Dr. John R. Barta is a Professor at Guelph University. His research focuses on better understanding the interactions that parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa (e.g., Plasmodium, Eimeria, Isopora, Toxoplasma gondii, Crytosporidium) have with host vertebrates. Dr. Barta's main area of expertise is coccidiosis in chickens.
1. Coccidiosis 2. Population, genetic, and antigenic diversity of Eimeria
3. Eimeria parasite: Identification and diagnosis 4. Phylogenetic
relationships among Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae) 5. Coccidiosis
in Chickens: Prevalence and Risk Factors 6. Coinfection 7. Purification of
Eimeria life cycle stages 8. In vitro culture systems for the study of
Eimeria 9. Innate immune response to Eimeria 10. Adaptive immune response
to Eimeria 11. Anticoccidial drugs 12. Examining the genetics of Eimeria
resistance 13. Anticoccidial live vaccines 14. Recombinant subunit vaccines
15. Nanotechnology for poultry coccidiosis control 16. Genetic manipulation
of Eimiria 17. Possible ways to control chicken coccidiosis with transgenic
Eimeria parasites 18. Nutritional supplements 19. Prebiotics, probiotics,
biobiotics, and synbiotics 20. Phytogenics feed additives (phytobiotics or
botanicals) 21. Eimeria infection and gut microbiota 22. Environmental
control of coccidiosis in poultry
