David Swayne, PhD, DVM, DACVP, DACPV
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
Dr. David E. Swayne is a veterinarian with specialization as a Veterinary Pathologist and Poultry Veterinarian. For the past 37 years, his personal research has focused on the pathobiology and control of poultry diseases, primarily avian influenza and Newcastle disease. He has published over 359 peer-reviewed papers and 117 book chapters, given 382 invited lectures and served as Editor or Associate Editor for 16 text and proceedings books, including Diseases of Poultry (11th-14th editions), and Associate Editor for five per-reviewed journals, currently Emerging Infectious Diseases and Avian Diseases. He is currently editing the international textbook, Avian Influenza (3rd edition). He serves in leadership roles at the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) where he has led the updates to the Avian Influenza chapters in Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals and completed a 16-month sabbatical to study highly pathogenic avian influenza control programs. He currently serves as a member of the Steering Committee for OFFLU, the joint WOAH/FAO Animal Influenza Network. Previously, he served as the Laboratory Director of the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Athens, Georgia, USA for 28 ½ years and as a tenured faculty member at The Ohio State University for 7 years. He is currently a private veterinarian consulting on avian influenza control and an Adjunct Professor in Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.
Dr. David E. Swayne is a veterinarian with specialization as a Veterinary Pathologist and Poultry Veterinarian. For the past 37 years, his personal research has focused on the pathobiology and control of poultry diseases, primarily avian influenza and Newcastle disease. He has published over 359 peer-reviewed papers and 117 book chapters, given 382 invited lectures and served as Editor or Associate Editor for 16 text and proceedings books, including Diseases of Poultry (11th-14th editions), and Associate Editor for five per-reviewed journals, currently Emerging Infectious Diseases and Avian Diseases. He is currently editing the international textbook, Avian Influenza (3rd edition). He serves in leadership roles at the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) where he has led the updates to the Avian Influenza chapters in Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals and completed a 16-month sabbatical to study highly pathogenic avian influenza control programs. He currently serves as a member of the Steering Committee for OFFLU, the joint WOAH/FAO Animal Influenza Network. Previously, he served as the Laboratory Director of the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Athens, Georgia, USA for 28 ½ years and as a tenured faculty member at The Ohio State University for 7 years. He is currently a private veterinarian consulting on avian influenza control and an Adjunct Professor in Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.