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Veterinary Public Health Lab
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The veterinary public health lab studies gut bacteria and infectious diseases transmitted from animals.
AboutAbout the lab
One Health: human and animal health as one
The Veterinary Public Health Lab studies the gut microbiota and infectious diseases transmitted between animals and humans (zoonoses).
Veterinary public health is a broad field that covers not only preventing illnesses such as food poisoning, but also promoting the health of humans and animals.
The lab keeps germ-free mice, which have no gut bacteria, and being able to run experiments with them is a major distinguishing feature.
The lab supports its students so that they grow into people who can realize One Health, the idea that human and animal health are one.
Key terms
- Gut microbiota
- The community of many kinds of bacteria living in the intestines of humans and animals, forming its own ecosystem
- Zoonosis
- An infectious disease that spreads between humans and animals. Rodents, mosquitoes, ticks, and others can carry the pathogens
- Germ-free mouse
- A mouse raised to have no microorganisms such as gut bacteria. It can be compared with mice that do have bacteria
- Host factor
- A molecule on the side of the infected host's cell that a virus uses to replicate
NewsLab news
A researcher's paper was nominated for the BJN Paper of the Year
In collaboration with the Veterinary Microbiology Lab and others, analyzed a bat-derived MERS-related virus
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the gut microbiota of humans and animals and zoonoses. The Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor each lead research on the gut microbiota, on rodents and other vector animals, and on the mechanisms by which viruses replicate.
*Illustrative imageGut Microbiota and Protection Against Infection
Using germ-free mice among other models, the lab studies how the gut microbiota affects its host, and how it protects against infection and disease onset caused by food poisoning bacteria such as O157.
*Illustrative imageInfectious Diseases Carried by Rodents and Other Animals
In Japan and overseas, the lab investigates pathogens that spread from rodents to humans. It also surveys mosquitoes and ticks that carry zoonoses, and studies a febrile illness of unknown cause in Vietnam.
*Illustrative imageHow Viruses Replicate
The lab studies the host factors that viruses use when they enter cells and replicate. The main focus is RNA viruses that replicate in the cell nucleus, such as Borna disease virus.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Veterinary Public Health Lab are faculty members, doctoral and undergraduate students, and agricultural researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhiro HirayamaPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorKozue MiuraPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorHiromichi MatsugoPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Black-mouse-trio-in-cage-2” Commissioned by Understanding Animal Research / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Gut Microbiota and Protection Against Infection: “Escherichia coli O157-H7 CDC ID-10071” CDC / Janice Haney Carr / Public domain (cropped)
- Infectious Diseases Carried by Rodents and Other Animals: “WildRat” Reg Mckenna / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- How Viruses Replicate: “Bdv c” M.Eickmann / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Veterinary Hygiene Lab): “Laboratory rat” Anna Marchenkova / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Large Animal Clinical Medicine Lab): “Row of Holstein Friesian cows in Bronów” Mikinisk / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Infection Control Lab): “Colorized electron micrograph of HPV virus particles (teal)” NIAID / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Food Pathogenic Microbiology Lab (Tochinai Lab)): “SpragueDawleyRat” Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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