Boniface B. Kayang (BSc (Agric) MPhil (Ghana) PhD (Gifu)

Boniface Baboreka Kayang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, with over 25 years of experience in teaching and research. He obtained his PhD in Agriculture in 2002 at Gifu University, Japan, specialising in Molecular Animal Genetics, and was awarded the Presidential Certificate for Excellence. Subsequently, he had postdoc training at Gifu University (2002-2003) and at the Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA Toulouse, France (2003-2004). Later, he was awarded a two-year Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoc Fellowship which he undertook at Gifu University and at Kyoto University Japan (2007-2009). His research interest is in the sustainable use of local animal genetic resources, which he has been actively promoting through the successful implementation of a number of research projects with grants obtained from Promoting Sustainable Development in Agricultural Research Systems (DURAS; 2005-2007), Teaching and Learning Education Fund (TALIF; 2005-2007), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA; 2013-2016), Ajinomoto Foundation International Nutrition (AIN) Programme (2018-2020), United States Agency for International Development (USAID; 2013-2023), Innovate UK Agri-Tech (2019-2021), and Japan Science and Technology (JST; 2020-2021). Through these projects, he has been contributing to characterising and improving local animal genetic resources, including chicken, guinea fowl and grasscutter. In 2016, he co-founded the Grasscutter Initiative for Rural Transformation (GIfT), an NGO devoted to promoting grasscutter rearing among rural smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana to improve their livelihoods. Administratively, he is the current Head of the Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, having previously served in that capacity from 2010 to 2013. He also serves on several Boards and Committees of the University of Ghana. He has authored/co-authored over 115 scholarly papers, 62 of which are in international refereed journals.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD., Gifu University, 2002
• MPhil., University of Ghana, 1994
• BSc. (Hons) Agriculture, University of Ghana, 1987

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Conservation and sustainable utilisation of local animal genetic resources in Ghana
• Genetic enhancement of resistance to Newcastle disease virus infection in African local chickens
• Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of local chickens and guinea fowls in Ghana
• Genetic analysis of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) in Ghana

