Gong Jianhua

Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Guelph Food Research Centre
Canada

Biography

Gong Jianhua is an Adjunct professor inUniversity of British Columbia.Working as an eminent Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Food Science, Biology.He is a Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Food Protection Member of Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network. He is working on current projects:Ecological and functional genomic studies for control of clostridial infection in poultry. Development of biological control of bacterial pathogens in animal food production: exploring the use of bacteriophage, probiotics, and essential oils Use of probiotics for control of Salmonella and other human pathogens in the production of broiler chickens. Essential oils as alternatives to dietary antibiotics: microencapsulation for effective delivery of the oils to pig guts. Identification and characterization of vomitoxin-transforming microorganisms of chicken gut and their application in detoxifying vomitoxin in swine feed. Development of an effective enzyme product to degrade trichothecene mycotoxins in contaminated grains.

Research Intrest

Poultry cattle on farm food safety - microbiology infectious diseases (bacterial) pathogenesis of foodborne bacteria antibiotic resistance alternatives to antibiotics

List of Publications
Ding H, Cui SW, Goff HD, Gong, J (2015). Short-chain fatty acid profiles from flaxseed dietary fibres after in vitro fermentation of pig colonic digesta: Structure-function relationship. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre.6: 62-68.
Ma Y, Wang Q, Gong J, Wu XY (2016). Formulation of granules for site-specific delivery of an antimicrobial essential oil to the animal intestinal tract. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 105: 1124-1133.
Liu H, Gong J, Chabot D, Miller SS, Cui SW, Ma J, Zhong F, et al.(2016). Incorporation of polysaccharides into sodium caseinate-low melting point fat microparticles improves probiotic bacteria survival during simulated gastrointestinal digestion and storage.Food Hydrocolloids. 54: 328-337.