Myrna Cadena

Major Professor: Maurice Pitesky

Home Department: Animal Science

Education

• Ph.D. Animal Biology UC Davis in progress
• M.S. Avian Sciences UC Davis in progress

• B.S. in Animal Science

Research interests

• Using GIS-based surveys and social network analysis to understand disease transmission in backyard poultry flocks in California. Our goal is to develop network-smart outreach strategies focused on mitigating disease transmission in backyard poultry flocks.
• Detecting antibodies against avian influenza (AI) in non-waterfowl avian bridge species in order to understand the risk of transmission of AI to commercial poultry in a high risk area of California.