 | Gomis, Susantha
Professor Veterinary Pathology Office Location: WCVM 1640 Phone: 306-966-7299 Fax: 306-966-7439 Email:
susantha.gomis@usask.ca |
Academic Credentials
- BVSc, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1986
- MVetSc, University of Saskatchewan, 1992
- PhD, University of Saskatchewan, 1995
- Diplomate, ACPV, 2004
Teaching and Clinical Areas
Dr. Gomis teaches poultry and mammalian diagnostic pathology at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, U of S College of Agriculture.
Research Interests
Dr. Gomis has broad interests in basic and applied aspects of pathogenesis and control of bacterial diseases in poultry and mammalian species.
Publications
- Wojnarowicz C, Olkowski A, Gomis S. 2006. "Prevalence of ergot toxicity." International Poultry Production. 14(1): 14-15.
- Coombes BK, Coburn B, Potter AA, Gomis S, Mirakhur K, Li Y, Finlay B, 2005. "Analysis of the contribution of salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and 2 to enteric disease progression using a novel bovine ileal loop model as a murine model of infectious enterocolitis." Infectious Immunology. 73(11): 7161-7169.
- Nass TN, Ghorbani M, Alvarez-Maya I, Lapner M, Kothary R, De Repentigny Y, Gomis S, Babiuk L, Giulivi A, Soares C, Azizi A, Francisco D. 2005. "Characterization of liver histopathology in a transgenic mouse model expressing genotype 1a hepatic C virus core and envelope proteins 1 and 2." Journal of General Virology. 86: 2185-96.
- Gomis S, Babiuk L, Allan B, Willson P, Waters E, Ambrose N, Hecker R, Potter A. 2004. "Protection of neonatal chicks against a lethal challenge of Escherichia coli using DNA containing cytosine-phosphodiester-guanine motifs." Avian Diseases. 48: 813-822.
- Zhang L, Gomis S, Tikoo S. 2005. "Evaluation of promoters for foreign gene expression in E3 region of bovine adenovirus type-3." Virus Research. 110(1-2): 169-176.