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Animal Science and Veterinary
China
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
60
Citations
15371
World Ranking
323
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhigao Bu is affiliated with the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist has addressed a variety of topics within their work, including:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Zhigao Bu has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Integrative Agriculture
  • Journal of Virology
  • Viruses
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2," 2020, Science
  • "A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs," 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • "A single dose of an adenovirus-vectored vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Genotype I African swine fever viruses emerged in domestic pigs in China and caused chronic infection," 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Emergence and prevalence of naturally occurring lower virulent African swine fever viruses in domestic pigs in China in 2020," 2021, Science China Life Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Dongming Zhao, Xijun He, Zhiyuan Wen, Lei Shuai, and Renqiang Liu. These individuals have partnered with Zhigao Bu on numerous publications, with collaboration counts ranging from over 30 to more than 50 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2.

    Jianzhong Shi;Zhiyuan Wen;Gongxun Zhong;Huanliang Yang

  • A Single-Amino-Acid Substitution in the NS1 Protein Changes the Pathogenicity of H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Mice

    Peirong Jiao;Guobin Tian;Yanbing Li;Guohua Deng

  • H7N9 Influenza Viruses Are Transmissible in Ferrets by Respiratory Droplet

    Qianyi Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Jianzhong Shi;Guohua Deng;Jing Guo

  • Identification of amino acids in HA and PB2 critical for the transmission of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in a mammalian host.

    Yuwei Gao;Ying Zhang;Kyoko Shinya;Guohua Deng

  • Architecture of African swine fever virus and implications for viral assembly

    Nan Wang;Dongming Zhao;Jialing Wang;Yangling Zhang

  • The NS1 Gene Contributes to the Virulence of H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Zejun Li;Yongping Jiang;Peirong Jiao;Aiqin Wang

  • Replication and virulence in pigs of the first African swine fever virus isolated in China

    Dongming Zhao;Renqiang Liu;Xianfeng Zhang;Fang Li

  • Newcastle Disease Virus-Based Live Attenuated Vaccine Completely Protects Chickens and Mice from Lethal Challenge of Homologous and Heterologous H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Jinying Ge;Guohua Deng;Zhiyuan Wen;Guobing Tian

  • Protective efficacy in chickens, geese and ducks of an H5N1-inactivated vaccine developed by reverse genetics.

    Guobin Tian;Suhua Zhang;Yanbing Li;Zhigao Bu

  • A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs.

    Weiye Chen;Dongming Zhao;Xijun He;Renqiang Liu

  • Two amino acid residues in the matrix protein M1 contribute to the virulence difference of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in mice.

    Shufang Fan;Guohua Deng;Jiasheng Song;Guobin Tian

  • Genetics, Receptor Binding Property, and Transmissibility in Mammals of Naturally Isolated H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Xuyong Li;Jianzhong Shi;Jing Guo;Guohua Deng

  • H7N9 virulent mutants detected in chickens in China pose an increased threat to humans.

    Jianzhong Shi;Guohua Deng;Huihui Kong;Chunyang Gu

  • H5N1 Hybrid Viruses Bearing 2009/H1N1 Virus Genes Transmit in Guinea Pigs by Respiratory Droplet

    Ying Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Huihui Kong;Yongping Jiang

  • A single dose of an adenovirus-vectored vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge.

    Shipo Wu;Gongxun Zhong;Jun Zhang;Lei Shuai

  • Continued Evolution of H5N1 Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds, Domestic Poultry, and Humans in China from 2004 to 2009

    Yanbing Li;Jianzhong Shi;Gongxun Zhong;Guohua Deng

  • Genotype I African swine fever viruses emerged in domestic pigs in China and caused chronic infection.

    Encheng Sun;Lianyu Huang;Xianfeng Zhang;Jiwen Zhang

  • Emergence and prevalence of naturally occurring lower virulent African swine fever viruses in domestic pigs in China in 2020

    Encheng Sun;Zhenjiang Zhang;Zilong Wang;Xijun He

  • A Naturally Occurring Deletion in Its NS Gene Contributes to the Attenuation of an H5N1 Swine Influenza Virus in Chickens

    Qiyun Zhu;Huanliang Yang;Weiye Chen;Wenyan Cao

  • Herc5 Attenuates Influenza A Virus by Catalyzing ISGylation of Viral NS1 Protein

    YuJie Tang;Gongxun Zhong;Lianhui Zhu;Xing Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hualan Chen
Hualan Chen Harbin Veterinary Research Institute
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo
Chengjun Li
Chengjun Li Harbin Veterinary Research Institute
Lin-Fa Wang
Lin-Fa Wang Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Cheng-Feng Qin
Cheng-Feng Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard W. Compans
Richard W. Compans Emory University
Yasuo Suzuki
Yasuo Suzuki Chubu University
Yuelong Shu
Yuelong Shu Sun Yat-sen University
Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang Xiamen University
Huanchun Chen
Huanchun Chen Huazhong Agricultural University

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