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Research interests
Current research interests include the control of zoonotic pathogens, such as Campylobacter in poultry systems through the application of biosecurity and the through better understanding the interaction between the host and the pathogen.
Teaching
I deliver the Poultry Embryology and Incubation course as part of the University of Edinburgh's PG Poultry Science Course
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Bath
1981 → 1985
Award Date: 30 Jun 1985
Bachelor, University of Nottingham
1977 → 1980
Award Date: 30 Jun 1980
External positions
British Poultry Science Council
2015 → 2022
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Projects
- 12 Finished
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Remote Rural Hydrogen Production
Newbold, J. (CoI) & Sparks, N. (PI)
1/07/23 → 23/09/24
Project: Research
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EPIC IV: Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, 2022 - 2025 (EPIC IV)
Toma, L. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Hutchinson, I. (CoI), Stirling, J. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Lawton, S. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Berezowski, J. (CoI), Barnes, A. (PI), Sparks, N. (CoI) & Soliman, T. (Researcher)
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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REDD: South of Scotland Enterprise Grant Award for Business Innovation and Improvement
Sparks, N. (PI)
17/11/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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MEASURE: Environmental and economic impacts of improved antibiotics stewardship in poultry systems
Toma, L. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Sparks, N. (CoI)
1/08/19 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management
Wall, E. (PI), Smith, S. (CoI), Nicoll, L. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Davidson, R. (CoI), Donbavand, J. (CoI), Anderson, C. (CoI), Roehe, R. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Purcell, L. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Gunn, G. (CoI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Archibald, I. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI), Edwards, T. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Broadbent, C. (CoI), Cloy, J. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Wishart, H. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Fox, N. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Banos, G. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Kyle, J. (CoI), Denholm, S. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), D'Eath, R. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI), Sandilands, V. (CoI), McLaren, A. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Smith, L. (CoI)
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Campylobacter jejuni ST353 and ST464 cause localized gut inflammation, crypt damage, and extraintestinal spread during large- and small-scale infection in broiler chickens
Chick, H., Williams, L. K., Sparks, N., Khattak, F., Vermeij, P., Frantzen, I., Peeters, M., Bijlsma, J., John, D., Ogunrin, T., Essex, K., Cayrou, C., Kanamarlapudi, V., Bayliss, C., Ketley, J. M., Humphrey, T. J., Rushton, S. & Wilkinson, T. S., Mar 2025, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Financial impacts of a housing order on commercial free range egg layers in response to highly pathogenic avian influenza
Barnes, A., Sparks, N., Helgesen, I. S. & Soliman, T., Jul 2024, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 228, 106209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed circRNAs miRNAs and mRNAs during the challenge of coccidiosis
Chen, X., Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Akinci, I., Luo, W., Xu, Y., Jebessa, E., Blake, D., Sparks, N., Hanotte, O. & Nie, Q., 15 Nov 2022, (First published) In: Frontiers in Immunology. 13, 910860.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Management and biosecurity practices by small to medium egg producers in Scotland
Correia-Gomes, C., Henry, M., Reeves, A. & Sparks, N., Aug 2021, In: British Poultry Science. 62, 4, p. 499-508 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the attitudes of backyard poultry keepers to health and biosecurity
Correia-Gomes, C. & Sparks, N., Jan 2020, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 174, 9 p., 104812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile40 Citations (Scopus)60 Downloads (Pure)
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ON-FARM CONTROL OF CAMPYLOBACTER
Sparks, N. (Speaker)
Feb 2016Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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British Poultry Science Council (External organisation)
Sparks, N. (Chair)
1 Jul 2014Activity: Membership types › Membership of council