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Botchway, P.K., Amuzu-Aweh, N., Naazie, A., Aning, K.G., Otsyina, H.R., Saelao, P., Wang, Y., Zhou, H.,  Walugembe, M., Dekkers, J., Lamont, S.J., Gallardo, R.A., Kelly, T.R., Bunn, D., & Kayang, B.B. (2022). Host response to successive challenges with lentogenic and velogenic Newcastle disease virus in local chickens of Ghana. Poultry Science Journal. Accepted.
2. Shi, S., Shao, D., Yang, L., Liang, Q., Han, W., Xue, Q., Qu, L., Leng, L., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Dong, P., Walugembe, M., Kayang, B.B., Muhairwa, A.P., Zhou, H., & Tong, H. (2022). Whole Genome Analyses Reveal Novel Genes Associated with Chicken Adaptation to Tropical and Frigid Environments. Journal of Advanced Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2022.07.005.
3. Tudeka, C.K., Aning, G.K., Naazie, A., Botchway, P.K., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Agbenyegah, G.K., Enyetornye, B., Fiadzomor, D., Saelao, P., Wang, Y., Kelly, T.R., Gallardo, R., Dekkers, J.C.M., Lamont, S.J., Zhou, H. & Kayang, B.B. (2022). Response of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana to lentogenic and velogenic Newcastle disease virus challenge. Tropical Animal Health and Production, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03124-8.
4. Sawyerr, L.M., Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y., Owusu, E.H., Kenji, O., Suzuki, M.,  Odoi, J.O. & Kayang, B.B. (2021). Protected but not from Contamination: Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Bacteria from Birds in a Ghanaian Forest Protected Area. Environmental Health Insights, 15:1-8; DOI: 10.1177/11786302211017687.
5. Ahiagbe, K.M.J., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Bonney, P., Nyameasem, J.K., Avornyo, F.K., Adenyo, C., Amoah, K.O., Naazie, A. & Kayang, B.B. (2021). Comparison of early growth and survivability in indigenous guinea fowls from Northern Ghana. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 53:89 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-020-02510-4.
6. Enahoro, D., Galiè A., Abukari, Y., Chiwanga, G.H., Kelly, T.R., Kahamba, J., Massawe, F.A., Mapunda, F., Jumba, H., Weber, C., Dione, M, Kayang, B. & Ouma, E. (2021). Strategies to Upgrade Animal Health Delivery in Village Poultry Systems: Perspectives of Stakeholders From Northern Ghana and Central Zones in Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8:611357. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.611357. PMID: 34164447; PMCID: PMC8215278.
7. Loukou, N.E., Kouhana, S., Brahima, S., Rognon, X., Kayang, B.B., Karim Issaka, Y.A., & Valentine, Y.-G.C.V. (2021). Caracteristiques Du Système D’exploitation Des Poulets Locaux Dans Deux Zones Agro-Ecologiques (Sud Forestier Et Centre Savanicole) De La Côte D’Ivoire. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 17(40): 240. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2021.v17n40p240.
8. da Silva, A.P., Aston, E.J., Chiwanga G.H., Birakos, A., Muhairwa, A.P., Kayang B.B., Kelly, T., Zhou, H. & Gallardo, R.A. (2020). Molecular characterisation of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from chickens in Tanzania and Ghana. Viruses, 12:916; doi:10.3390/v12090916.
9. Walugembe, M., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Botchway, P.K., Naazie, A, Aning, G, Wang, Y., Saelao, P., Kelly, T., Gallardo, R.A., Zhou, H., Lamont, S.J., Kayang, B.B., & Jack C. M. Dekkers, J.C.M. (2020). Genetic basis of response of Ghanaian local chickens to infection with a lentogenic Newcastle disease virus. Frontiers in Genetics, 11: 1-16; doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00739.
10. Adenyo, C., Ohya, K., Qiu, Y., Takashima, Y., Ogawa, H., Matsumoto, T., Thu, M.J., Sato, K., Kawabata, H.,  Katayama, Y., Omatsu, T., Mizutani, T., Fukushi, H., Katakura, K., Nonaka, N., Inoue-Murayama, M., Kayang, B. & Nakao, R. (2020). Bacterial and protozoan pathogens/symbionts in ticks infecting wild grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) in Ghana, Acta Tropica, 205: 105388, ISSN 0001-706X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105388.
11. Dery, T.S.S., C. Adenyo, Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020). Assessment of feed resources, management practices and mitigating strategies to feed scarcity in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) production in north-western Ghana. African Study Monographs, 40(4): 149-172; https://doi.org/10.14989/250113.
12. Kawasaki, K., Ohya, K., Omatsu, T., Katayama, Y., Takashima, Y., Kinoshita, T., Odoi, J.O., Sawai, K., Fukushi, H., Ogawa, H., Inoue-Murayama, M., Mizutani, T., Adenyo, C., Matsumoto, Y., & Kayang, B. (2020). Comparative analysis of fecal microbiota in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) and other herbivorous livestock in Ghana. Microorganisms, 8: 265-275; doi:10.3390.
13. Cann, I., Pereira, G.V., Abdel-Hamid, A.M., Kim, H., Wefers, D., Kayang, B.B., Kanai, T., Sato, T., Bernardi, R.C., Atomi, H. & Mackiea, R.I. (2020). Thermophilic Degradation of Hemicellulose, a Critical Feedstock in the Production of Bioenergy and Other Value-Added Products. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86: No. 7. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02296-19.
14. Enyetornye, B., Dzakpasu, C.K., Osei, D. Adjiri, A.A., Kayang, B.B., Aning, K.G., Dogodzi, F. & Mohammed, R.H. (2020). Pathology and transmission of experimental velogenic Newcastle disease (ND) virus in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 44(4): 245-251, DOI: 10.5958/0973-970X.2020.00049.8.
15. Futse, J.E., Buami, G., Kayang, B.B., Koku, R., Palmer, G.H., Graça, T., & Noh, S.M. (2019). Sequence and immunologic conservation of Anaplasma marginale OmpA within strains from Ghana as compared to the predominant OmpA variant. PloS One, 14(7), e0217661. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217661.
16. Appiah-Kwartenga, C., Saito,T., Toda, N., Kitoh, K., Nishikawa, Y., Adenyo, C., Kayang, B., Owusu, E.O., Ohya, K., Inoue-Murayama, M., Kawahara F., Nagamune, K., & Takashima Y. (2019). Native SAG1 in Toxoplasma gondii lysates is superior to recombinant SAG1for serodiagnosis of T. gondii infections in chickens. Parasitology International, 69 : 114–120.
17. Adenyo, C., Kayang, B.B., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2018). Glutamine repeat polymorphism in the exon 1 of androgen receptor gene in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus). African Study Monographs, 39(4): 159–168.
18. Ayizanga, R.A., Kayang, B.B., Adomako, K., & Asamoah, L. (2018). Rural pig production systems and breeding preferences of pig farmers in Northern Ghana. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science, 9(1): 49-57.
19. Ahiagbe, K.M.J., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A. Avornyo, F.K., Botchway, P.K.  & Ali, S. Z. (2017). Non-invasive sex determination of guinea fowl keets (Numida meleagris) by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Ghana Journal of Science, 57: 3-11.
20. Adenyo, C., Kayang, B.B., Owusu, E.H., Inoue, E., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2017). Genetic diversity of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus, Rodentia, Hystricomorpha) in Ghana based on microsatellite markers. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 25(2), 1-15.
21. Ayizanga, R.A., Kayang, B.B., Adomako, K., Adenyo, C., Inoue-Murayama, M., & Asamoah, L. (2016). Genetic diversity of some Ghanaian pigs based on microsatellite markers. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 28(24) http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/2/ayiz28024.html.
22. Adenyo, C., Ogden, R., Kayang, B., Onuma, M., Nakajima, N., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2016). Genome-wide DNA markers to support genetic management for domestication and commercial production in a large rodent, the Ghanaian grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus). Animal Genetics, DOI: 10.1111/age.12478.

