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Overview

Joshua Gong is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research focuses on multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on animal nutrition, microbiology, and molecular biology.

Their published work spans several main fields of study including:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their research further specializes into subfields such as:

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Food Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Endocrinology

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

They have contributed to a range of research articles. Selected recent papers include:

  • Effects of encapsulated cinnamaldehyde on growth performance, intestinal digestive and absorptive functions, meat quality and gut microbiota in broiler chickens (2021) - Translational Animal Science
  • Clostridium perfringens Produces an Adhesive Pilus Required for the Pathogenesis of Necrotic Enteritis in Poultry (2021) - Journal of Bacteriology
  • Spray-drying microencapsulation of citral with soy protein-soy polysaccharide Maillard reaction products: stability and release characteristics (2022) - Food Hydrocolloids
  • Bacillus licheniformis PF9 improves barrier function and alleviates inflammatory responses against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4 infection in the porcine intestinal epithelial cells (2022) - Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
  • Lactobacillus rhamnosus LB1 Alleviates Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-Induced Adverse Effects in Piglets by Improving Host Immune Response and Anti-Oxidation Stress and Restoring Intestinal Integrity (2021) - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Joshua Gong frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Chengbo Yang
  • Changning Yu
  • Song Liu
  • Shangxi Liu
  • Hai Yu

Their work is often published in journals aligned with animal science and microbiology. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Poultry Science
  • Translational Animal Science
  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Strategic use of feed ingredients and feed additives to stimulate gut health and development in young pigs.

    C.F.M. de Lange;J. Pluske;J. Gong;J. Gong;C.M. Nyachoti

  • Implications of butyrate and its derivatives for gut health and animal production

    Andrea Bedford;Joshua Gong

  • Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and structurally related synthetic food additives towards selected pathogenic and beneficial gut bacteria

    W. Si;J. Gong;R. Tsao;T. Zhou

  • Phytogenic Compounds as Alternatives to In-Feed Antibiotics: Potentials and Challenges in Application

    Chengbo Yang;M.A. Chowdhury;Yongqing Huo;Joshua Gong

  • Interactions between commensal bacteria and the gut-associated immune system of the chicken

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Shayan Sharif

  • Essential oils as alternatives to antibiotics in swine production

    Faith A. Omonijo;Liju Ni;Joshua Gong;Qi Wang

  • Effects of Lactobacilli on Cytokine Expression by Chicken Spleen and Cecal Tonsil Cells

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Payvand Parvizi;Shayan Sharif

  • Bioassay-guided purification and identification of antimicrobial components in Chinese green tea extract.

    Weiduo Si;Joshua Gong;Rong Tsao;Milosh Kalab

  • Effect of dietary supplementation of chitosan and galacto-mannan-oligosaccharide on serum parameters and the insulin-like growth factor-I mRNA expression in early-weaned piglets.

    Zhi Ru Tang;Yu Long Yin;Yu Long Yin;Charles M. Nyachoti;Rui Lin Huang

  • The gastrointestinal microbiota and its role in monogastric nutrition and health with an emphasis on pigs: current understanding, possible modulations, and new technologies for ecological studies.

    J. D. Richards;J. Gong;C. F. M. de Lange

  • Oral treatment of chickens with lactobacilli influences elicitation of immune responses.

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Shahriar Orouji;Jessica Esufali

  • Effects of zinc bacitracin, bird age and access to range on bacterial microbiota in the ileum and caeca of broiler chickens

    J. Gong;H. Yu;T. Liu;J.J. Gill

  • The intestinal microbiota and its modulation for Salmonella control in chickens

    James R. Chambers;Joshua Gong

  • The pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis in chickens: what we know and what we need to know: a review.

    John F Prescott;Valeria R Parreira;Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari;Dion Lepp

  • In vitro assessment of antimicrobial activity of carvacrol, thymol and cinnamaldehyde towards Salmonella serotype Typhimurium DT104: effects of pig diets and emulsification in hydrocolloids

    W. Si;J. Gong;C. Chanas;S. Cui

  • Antimicrobial activity of butyrate glycerides toward Salmonella Typhimurium and Clostridium perfringens.

    H. Namkung;H. Yu;J. Gong;S. Leeson

  • Gene expression profiling of chicken lymphoid cells after treatment with Lactobacillus acidophilus cellular components.

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Joshua Gong;Parviz Sabour

  • Thymol Improves Barrier Function and Attenuates Inflammatory Responses in Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cells during Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Induced Inflammation.

    Faith A Omonijo;Shangxi Liu;Qianru Hui;Hua Zhang

  • Identification of changes in the composition of ileal bacterial microbiota of broiler chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens.

    Yanni Feng;Joshua Gong;Hai Yu;Yaping Jin

  • Advances in the methods for studying gut microbiota and their relevance to the research of dietary fiber functions

    Joshua Gong;Chengbo Yang

  • Identification of novel pathogenicity loci in Clostridium perfringens strains that cause Avian necrotic enteritis

    Dion Lepp;Bryan Roxas;Valeria R. Parreira;Pradeep R. Marri

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongqing Hou
Yongqing Hou Wuhan Polytechnic University
Yulong Yin
Yulong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Northwestern University
Shayan Sharif
Shayan Sharif University of Guelph
Mingyong Xie
Mingyong Xie Nanchang University
Shaoping Nie
Shaoping Nie Nanchang University
Huaijun Zhou
Huaijun Zhou University of California, Davis
John F. Prescott
John F. Prescott University of Guelph
C. F. M. de Lange
C. F. M. de Lange University of Guelph
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University

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