Given Name

Lingshuang

Family Name

SUN

Current Position

Associate Professor

Organization

South China Agriculture University

Nationality-Resident

P. R. China

Major Interest

Equine Veterinary   Education

Equine infectious   diseases diagnosis and underlying immune response.

Diseases of foal   prevention and control.

Education

B.Ag. Veterinary   Medicine, College   of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, China. Veterinary Medicine. September, 1999 - July 2003.

Post-graduate Training

PhD, Veterinary Science, Gluck Equine Research   Center, University of Kentucky. Equine Immunology.   Mentor: Dr. David W. Horohov, August 2007 - December 2012.

MPVM,   Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast   Agricultural University, China. Veterinary   Immunology and Microbiology. Mentor: Dr. Junwei Wang, September, 2003 - July   2006.

Graduate   student, Preparing for Future Faculty (PFF), Graduate school,   University of Kentucky. College Teaching and Learning. Mentor: Dr. Morris A.   Grubbs. August 2010- December 2012.

Professional Experience

College of   Veterinary Medicine

Director, Section of Veterinary Surgery   and Obstetric, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary   Medicine, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. January   2016 – till now.

College of   Veterinary Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Veterinary   Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agriculture University,   Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. January 2013 – till now.

Department of Veterinary Science

Guest   Lecturer,   Introductory anatomy, physiology and animal hygiene (VS350), 2011 Summer. University of Kentucky.

Midway Collage

Guest   Lecturer, Equine   Industry (EQS309), 2010 Fall，Midway Collage, Midway, KY 40347

Gluck Equine Research Center

Research Assistant, Department of Veterinary Science,   University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, August 2007 – December 2012. 

OIE Laboratory Reference for Equine   Influenza

Research Volunteer, Sep. 2006-Dec. 2006. Gluck Equine Research Center

China Highly   Pathogenic Avian Influenza Prevention and Control Headquarters, Branch of Science and Technological in   Heilongjiang province

Research Assistant, February 2004 - April 2004

Honors and Awards

Certificate   in One Health, August 2014.

Wright   Markey Trust Fund, August 2007-Decemenber 2012

More recent publications

1. Gang Lu, Lingshuang Sun, Tao Xu, Dong He, Zengchao Wang, Shudan Ou, Kun   Jia, Liguo Yuan, Shoujun Li, First Description of Hepacivirus and Pegivirus Infection in Domestic Horses in China: A Study in Guangdong Province, Heilongjiang, Province and Hong Kong District, Plos One, 2016 May 16.

2. Lingshuang Sun, Lifang Wang, Weidong Zhang, Yankuo Sun, Yongfeng Luo, Yao Sun, Ziguo Yuan, Heng Wang, Zhangyong Ning, Kun Jia, and Li-guo Yuan. Lack of Exposure of H10N8 Avian Influenza Virus Among Veterinarians in Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Medical Virology 2015 May 15.

3. Lingshuang Sun, Pei Zhou, Shuyi He, Yongfeng Luo, Kun Jia, Cheng Fu, Yao Sun, Huamei He, Liqing Tu, Zhangyong Ning, Ziguo Yuan, Heng Wang, Shoujun Li, Liguo Yuan,. Sparse serological evidence of H5N1 avian influenza virus   infections in domestic cats, northeastern China. Microbial Pathogenesis. 82 (2015) 27-30.

4. LS Sun, LF Wang, ZY Ning, ML Hong,Y Zheng, SY He, LQ Tu, G Lu, HT Li, H   Wang, WB Qi, LG Yuan and SJ Li, Lack   of Evidence of Avian-to-Cat Transmission of Avian H5 subtype Influenza Virus   among Cats in Southern China,   Pak. Vet. J. 2014 Vol. 34 No. 4 pp.   535-537.

5. Hua-tao Li, Ling-suang Sun, Zhong-ming Chen,   Jing-si Hu, Cun-dong Ye, Kun Jia, Heng Wang, Li-guo Yuan, Gui-hong Zhang,   Shoujun Li. Detection of Anaplasma platys in dogs using real-time   loop-mediated isothermal amplification. The Veterinary Journal. 2014, 199   468–47.

6. Lingshuang Sun, Amanda A. Adams, Allen E. Page, Alejandra   Betancourt, David W. Horohov. The effect of environment on interferon-gamma   production in neonatal foals. Veterinary immunology and immunopathology   143(1-2):170-175, 2011.

7. Lingshuang Sun, Amanda A. Adams, Alejandra Betancourt,   John C Stewart, Chong Liu, David W. Horohov. The role of proliferation in the   regulation of IFN expression by foals. Developmental and Comparative   Immunology. 36(3):534-539, 2012.

8. Lingshuang Sun, Zhangbin Gong, Alejandra Betancourt,   Amanda A. Adams, David, W. Horohov. The promoter region of   interferon-gamma is hypermethylated in neonatal foals and its demethylation   is associated with increased gene expression, Developmental t and   Comparative Immunology, 39(3):273-278, 2013.