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Fozol Ovi

Starkville, Mississippi 39759, United States,MS

Summary

I am a poultry professional with a decade-long job and research experience in poultry breeding, nutrition, feed manufacturing, meat quality and in prevention of foodborne illness from poultry products. I worked in six countries, across three continents which granted me an unparallel understanding of the challenges faced by the poultry industry worldwide. I aspire to contribute in improving the quality assurance and food safety aspect of the poultry industry by implementing my knowledge, research findings, and technical skills in a competitive and dynamic work environment.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Research Assistant

Poultry Science, Mississippi State
01.2021 - Current

Lab management: Compliance and management of Animal Biosafety Level-2 (ABSL-2) facilities

Microbiology:

1. Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), Salmonella Enterica, Salmonella Typhimurium investigation in Layer hen

2. In vitro and in vivo probiotics intervention (Lactobacillus reuteri, and L. acidophilus) against salmonellosis

3. Embryo lethality assay, in-ovo inoculation and experimental infection model with APEC in layer chicken

4. Antibiotic susceptibility assay (CLSI-standard, 33rd edition)

Molecular biology:

1. Gut and litter microbiome analysis (16s rRNA sequencing), and expression of inflammatory cytokines in gut (2-ΔΔCT)

2. Multi-locus sequence typing and whole genome sequencing of E. coli (Oxford Nanopore sequencing)

Immuno-serology:

1. Adhesion invasion assay of E. coli in chicken macrophage.

2. Estimation of immune cell population in response to APEC infection (CD45+, CD4+, CD8+, CD41/61, γδTcells)

3. Antibody titer estimation by Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Graduate Research Assistant

Poultry Science
01.2019 - 12.2020

Nutrition:

1. Feed formulation, nutrient digestibility, phytase activity phytase & xylanase enzyme supplementation recovery in feed.

2. Live performance evaluation of broiler, FCR, Avg daily gain, Bone breaking strength, tibial ash content

3. Determining the digestible lysin: arginine ratio for Ross-708 broilers using linear and quadratic broken line regression

Feed manufacturing:

1. Compliance of research feed mill in Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research & Education Center

2. Determination of the nutrient composition of feed ingredient by Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR)

3. Evaluating the effects of feed particle size, feed form, conditioning temperature, and whole grain inclusion on broilers

4. Mycotoxins monitoring in the bulk feed ingredients (corn and soybean meal)

5. Inventory and supply chain management of micro-ingredients

Processing and meat quality:

1. USDA compliance for processing plant, HACCP, GMP, and microbial contamination prevention of poultry

2. Investigation of breast myopathy, coloration, and cooking loss with different lysine levels in poultry diet

Animal Husbandry Officer

Sylhet Agricultural University
10.2016 - 11.2018
  • Breeder and Hatchery Business of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Bangladesh
  • Grand-parent breeding: Flock scheduling, chick receive and brooding, male line management, bird selection, and sperm quality evaluation
  • -Parent hatchery management, hatch-out scheduling, hatch residue analysis, vent sexing and inovo vaccination Biosecurity designing, vaccine program development, antibody titer evaluation

Education

Ph.D. - Poultry Science

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
05.2024

Master of Science - Poultry Science

Auburn University
Auburn, AL
2020

Bachelor of Science - Veterinary Medicine

Sylhet Agricultural University
Sylhet, Bangladesh
2016

Skills

  • 1 Experiment design and data analysis: CRD, RCBD, Split-plot design, Repeated measurement over time, Logistic model, Binomial model, Frequency tests
  • 2 Analytical tools: SAS 94, GraphPad prism, Rstudio
  • 3 Molecular biology: Primer design, gene expression, genome sequencing
  • 4 Immuno-serology: Flow cytometry, hemagglutination inhibition, ELISA,
  • 5 Cell culture: Adhesion invasion assay of intra-cellular bacteria on chicken MQ
  • 6 Microbiology: Bacteria isolation, quantification, antibiotic susceptibility test, biochemical assay (Indole, VP, oxidase, and catalase)
  • 7 Poultry technique: Bone breaking strength, In-ovo inoculation, hatch residue analysis, artificial insemination, sperm quality analysis, feather and vent sexing, brooding, breeder flock management

Accomplishments

    ❖Certificate of excellence in student poster presentation. Poultry Science Association (PSA) , annual meeting 2021.
    ❖ World poultry congress, Youth program WPC-26-2022 Paris
    ❖ World poultry science association travel reimbursement WPC-26-2022
    ❖ Travel assistance grant for graduate student (TAGGS-2022), graduate school, Mississippi State University.
    ❖ Southern Agriculture Credit, travel scholarship-2023 for IPSF-2023.
    ❖ Certificate of excellence in student poster presentation, Annual meeting of International Poultry Science Forum (IPSF-2024)

Timeline

Graduate Research Assistant

Poultry Science, Mississippi State
01.2021 - Current

Graduate Research Assistant

Poultry Science
01.2019 - 12.2020

Animal Husbandry Officer

Sylhet Agricultural University
10.2016 - 11.2018

Ph.D. - Poultry Science

Mississippi State University

Master of Science - Poultry Science

Auburn University

Bachelor of Science - Veterinary Medicine

Sylhet Agricultural University
Fozol Ovi