology/International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Journal of Veterinary Medicin Series A and B
• Veterinary Research Communications
• Australian Veterinary Journal
• Veterinary Microbiology
• Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Principal adviser for ten ph.d. students so far