23. Kayang, B.B., Eiji, I., Naazie, A., Kinoshita, K., Mizutani, M., Nirasawa, K., Nakamura, A., Nagao, K., Hayakawa, H., Fujiwara, K., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2015). Genetic diversity of Ghanaian local chicken populations based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, Special Edition, 215-230.
24. Agbolosu, A.A., Ahunu, B.K., Aboagye, G.S., Naazie, A., & Kayang, B.B. (2015). Variation in Some Qualitative Traits of the Indigenous Guinea Fowls in Northern Ghana. Global Journal of Animal Scientific Research, 3(1), 30-35.
25. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A., Boichard, M.T., & Rognon, X. (2015). Phenotypic characterisation of local Ghanaian chickens: egg-laying performance under improved management conditions. Animal Genetic Resources, 56, 29-35.
26. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A., Barchia, I.M., & Arthur, P.F. (2014).  Evaluation of models to describe temporal growth in local chickens of Ghana. Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science, 4(4), 855-861.
27. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Manu, H., & Naazie, A. (2014). Egg quality traits of local Ghanaian chickens and influence of storage period. Animal Genetic Resources, 55, 93-99. doi:10.1017/S2078633614000290.
28. Botchway, P.K., Adenyo, C., Kayang, B.B., Hayano, A., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2013). Development of 31 polymorphic microsatellite markers for guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) using next-generation sequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources, DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9991-8.
29. Adenyo, C., Hayano, A., Kayang, B.B., Owusu, E.H., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2013). Mitochondrial D-loop diversity of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus rodentia: Hystricomorpha) in Ghana. Open Journal of Animal Sciences 3(3), 145-153 (DOI:10.4236/ojas.2013.33022).
30. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., & Naazie, A. (2013).  Phenotypic and genetic parameters for production traits of local chickens in Ghana. Animal Genetic Resources, DOI:10.1017/S2078633613000271.
31. Osei-Amponsah, R., Boa-Amponsem, K., Kayang, B.B., & Naazie A. (2013).  Characterisation of primary immune response in Ghanaian local, Sasso T-44 and broiler chickens to sheep red blood cell antigens. Animal Genetic Resources, DOI:10.1017/S2078633613000258.
32. Chazara, O., Chang, C.-S., Bruneau, N., Benabdeljelil, K., Fotsa, J.-C., Kayang, B.B.,  Loukou, N.E.,  Osei-Amponsah, R, Yapi-Gnaore, V, Youssao, I.A.K., Chen, C.-F., Pinard-van der Laan, M.H., Tixier-Boichard, M., & Bed’Hom, B. (2013). Diversity and evolution of the highly polymorphic tandem repeat LEI0258 in the chicken MHC-B region. Immunogenetics, 65, 447-459 (DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0697-6).
33. Youssao, I.A.K., Alkoiret, I.T., Dahouda, M., Assogba, M.N., Idrissou, N.-D., Kayang, B.B., Yapi-Gnaoré, V., Assogba, H.M., Houinsou, A.S., Ahounou, S.G., Tougan, U.P., Rognon, X., & Tixier-Boichard, M. (2012). Comparison of growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Benin indigenous chickens and Label Rouge (T55×SA51). African Journal of Biotechnology, 11(89),15569-15579 (DOI:10.5897/AJB11.1747).
34. Adenyo, C., Hayano, A., Inoue, E., Kayang, B.B., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2012). Development of microsatellite markers for grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus, RODENTIA) using next-generation sequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources, DOI: 10.1007/s12686-012-9695-5.
35. Leroy, G., Kayang, B.B., Youssao, I.A.K., Yapi-Gnaoré, C.V., Osei-Amponsah, R., Loukou, N.E., Fotsa, J.-C., Benabdeljelil, K., Bed'hom ,B., Tixier-Boichard, M., & Rognon, X. (2012). Gene diversity, agroecological structure and introgression patterns among village chicken populations across North, West and Central Africa. BMC Genetics, 13, 34 (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-34).
