Dr. Natalie Manginsay, BVSc, MAM, PhD, DACPV

Dr. Natalie Manginsay, BVSc, MAM, PhD, DACPV

Title:

  • Associate Clinical Professor, Avian Medicine

Contacts:

natalie.armour@msstate.edu
Office: (601) 420-4783
1111

Overview

Summary:

BIOGRAPHY

Natalie Armour Manginsay, BVSc, MAM, PhD, Dip. ACPV

Associate Clinical Professor, Avian Medicine

Poultry Research & Diagnostic Laboratory
Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, Mississippi State University


Dr. Armour received her veterinary degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2004 and was employed as a state veterinarian at a provincial veterinary laboratory in South Africa for the next 4 years. She received her Master of Avian Medicine degree in 2010 and her PhD in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences in 2014, both from the University of Georgia. Her PhD research focused on Mycoplasma transmission and epidemiology in commercial poultry. Dr. Armour is diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Avian Medicine at Mississippi State University’s Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, where she provides diagnostic support to Mississippi’s poultry industry and supervises the Poultry Serology and AGID sections of the laboratory. Dr. Armour conducts field trips and classroom teaching for veterinary and graduate students and is involved in training the next generation of poultry veterinarians in the College’s Veterinary and Biomedical Science Master’s program.

Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, 2014
  • Master of Avian Medicine, Avian Medicine, University of Georgia, 2010
  • Bachelor of Veterinary Science, Science/Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 2004

Research interests:

Avian Mycoplasmosis
Poultry disease diagnostics
Poultry disease investigations

Publications

Article published on website of professional organization and distributed to all members

  • 2020 Research Priorities of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP). 2020
  • 2019 Research Priorities of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP). 2019

Book, Chapter

  • Mycoplasma gallisepticum . Diseases of Poultry. Ed. D.E. Swayne, M. Boulianne, C.M. Logue, L.R. McDougald, V. Nair, and D.L. Suarez. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. 911-929. 2020

Journal Article

  • An Investigation of the Cause of Wild Turkey Mortality in Mississippi.. Avian diseases. Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 237-242. 2022
  • A Novel Presentation of Clostridium perfringens in Young Broilers.. Avian diseases. Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 1-8. 2022
  • Pathology of severe urolithiasis in a flock of egg-laying hens. Braz J Vet Pathol. Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 40-45. 2021
  • Review of Poultry Recombinant Vector Vaccines.. Avian diseases. Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages 438-452. 2021
  • Pathological consequences of low atmospheric pressure stunning in broiler chickens.. Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience. Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 129-137. 2020
  • Evaluation of the egg transmission and pathogenicity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates genotyped as ts-11.. Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A. Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 296-304. 2015
  • The development and application of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum sequence database.. Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A. Volume 42, Issue 5, Pages 408-15. 2013
  • Pathology in practice. Histomoniasis.. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Volume 238, Issue 8, Pages 987-9. 2011

Trade Journal/Magazine

Presentations

Demonstration

  • "Fluorescent Antibody Lab." 2019 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2019
  • "Fluorescent Antibody Lab." 2018 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2018
  • "Fluorescent Antibody Lab." 2017 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2017
  • "Fluorescent Antibody Lab." 2016 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2016
  • "Skeletal Diseases of Poultry. Presentation and necropsy demonstration." Alltech Advanced Poultry Health Course, Alltech, Lexington, KY. 2013

Lecture

  • "Mycoplasma gallisepticum." 2023 National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Mycoplasma Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, GA. 2023
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." 2023 National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Mycoplasma Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) , Athens, GA. 2023
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." 2023 National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Mycoplasma Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) , Athens, GA. 2023
  • "Mycoplasma gallisepticum." National Poultry Improvement Plan 2021 Mycoplasma Remote Learning Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Virtual workshop. 2021
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." National Poultry Improvement Plan 2021 Mycoplasma Remote Learning Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Virtual workshop. 2021
  • "Mycoplasma gallisepticum." 2019 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2019
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." 2019 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2019
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." 2019 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2019
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." 2018 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2018
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." 2018 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2018
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." 2017 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2017
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." 2017 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2017
  • "Africa to America: How I Became a Poultry Veterinarian and Some Interesting Cases." Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine Pathology Club, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine , Starkville, MS. 2016
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." 2016 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2016
  • "Sample Collection and Submission." 2016 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2016
  • "Skin, Feather and Carcass Quality." Alltech Advanced Poultry Health Course, Alltech, Lexington, KY. 2013
  • "Infectious Musculoskeletal Diseases of Poultry: Osteomyelitis, Femoral Head Necrosis and Spinal Abscessation." Advanced Poultry Health Course, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 2012
  • "Skeletal Abnormalities of Poultry: Tibial Dyschondroplasia, Osteopenia and Rickets." Advanced Poultry Health Course, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 2012
  • "Skin, Feather and Carcass Quality." Advanced Poultry Health Course, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 2012
  • "Biology of the Mycoplasmas." 2011 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2011
  • "Mycoplasma iowae." 2011 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2011
  • "Mycoplasma meleagridis." 2011 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2011
  • "Infectious Musculoskeletal Diseases of Poultry." Advanced Poultry Health Course, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 2011

