Associate Professor Xiaomao Luo is a master's supervisor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University. He completed his PhD studies in Veterinary Science at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. He recently led the Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province, the Shanxi Agricultural University Science and Technology Innovation Fund, and the Shanxi Province Outstanding Doctoral Research Award Fund. He has published 21 papers in various journals. His teaching disciplines include animal histology and physiological metabolism, and his interests include muscle and fat metabolism, the pathogenesis of bacteria, pathogen–host interaction mechanisms and the development of animal vaccines.