36. Ramadan, S,, Kayang, B.B., Inoue, E., Nirasawa, K., Hayakawa, H., Ito, S., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2012). Evaluation of genetic diversity and conservation priorities for Egyptian chickens. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2(3),183-190 (DOI:10.4236/ojas.2012.23025).
37. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A. (2012). Age, genotype and sex effects on growth performance of local chickens kept under improved management in Ghana. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 44, 29-34 (DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0010-3).
38. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A., Arthur, P.F., & Barchia, I.M. (2011). Characterisation of local Ghanaian Chickens: Growth performance evaluation based on Richards growth model and genetic size scaling. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 43, 1195-1201.
39. Yapi-Gnaore, C.I., Loukou, N.E., N’Guetta, A.S.P., Kayang, B., Rognon, X., Tixier-Boichard, M., Touré, G., Coulibaly, Y., & Youssao, I. (2010). Diversités phénotypique et morphométrique des poulets locaux (Gallus gallus) de deux zones agroécologiques de Côte d’Ivoire. Agriculture, 19(6), 439-445.
40. Donkor, E.S., Lanyo, R., Kayang, B.B., Quaye, J., & Edoh, D.A. (2010). Internalisation of microbes in vegetables: microbial load of Ghanaian vegetables and the relationship with different water sources for irrigation. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 13(17), 857-861.
41. Kayang, B.B., Youssao, I., Inoue, E., Naazie, A., Abe, H., Ito, S., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2010). Genetic diversity of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) based on microsatellite analysis. The Journal of Poultry Science, 47, 120-124.
42. Osei-Amponsah, R., Kayang, B.B., Naazie, A., Osei, Y.D., Youssao, I.K.A., Yapi-Gnaore, V.C., Tixier-Boichard, M., & Xavier, R. (2010). Genetic diversity of forest and savannah chicken ecotypes of Ghana as estimated by microsatellite markers. Animal Science Journal, 81(3), 297-303.
43. Chazara, O., Minvielle, F., Roux, D., Bed’hom, B., Feve, K., Coville, J.-L., Kayang, B.B., Lumineau, S., Vignal, A., Boutin, J.-M., & Rognon, X. (2010). Evidence for introgressive hybridisation of wild common quail (Coturnix coturnix) by domesticated Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) in France. Conservation Genetics, 11, 1051-1062.
44. Youssao, I.A.K., Tobada, P.C., Koutinhouin, B.G., Dahouda, M., Idrissou, N.D., Bonou, G.A., Tougan, U.P., Ahounou, S., Yapi-Gnaoré, V., Kayang B., Rognon X., & Tixier-Boichard M. (2010). Phenotypic characterisation and molecular polymorphism of indigenous poultry populations of the species Gallus gallus of Savannah and Forest ecotypes of Benin. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(3), 369-381.
45. Donkor, E.S., Kayang, B.B., Quaye, J., & Akyeh, M.L. (2009). Application of the WHO keys of safer food to improve food handling practices of food vendors in a poor resource community in Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6, 2833-2842.
46. Donkor, E.S., Kayang, B.B., Quaye, J., Edoh, D.A., & Owusu-Okyere, G. (2009). Microbial quality of sweet green pepper (Capsicum annuum grossum) sold in Accra. Ghana Journal of Allied Science, 12, 22-28.
47. Kayang, B.B., Inoue, E., Maki, T., Ito, S., Kansaku, N., Tanabe, Y., & Inoue-Murayama M. (2009). Genetic analyses of Ghanaian dogs: diversity and relationships with other breeds. DNA Polymorphism, 17, 55-62.
48. Loukou, N.E., Yapi-Gnaore, C.V., Toure, G., Coulibaly, Y., Rognon, X., Kayang, B., Youssao, I., Tixier-Boichard, M., & N’guetta, A.S.P. (2009). Evaluation de la diversité des poulets traditionnels de deux zones agroécologiques de Côte d’Ivoire à l’aide de marqueurs microsatellites [Assessing the diversity of indigenous chicken from two agro-ecological zones of Côte d’Ivoire using microsatelite markers]. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 5(1), 425-436.
