Hossain Farid
Adjunct Professor (Retired)
Email: ah.farid@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 893.6727
Mailing Address:
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
Research Topics:Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
- Genetic control of mink immune response to infection by the Aleutian mink disease virus
- Genome analysis of the Aleutian mink disease virus
- Inter- and intra-population genetic variability of sheep and mink using molecular markers
Education
- Ph.D - University of Alberta (Animal Breeding and Genetics)
- M.Sc.- Shiraz University (Animal Breeding)
- B.Sc. –Shiraz University (Animal Science)
Research interests
- Inter- and intra-population genetic variability of sheep and mink using molecular markers
- Genotyping sheep for resistance to scrapie
- Identification of strains of Aleutian mink disease virus
- Selection of resistant mink to Aleutian disease