Gary D Butcher, DVM, MS, PhD, DACPV
Professor
Department:
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Business Phone:
(352) 294-4390
Business Email:
butcher@ufl.edu
Accomplishments
Person of the Year, Recognition for Outstanding Service , Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Florida Poultry Industry
2003
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Florida Poultry Federation
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2007-2024
VEM5315C Poultry Med Practicum
2011-2013,2018-2024
VEM5504 Prevent/Productn Med
2006-2015,2019-2021,2021
VME4103 Livestock Health/Disease Prevention
2007,2018
VME6905 Problems in Veterinary Medical Sciences
2011
VEM5041 Animal Welfare/Ethics
2022-2024
VEM5313 Poultry Diseases
Board Certifications
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DACPVAmerican College of Poultry Veterinarians
Research Profile
The primary focus of Dr. Butcher’s extension program involves providing technical support to the Florida Poultry Industry and related avian industries. Activities include on-farm visitations, poultry necropsies and sample evaluations (histopathology & serology), and consultations. The program at the University of Florida is primarily to provide direct support to the industry in Florida; however, international work in support of IFAS’ International Programs Mission and the University’s Mission toward globalization is undertaken. A statewide Salmonella monitoring program has been developed in association with the Florida Poultry Federation. This proactive program permits identification of Salmonella-infected farms and provides recommendations on eradication procedures. Research efforts have been directed toward recombinant vaccines to combat poultry diseases including Newcastle disease, Gumboro disease, Marek’s disease, and infectious laryngotracheitis. Vectors have included virus and plants. Work is also being conducted on transgenic chickens.
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0002-8930-5809
Publications
2024
Common Consumer Misconceptions about Eggs
EDIS.
2024(3)
[DOI] 10.32473/edis-vm262-2024.
2024
Fowl Adenovirus Hepatitis (IBH and HHS): An Emerging Poultry Disease
EDIS.
2024(4)
[DOI] 10.32473/edis-vm263-2024.
2024
Phylogeographic Dynamics of H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses in Tunisia.
Virus research.
344
[DOI] 10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199348.
[PMID] 38467378.
2022
Phylogenetic analysis and assessment of the pathogenic potential of the first H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds and Lagoon water in Tunisia.
Virus research.
322
[DOI] 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198929.
[PMID] 36126884.
2021
Complete Genome Sequence of Campylobacter hepaticus Strain UF2019SK1, Isolated from a Commercial Layer Flock in the United States.
Microbiology resource announcements.
10(12)
[DOI] 10.1128/MRA.01446-20.
[PMID] 33766908.
2018
Burden of exposure to infectious bursal disease virus, infectious bronchitis virus, Newcastle disease virus, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and intestinal parasites in introduced broiler chickens on the Galapagos.
PloS one.
13(9)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0203658.
[PMID] 30248128.
2006
Effect of antibiotic growth promoters on broiler performance, intestinal growth parameters, and quantitative morphology.
Poultry science.
85(3):476-85
[PMID] 16553279.
1999
Effect of dietary zinc source and method of oral administration on performance and tissue trace mineral concentration of broiler chicks.
Journal of animal science.
77(7):1788-99
[PMID] 10438026.
1993
Response of broiler breeder females to feed restriction below recommended levels. 3. Characterizing the onset of sexual maturity.
Poultry science.
72(11):2044-51
[PMID] 8265493.
1992
Subclinical infectious bursal disease in an integrated broiler production operation.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc.
4(4):406-11
[PMID] 1333817.
1991
Detection of antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum in egg yolk versus serum samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology.
29(12):2901-3
[PMID] 1757571.
1991
Histomoniasis in Leghorn pullets on a Florida farm.
Avian diseases.
35(3):621-4
[PMID] 1953586.
1991
Mycoplasma gallisepticum as a model to assess efficacy of inhalant therapy in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).
Avian diseases.
35(4):834-9
[PMID] 1786013.
1990
Comparisons of the genomic RNA of Arkansas DPI embryonic passages 10 and 100, Australian T, and Massachusetts 41 strains of infectious bronchitis virus.
Avian diseases.
34(2):253-9
[PMID] 2164385.
1990
Mycobacterium infection in a gray-cheeked parakeet.
Avian diseases.
34(4):1023-6
[PMID] 2282008.
1990
Pathogenesis of H13 nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus.
Avian diseases.
34(4):916-21
[PMID] 2177977.
1989
An outbreak of nephropathogenic H13 infectious bronchitis in commercial broilers.
Avian diseases.
33(4):823-6
[PMID] 2559709.
1989
Comparisons of the structural proteins of avian infectious bronchitis virus as determined by western blot analysis.
Viral immunology.
2(3):221-7
[PMID] 2560918.
1989
Relationship between delayed onset of egg production and involution of the bursa of Fabricius in White Leghorn chickens.
Avian diseases.
33(2):361-4
[PMID] 2751567.
Grants
Sep 2023
ACTIVE
Developing a vaccine against spotty liver diseased caused by Campylobacter hepaticus in commercial layer chickens
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG NATL INST OF FOOD AND AG
Education
Diplomate
1992
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American College of Poultry Veterinarians
PhD – Avian Virology
1987
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Texas A&M University
MS – Avian Pathology
1984
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Purdue University
DVM
1981
·
Texas A&M University
BS – Biomedical Science
1980
·
Texas A&M University
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 294-4390
Emails:
- Business:
- butcher@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100136
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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5 177
GAINESVILLE FL 32611