49. Donkor, E.S., Lanyo, R., Akyeh, M.L., Kayang, B.B., & Quaye, J. (2008). Monitoring enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the vegetable food chain in Ghana. Research Journal of Microbiology, 3(6), 423-428.
50. Chazara, O.,  Lumineau, S., Minvielle, F., Roux, D., Feve,  K., Kayang,  B., Boutin, J.-M., Vignal, A., Coville, J.-L., & Rognon, X. (2006). Étude des risques d'introgression génétique de la caille des blés (Coturnix coturnix coturnix ) par la caille japonaise (C. c. japonica ): comparaison et intégration des données comportementales et moléculaires obtenues dans le sud-est de la France {Genetic introgression between common quail (Coturnix coturnix coturnix) and Japanese quail (C. c. japonica): comparison from behavioural and molecular data in south-eastern France} Les Actes du BRG, 6, 317-334.
51. Minvielle, F., Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Vignal, A., Gourichon, D., Neau, A., Monvoisin, J.-L., & Ito, S. (2006). Search for QTL affecting the shape of the egg laying curve of the Japanese quail. BMC Genetics, 7, 26-45.
52. Kayang, B.B., Fillon, V., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Leroux, S., Fève, K., Monvoisin, J.-L., Pitel, F., Vignoles, M., Mouilhayrat, C., Beaumont, C., Ito, S., Minvielle, F. & Vignal, A. (2006). Integrated maps in quail (Coturnix japonica) confirm the high degree of synteny conservation with chicken (Gallus gallus) despite 35 million years of divergence. BMC Genomics, 7,101-142.
53. Miwa,, M., Inoue-Murayama, M., Kobayashi, N., Kayang, B.B., Mizutani, M., Takahashi, H., & Ito. S. (2006). Mapping of panda plumage colour locus on the microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail. BMC Genetics, 7, 2-6.
54. Miwa, M., Inoue-Murayama M, Kayang, B.B., Minvielle, F., Monvoisin, J.L., Takahashi, H., & Ito, S. (2005). Mapping of plumage colour and blood protein loci on the microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail. Animal Genetics, 36(5), 396-400.
55. Minvielle, F., Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Vignal, A., Gourichon, D., Neau, A., Monvoisin, J.-L., & Ito, S. (2005). Microsatellite mapping of QTL affecting growth, feed consumption, egg production, tonic immobility and body temperature of Japanese quail. BMC Genomics, 6, 87.
56. Sugiyama, A., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Ohashi, R., Kayang, B.B., Mizutani, M., Nirasawa, K., Odai, M., Minezawa, M., Watanabe, S., & Ito S. (2004). Polymorphism of dopamine receptor D4 exon I corresponding region in chicken. Zoological Science, 21, 941-946.
57. Kayang, B.B., Vignal, A., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Monvoisin, J.-L., Ito, S., & Minvielle, F. (2004).  A first-generation microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail. Animal Genetics, 35, 195-200.
58. Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayama, M., Takahashi, H., Minezawa, M., Tsudzuki, M., Mizutani, M., & Ito, S. (2003).  Twenty-eight new microsatellite loci in chicken and their cross-species amplification in Japanese quail and helmeted guinea fowl.  Animal Science Journal, 74, 255-259.
59. Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayam,a M., Hoshi, T., Matsuo, K., Takahashi, H., Minezawa, M., Mizutani, M. & Ito, S. (2002).  Microsatellite loci in Japanese quail and cross-species amplification in chicken and guinea fowl. Genetics Selection Evolution, 34(2), 233-253.
60. Inoue-Murayama, M., Kayang, B.B., Kimura, K., Ide, H., Nomura, A., Takahashi, H., Nagamine, Y., Takeda, T., Hanada, H., Tatsuda, K., Tsudzuki, M., Matsuda, Y., Mizutani, M., & Ito, S. (2001). Chicken microsatellite primers are not efficient markers for Japanese quail.  Animal Genetics, 32(1), 7-11.
61. Kayang, B.B., Inoue-Murayama, M., Nomura, A., Kimura, K., Takahashi, H., Mizutani, M., & Ito, S. (2000).  Fifty microsatellite markers for Japanese quail.  The Journal of Heredity, 91(6), 502-505.
62. Kayang, B.B., Bosompem, K.M., Assoku, R.K.G. & Awumbila, B. (1997).  Detection of Trypanosoma brucei, T. congolense and T. vivax infections in cattle, sheep and goats using latex agglutination.  International Journal for Parasitology 27, 83 - 87.