Oral Presentation

  • "An unusual outbreak of Erysipelas in broiler breeder chickens." American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 66th Annual meeting, AAVLD, National Harbor MD. 2023
  • "MSU College of Veterinary Medicine Update." 2023 Mississippi Poultry Association Annual Convention, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Miramar Beach, FL. 2023
  • "Regional Disease Update: Southeastern U.S. ." 2023 National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production, Delmarva Chicken Association, Ocean City, MD. 2023
  • "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Mississippi Experience." 2023 American Association of Avian Pathologists Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Jacksonville, FL. 2023
  • "PRDL Disease Update and Sample Submission." 2023 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2023
  • "Avian Influenza: Diagnostic Laboratory Experience." Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Health Seminar, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Jackson, MS. 2023
  • "Case Report: Investigating Unusual Outbreaks of Neurologic Disease in Broiler Chickens." 2022 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Philadelphia, PA. 2022
  • "PRDL Disease Update and Sample Submission." 2023 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2022
  • "A Case of Necrotic Enteritis in Young Broilers." 71st Western Poultry Disease Conference, Western Poultry Disease Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2022
  • "PRDL Case Submission Protocol & Disease Update." 2022 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Health Seminar, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Jackson, MS. 2022
  • "Comparison of ATP Bioluminescence to Traditional Colony Counting for Bacterial Enumeration of Treated and Non-treated Hatching Eggs." 2022 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2022
  • "Mycotoxin Detection in Feed and Animals: New Diagnostics." 56th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production, Delmarva Chicken Association, Ocean City, MD. 2021
  • "Evaluation of Serologic Responses to Various GA08 Infectious Bronchitis Virus Vaccination Protocols in Commercial Breeder Pullets (Part A)." 2021 American Association of Avian Pathologists Virtual Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Virtual meeting. 2021
  • "Part B: Evaluation of RT-PCR Takes to Various GA08 Infectious Bronchitis Virus Vaccination Protocols in Commercial Broiler Breeder Pullets." 2021 American Association of Avian Pathologists Virtual Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) , Virtual Meeting. 2021
  • "A new differential for neurologic disease in chickens? ." Emerald Coast Veterinary Conference, Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, Miramar Beach, FL. 2021
  • "Evaluation of Mycotoxins and Their Metabolites in Broiler Feed and Blood Throughout Production." Emerald Coast Veterinary Conference, Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, Miramar Beach, FL. 2021
  • "Mycoplasma Testing." National Poultry Improvement Plan 2021 Mycoplasma Remote Learning Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Virtual workshop. 2021
  • "PRDL Serology and Mycoplasma Update." Mississippi Poultry Association Virtual Poultry Health Seminar, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Virtual seminar. 2021
  • "An investigation of the cause of wild turkey mortality in Mississippi." International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, virtual. 2021
  • "2020 Research Priorities of the American Association of Avian Pathologists." 2020 AAAP Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Virtual meeting . 2020
  • "Writing and Speaking for a Scientific Audience." 2020 American College of Poultry Veterinarians Virtual Annual Workshop, American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV), Virtual workshop. 2020
  • "Characterization of neuropathologic lesions associated with avian reovirus infection in commercial broiler chickens." American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, ACVP, San Antonio, TX. 2019
  • "PRDL Update." 2019 Mississippi NPIP Annual Meeting, Mississippi Board of Animal Health, Pearl, MS. 2019
  • "MSU College of Veterinary Medicine Update." 2019 Mississippi Poultry Association Annual Convention, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Destin, FL. 2019
  • "2019 Research Priorities of the American Association of Avian Pathologists." 2019 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Washington, D.C. . 2019
  • "Backyard Poultry: Important Respiratory Diseases." 2019 Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association Summer Conference, Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA), Orange Beach, AL. 2019
  • "Backyard Poultry: Introduction and Regulations." 2019 Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association Summer Conference, Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA), Orange Beach, AL. 2019
  • "Reo Gone Rogue? A Case Investigation." 2019 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2019
  • "Reo gone rogue? A case investigation." MS Poultry Association Health Seminar, Mississippi Poultry Association, Jackson, MS. 2019
  • "Current Approaches to Mycoplasma Diagnosis and Control." 2019 North Central Avian Disease Conference, Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF), Minneapolis, MN. 2019
  • "An Investigation of Variables Associated with Mortality in a Broiler Complex in Mississippi." 2019 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2019
  • "Field Experience with GA08 + Mass Vaccinated Broilers in a Complex Using Ark Vaccine and Experiencing Ark Rolling Reactions." 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) , Denver, CO. 2018
  • "Analysis and Application of Average ELISA Titers for Mississippi Poultry." 2018 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Denver, CO. 2018
  • "An Investigation of Variables Associated With Reduced Livability in a Broiler Complex in Mississippi." 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists Annual Meeting, American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Denver, CO. 2018
  • "Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine Update." 2018 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2018
  • "Mycoplasma gallisepticum." 2018 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2018
  • "Backyard Poultry: An Introduction." 2018 Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association Winter Conference, Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA), Starkville, MS. 2018
