Zhenyu Shen, BVM, MS, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • BS (BVM), Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
  • MS (MVM), Veterinary Microbiology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
  • MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
  • PhD, Food Microbiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Zhenyu Shen

Building Address: E121/W138 Veterinary Medicine Building
Phone Number: (573)884-4883/ (573)882-7419
Email: ShenZ@missouri.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Molecular diagnostics for animal and zoonotic diseases
  • Next-generation sequencing (NGS)–based pathogen detection
  • Whole-genome sequencing and antimicrobial resistance analysis

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • Shen Z. Porcine Sapelovirus. In: Wang, L. (eds) Veterinary Virology of Domestic and Pet Animals. 2025. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54690-7_89-1
  • Shen Z, Zhang CY, Gull T, Zhang S. Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance profiles of Salmonella enterica isolates from poultry diagnostic specimens. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2024 Jul;36(4):529-537. doi: 10.1177/10406387241242118.
  • Wang L, Zheng B, Shen Z, Nath ND, Li Y, Walsh T, Li Y, Mitchell WJ, He D, Lee J, Moore S, Tong S, Zhang S, Ma W. Isolation and characterization of mammalian orthoreovirus from bats in the United States.  J Med Virol. 2023, 95(2):e28492.
  • Mitchell PK, …., Shen Z, …, Goodman LB. Multi-laboratory evaluation of the Illumina iSeq platform for whole genome sequencing of Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Listeria. Microb Genom 2022;8(2). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000717
  • Warang A, Zhang M, Zhang S, Shen Z. A panel of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Bourbon virus, Heartland virus, West Nile virus, and Trypanosoma cruzi in major disease-transmitting vectors. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2021, 33: 1115-1122. doi: 10.1177/10406387211039549.
  • Tyson G, …, Shen Z, …, Reimschuessel R et al. Genomics accurately predicts antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius collected as part of Vet-LIRN resistance monitoring. Vet Microbiol. 2021, 254:109006. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109006.
  • Shen Z, Zhang M, Stich R, Mitchella W, Zhang, S. Development of a tick-borne pathogen qPCR panel for detection of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Lyme disease Borrelia in animals. J Microbiol Methods. 2018. 23: 83-89. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.05.019.