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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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69
Citations
14739
World Ranking
186
National Ranking
57

Genetics

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69
Citations
14208
World Ranking
2371
National Ranking
1066

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan J. Lamont is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research work spans various fields related to agriculture, biology, and molecular sciences, with a particular focus on the genetics, physiology, and disease management of livestock, especially poultry.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

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

The subfields that characterize their research are:

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

The primary topics covered in their work involve:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Susan J. Lamont has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Poultry Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Genes
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lamont include:

  • "863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken" (2020, Cell Research)
  • "Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) Strain-Dependent Immunomodulation of Respiratory Granulocytes and Mononuclear Phagocytes in CSF1R-Reporter Transgenic Chickens" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022" (2022, Cytogenetic and Genome Research)
  • "Phenotypic variability and population structure analysis of Tanzanian free-range local chickens" (2020, BMC Veterinary Research)
  • "Genetic resistance to avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC): current status and opportunities" (2021, Avian Pathology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan J. Lamont include:

  • Huaijun Zhou
  • Rodrigo A. Gallardo
  • T. Ross Kelly
  • Jack C. M. Dekkers
  • Melissa S. Monson

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • A consensus linkage map of the chicken genome

    Martien A.M. Groenen;Hans H. Cheng;Nat Bumstead;Bernard F. Benkel

  • A genetic variation map for chicken with 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms

    Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Bin Liu;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang

  • Genetic Analysis of Immunocompetence Measures in a White Leghorn Chicken Line

    S. Cheng;Susan J. Lamont

  • Butyrate enhances disease resistance of chickens by inducing antimicrobial host defense peptide gene expression.

    Lakshmi T. Sunkara;Mallika Achanta;Nicole B. Schreiber;Yugendar R. Bommineni

  • 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken

    Ming-Shan Wang;Ming-Shan Wang;Ming-Shan Wang;Mukesh Thakur;Mukesh Thakur;Min-Sheng Peng;Min-Sheng Peng;Yu Jiang

  • Genetic characterization of biodiversity in highly inbred chicken lines by microsatellite markers

    H. Zhou;S. J. Lamont

  • Breast meat quality and composition in unique chicken populations

    Steven M. Lonergan;N. Deeb;C. A. Fedler;Susan J. Lamont

  • Correction: Corrigendum: DNA methylome in spleen of avian pathogenic escherichia coli -challenged broilers and integration with mRNA expression

    Haiping Xu;Xuenong Zhu;Yongsheng Hu;Zhenhui Li

  • Review of Quantitative Trait Loci Identified in the Chicken

    B. Abasht;Jack C. M. Dekkers;Susan J. Lamont

  • Chicken heterophil extracellular traps (HETs): Novel defense mechanism of chicken heterophils

    Phongsakorn Chuammitri;Jelena Ostojić;Claire B. Andreasen;Sarah B. Redmond

  • Genetic Architecture of Growth and Body Composition in Unique Chicken Populations

    N. Deeb;S. J. Lamont

  • Insulin-like growth factor-I gene polymorphism associations with growth, body composition, skeleton integrity, and metabolic traits in chickens

    H. Zhou;A. D. Mitchell;J. P. McMurtry;C. M. Ashwell

  • Breeding value prediction for production traits in layer chickens using pedigree or genomic relationships in a reduced animal model

    Anna Wolc;Anna Wolc;Chris Stricker;Jesus Arango;Petek Settar

  • Impact of genetics on disease resistance

    Susan J. Lamont

  • Chicken quantitative trait loci for growth and body composition associated with transforming growth factor-beta genes

    H. Li;Nader Deeb;H. Zhou;A. D. Mitchell

  • Chicken hepatic response to chronic heat stress using integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis.

    Sara F. Jastrebski;Susan J. Lamont;Carl J. Schmidt

  • Cold stress equally enhances in vivo pro-inflammatory cytokine gene expression in chicken lines divergently selected for antibody responses.

    Basavarajappa N. Hangalapura;Michael G. Kaiser;Jan J. van der Poel;Henk K. Parmentier

  • Genetic resistance to fowl cholera is linked to the major histocompatibility complex

    Susan J. Lamont;Carole Bolin;Norman Cheville

  • Effects of dietary fiber on cecal short-chain fatty acid and cecal microbiota of broiler and laying-hen chicks

    Muhammed Walugembe;John C. F. Hsieh;Nicholas J. Koszewski;Susan J. Lamont

  • Linkage disequilibrium in related breeding lines of chickens.

    Cristina Andreescu;Santiago Avendano;Stewart R. Brown;Abebe Hassen

  • Breed effect on early cytokine mRNA expression in spleen and cecum of chickens with and without Salmonella enteritidis infection.

    Jennifer H. Cheeseman;Michael G. Kaiser;Ceren Ciraci;Pete Kaiser

  • Candidate genes for resistance to Salmonella enteritidis colonization in chickens as detected in a novel genetic cross

    S.J Lamont;M.G Kaiser;W Liu

  • Effects of acute and chronic heat stress on the performance, egg quality, body temperature, and blood gas parameters of laying hens.

    Nathaniel W. Barrett;Kaylee Rowland;Carl J. Schmidt;Susan J. Lamont

  • Association of twelve candidate gene polymorphisms and response to challenge with Salmonella enteritidis in poultry

    J. Kramer;M. Malek;S. J. Lamont

  • Analysis of chicken TLR4, CD28, MIF, MD-2, and LITAF genes in a Salmonella enteritidis resource population.

    M. Malek;J. R. Hasenstein;Susan J. Lamont

Frequent Co-Authors

Huaijun Zhou
Huaijun Zhou University of California, Davis
Jack C. M. Dekkers
Jack C. M. Dekkers Iowa State University
Max F. Rothschild
Max F. Rothschild Iowa State University
Lisa K. Nolan
Lisa K. Nolan University of Georgia
Hyun S. Lillehoj
Hyun S. Lillehoj United States Department of Agriculture
Anna Wolc
Anna Wolc Iowa State University
Rohan L. Fernando
Rohan L. Fernando Iowa State University
Hans H. Cheng
Hans H. Cheng Agricultural Research Service
Peter K. Kaiser
Peter K. Kaiser Cleveland Clinic
Dorian J. Garrick
Dorian J. Garrick Massey University

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