Motohiro Horiuchi
Professor
Department of Agri, Food, Aqua and Vet
Hokkaido University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Motohiro HORIUCHI research is mainly focusing on prion diseases as a neurodegenerative disorder and food-borne zoonosis. He is now conducting broad aspect of research projects, such as the elucidation of the entity of prions, mechanisms of propagation and transmission of prions as well as the neurodegeneration caused by prion propagation, the establishment of therapeutics, a surveillance of animal prion diseases, and an analysis of the resistance gene to prion diseases. In addition to the comprehensive research on prion diseases, his research activity includes Lawsonia infection as a model of an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes proliferative enteropathy in variety of animals especially in pigs and horses and results in severe economic loss. He is now studying on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of Lawsonia infection. Dr. Motohiro HORIUCHI research is mainly focusing on prion diseases as a neurodegenerative disorder and food-borne zoonosis. He is now conducting broad aspect of research projects, such as the elucidation of the entity of prions, mechanisms of propagation and transmission of prions as well as the neurodegeneration caused by prion propagation, the establishment of therapeutics, a surveillance of animal prion diseases, and an analysis of the resistance gene to prion diseases. In addition to the comprehensive research on prion diseases, his research activity includes Lawsonia infection as a model of an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes proliferative enteropathy in variety of animals especially in pigs and horses and results in severe economic loss. He is now studying on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of Lawsonia infection.
Research Interest
Veterinary Science
