Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Leyi Wang is Clinical Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Virology Section Head of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been in the clinical diagnostic virology field for 10 years. He has co-authored 109 peer reviewed articles and 8 book chapters, and edited two versions of Animal Coronaviruses book. He is the co-inventor for two US patents. He serves as editorial boards for several journals including Academic Editor of Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Advisory Board of Veterinary Microbiology, Editorial Board of , Virologica Sinica, Medicine, Scientific Reports, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, and World Journal of Virology. Dr. Wang’s significant contribution to the field is that he participated in first identification of variant PEDV, deltacoronavirus in diarrheic pigs, novel sparrow deltacoronavirus, new Bottlenose dolphin coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 in zoo animals (tiger, snow leopard, fishing cat, binturong, coatimundi, and mandrill), bovine-like coronavirus in Indonesian tapir, bovine kobuvirus, and bovine boosepivirus.

Identification and Characterization of Emerging Enteric Viruses in Ruminants in North America

Diarrhea in young ruminants is a global issue and causes significant economic loss worldwide. In addition to common pathogens like rotaviruses, coronavirus, and astrovirues, several new viruses are identified through next-generation sequencing (NGS). In this presentation, identification of bovine kobuviruses, bovine boosepivirus A and B, and ruminant hunniviruses through NGS, their genomic characterization, and further screening using real-time PCR will be covered.