  • "Backyard Poultry: Important Respiratory Diseases." 2018 Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association Winter Conference, Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) , Starkville, MS. 2018
  • "Case Report: Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus in a Wild Turkey from Louisiana." 2018 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2018
  • "Not Your Garden-Variety Galli: The Many Faces of Gallibacterium anatis Infection in Recent Poultry Cases." 2017 Emerald Coast Veterinary Conference, Alabama and Georgia Veterinary Medical Associations, Destin, FL. 2017
  • "An Analysis of Recent Gallibacterium anatis Isolations: Some Interesting and Unusual Findings." 2017 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Indianapolis, IN. 2017
  • "High Mortality in Adult Broiler Breeder Chickens with Gallibacterium anatis and Escherichia coli Septicemias." 2017 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Indianapolis, IN. 2017
  • "Ochroconosis and Rickets in Commercial Broiler Chicks." 2016 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), San Antonio, TX. 2016
  • "Sample Collection and Submission Updates." 2016 National Poultry Improvement Plan Regional Meeting, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) and Mississippi Board of Animal Health, Pearl, MS. 2016
  • "Mycoplasma synoviae in Mississippi." 2016 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Management School, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Starkville, MS. 2016
  • "Experiences with Mycoplasma: Past, Present and Future." 2016 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2016
  • "Mycoplasma synoviae in Mississippi." 2016 Mississippi Poultry Association Poultry Health Meeting, Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Pearl, MS. 2016
  • "Evaluating the Egg Transmission and Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates of the Ts-11 Genotype." 2015 World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress, World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA), Cape Town, South Africa. 2015
  • "Horizontal Transmission Characteristics of Recent Mycoplasma synoviae Isolates." 2015 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Boston, MA. 2015
  • "Evaluation of the Egg Transmission of ts-11 and ts-11-like Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates." 2014 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Denver, CO. 2014
  • "Evaluation of the Fomite Transmission of Two Mycoplasma synoviae Genotypes." 2014 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, the Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2014
  • "FACET: An Intestinal Health Evaluation System that Correlates with Bird Performance." Alltech Canada 3rd Annual Poultry Round Table, Alltech, Banff, Canada. 2013
  • "Managing Intestinal Flora: The Seed, Feed and Weed System." Alltech Canada 3rd Annual Poultry Round Table, Alltech, Banff, Canada. 2013
  • "Differentiation of Recent South African Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates from Vaccine Using PCR-RFLP." XVIIIth Congress of the World Veterinary Poultry Association, World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) , Nantes, France. 2013
  • "Mycoplasma synoviae Transmission Studies." Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center Seminar, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2013
  • "An Intestinal Health Evaluation System that Correlates with Bird Performance." 2013 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Southern Poultry Science Society, the Southern Conference on Avian Diseases, and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Atlanta, GA. 2013
  • "Experiences with the F-strain." The Mycoplasma Seminar, South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) Poultry Group, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2012
  • "Mycoplasma gallisepticum Strains in South Africa and Worldwide." The Mycoplasma Seminar, South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) Poultry Group, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2012
  • "Comparative Evaluation of the Transmissibility of Two Mycoplasma synoviae Isolates from MS Outbreaks In Arkansas." 2012 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), San Diego, CA. 2012
  • "Using Molecular Tools to Investigate the Epidemiology of Mycoplasma gallisepticum." Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center Seminar, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2012
  • "Poultry Performance Starts with Intestinal Health: Seed, Feed and Weed." Alltech 28th Annual International Symposium, Alltech, Lexington, Kentucky. 2012
  • "Mycoplasma synoviae." 2011 National Poultry Improvement Plan Mycoplasma Diagnostic Workshop, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), Athens, Georgia. 2011
  • "The South African MG Project." South African Poultry Association Annual Meeting, South African Poultry Association (SAPA), Johannesburg, South Africa. 2011
  • "Evaluation of the Pathogenicity and Transmissibility of Two Recent Mycoplasma synoviae Isolates from Arkansas." 2010 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Atlanta, GA. 2010

Other

  • "Poultry Field Sample Collection Training." Mississippi Board of Animal Health field technician training, Mississippi Board of Animal Health, Pearl, MS. 2019

Poster

  • "Myotendinopathy and iliotibialis muscle rupture in broiler breeder cockerels." American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 66th Annual meeting, AAVLD, National Harbor MD. 2023
  • "Differentiation of Recent US Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates from MG Vaccine using PCR-RFLP." 2013 Science of Veterinary Medicine Symposium, University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2013
  • "Differentiation of Recent US Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates from MG Vaccine using PCR-RFLP." 2013 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), Chicago, IL. 2013
  • "Using Targeted Genetic Sequencing to Investigate the Epidemiology of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in South Africa." 2013 One Health Symposium, University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2013
  • "Targeted Sequencing of South African Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates Reveals Novel Genotypes." 19th Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM), Toulouse, France. 2012
  • "Sequencing of South African Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates reveals novel genotypes." 2011 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP), St. Louis, MO. 2011

Areas of Expertise

Poultry Mycoplasma Diagnostics