Books/Book Chapters

1. Kayang, B.B. (2018). Networking for conservation and sustainable use of Ghanaian native livestock and wildlife. In: Wildlife Research Centre of Kyoto University at a Glance, Information Design Associates Kyoto, Kyoto Tsushinsha Press, Japan.
2. Donkor, E.S., Kayang, B.B., Quaye, J., & Akyeh, M.L. (2020). Vendor related risks in the safety of street food in Ghana. In: Top 10 Contributions on environmental health: 2^nd Edition, Avid Science.
3. Adenyo, C., Dery, S.S. Ogden, R. Murayama, M. & Kayang, B.B. (2020). Grasscutter rearing and meat processing: A manual. Grasscutter Initiative for Rural Transformation (GIfT), ISBN: 978-9988-3-0950-3.

Edited Conference Papers

1. Kanlisi, R.A., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Walugembe, M. Naazie, A., Otsyina, H.R., Chouicha, N., Kelly, T. R., Gallardo, R., Dekkers, J., Lamont, S., Zhou, H. & Kayang, B.B. (2022). Genetic architecture of body weight and carcass traits in Ghanaian local chickens. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production,70_004_38079_38079_0EBB6A7E-2172-456B-98D2BC11EFE10DC6.docx (wageningenacademic.com).
2. Walugembe, M., Amuzu-Aweh, E.N., Lim, K.-S.,  Wang, Y., Chouicha, N., Kelly, T., Muhairwa, A.P., Kayang, B.B., Msoffe, P.L.M., Naazie, A., Otsyina, H.R., Mushi, J.S., Gallardo, R.A., Zhou, H., Lamont, S.J., & Dekkers, J.C.M. (2022). Development of a Low-Density SNP Panel for Local Ghanaian and Tanzanian Chicken Ecotypes. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 55_013_37882_37882_28244ECB-F79D-4F3B-968C0644998014E5.docx (wageningenacademic.com).

3. Kayang, B.B., Amuzu-Aweh, N., Botchway, P.K., Tudeka, C.K., Naazie, A., Aning, K.G., Dekkers, J., Lamont, S.J., Gallardo, R., Kelly, T.R., Bunn, D., & Zhou, H. (2018). Performance of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana naturally exposed to velogenic Newcastle disease virus. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 11.846.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Ghana Science Association
• Ghana Society of Animal Production

• International Society for Animal Genetics
• Poultry Science Association

MERITORIOUS AWARDS

• 7e Prix CSRS – Fonds Eremitage 2013 pour la Recherche Scientifique en Partenariat, La Fondation pour le Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques (CSRS) en Côte d’Ivoire, Grand Bassam, 3^rd October, 2013.
• Presidential Certificate for Excellence, Gifu University, 13^th March 2002.
• Best Poster Award, 2^nd Conference of the Japanese Society for Animal Genetics, Tokyo, 6^th November, 2001.

Additional Refereed Scientific Publications19Edited/Published conference proceedings 17nter-Faculty/Open Lectures 01Research report 01