Faculty Members
Name |
Designation |
Qualifi-
cations |
Specialization |
Contact No. |
Email |
Dr. A. K. Upadhyay |
Professor & Head |
Ph.D. |
Epidemiology |
9411195407 |
ajayakup[at]gail[dot]com |
Dr. Maansi |
Asstt. Prof. |
Ph.D. |
Public Health & Epidemiology |
7579228744 |
maansi2000[at]rediffmail[dot]com |
Dr. Deepak Kumar |
Asstt. Prof. |
M.V.Sc |
Veterinary Public Health |
8413043824 |
kumar310[at]umn[dot]edu |
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Courses offered by the Department
B.V.Sc. & A.H. Courses
S. No. |
Name of the Course |
Course No. |
Credit Hrs. |
1 |
Milk and meat hygiene food safety and public health |
VPE–311 |
3 (2+1) |
2 |
Veterinary Epidemiology & Zoonoses |
VPE-321 |
3 (2+1) |
3 |
Zoonoses and Human Health |
VPH–411 |
2 (1+1) |
4 |
Veterinary Epidemiology |
VEP-411 |
2 (1+1) |
5 |
Environmental Hygiene |
VPH–412 |
2 (1+1) |
6 |
Environment & Environmental Hygiene |
VPE-511 |
3 (2+1) |
M.V.Sc. Courses
S. No. |
Name of the Course |
Course No. |
Credit Hrs. |
1. |
Master’s Seminar |
VPH-600 |
1 |
2. |
Special Problem |
VPH-601 |
1 |
3. |
Bacterial and Rickettsial Agents of Public Health Significance |
VPH-602 |
3(2+1) |
4. |
Viral, Fungal and Parasitic Agents of Public Health Significance |
VPH-603 |
3(2+1) |
5. |
Zoonoses and Public Health |
VPH-604 |
3(2+1) |
6. |
Principles of Food Hygiene and Safety |
VPH-605 |
3(2+1) |
7. |
Food-Borne Infection & Intoxications |
VPH-606 |
3(2+1) |
8. |
Meat and Milk Hygiene |
VPH-607 |
3(2+1) |
9. |
Environmental Pollution and Safety |
VPH-608 |
4(3+1) |
10. |
Fish, Fish Products & Sea Food Hygiene |
VPH-609 |
2(1+1) |
11. |
Bioterrorism & Disaster Management |
VPH-610 |
2(1+1) |
12. |
Elements of Veterinary Public Health |
VPH-611 |
2(1+1) |
13. |
Master’s Thesis Research |
VPH-690 |
20 |
Ph.D. Courses
S. No. |
Name of the Course |
Course No. |
Credit Hrs. |
1 |
Current Topics in Veterinary Public Health |
VPH-701 |
3 (2+1) |
2. |
Emerging and Reemerging Zoonoses |
VPH-702 |
3 (2+1) |
3. |
Quality Control of Animal Food Products |
VPH-703 |
3 (2+1) |
4. |
Occupational Health Hazards |
VPH-704 |
3 (2+1) |
5. |
Disposal & Recycling of Waste |
VPH-705 |
3 (2+1) |
6. |
Biohazards, Biosecurity & Disaster Management |
VPH-706 |
2 (2+0) |
7. |
Food Plant Sanitation |
VPH-707 |
3 (2+1) |
8. |
Advances in Environmental Pollution Control |
VPH-708 |
3 (2+1) |
9. |
Doctoral Seminar-I |
VPH-788 |
1 |
10. |
Doctoral Seminar-II |
VPH-789 |
1 |
11. |
Ph.D. Thesis Research |
VPH-790 |
45 |
Salient Achievements
Research
(1) Environmental Hygiene
- The pond and canal waters were found to de highly polluted.
- Study revealed that slaughter house environment was responsible for carcass containation.
- Survey conducted in and around pantnagar revealed extensive use of pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, endosulphan, deltamethrin, lindane and monocrotofos by farmers.
- Pesticide (chlorpyrifos & endosulphan) residues were found in varying concentrations in milk, meat, feed/fodder, fish and egg samples.
- Residues of tetracycline were found in foods of animal origin.
(2) Colibacillosis
- Calf-diarrhoea is enterotoxin induced.
- Calf origin enterotoxin is of heat-stable (ST) type.
- ST-type toxin partially characterized.
(3) Food Hygiene
- Milk culture filtrate obtained from Lactobacillus acidopillus strains exhibited antibacterial activity against various enteric as well as non-enteric organisms.
- On the basis of SPC, 37.72% samples of milk, and 73.33% of cream collected form Pantanagar was found to be poor quality.84% of barfi samples were evaluated as unsatisfactory.
- Enterobacteria isolated from meat, milk and its products showed high drug resistance and persistence of R-factor.
- For differentiation of meat of various species of animals serological and electophoretic techniques were compared, disc electrophoretic method was found better.
(4) Salmonellosis
- Enterotoxins/cytotoxins produced by Salmonellae have been partially characterized
- Cytotoxic activity on cell monolayer has been demonstrated.
- Mechanism of Salmonella enterotoxigenicity varies markedly forms that of E.coli. infection. It disrupts intestinal architecture.
- Agar overlay technique found suitable for Salmonella toxin study.
- DNA based molecular technique for detection of salmonella has been standardized.
(5) Yersiniosis
- Yesinia enterocolitica is serology important in the epidemiology of yersiniosis.
- Screening for virulence needs to be carried with the help of multiple tests.
- Enterotoxin (ST-type) of Yersinia enterocolitica was partially characterized.
(6) Brucellosis
- Prevalence showed increasing trends towards the last 3 decades.
- Organize farms were found to be more affected than rural areas.
- Rose Bengal Test and ELISA found efficient for screening of serum samples.
- Female animals showed higher prevalence.
- Brucella cell membrane proteins are being exploited for vaccine development.
Dr. A.K. Upadhyaya, Professor & Head
Research areas/Areas of Interest: Veterinary Epidemiology
Selected Research Publications
- A.K. Upadhyay, Maansi, Deepak and S. P. Singh, (2017). Epidemiology and Antibiogram of Salmonella from Kumaun. International Jour. of Natural and Applied Sci. 4 (5). 42-48.
- Jaishree Sharma and A.K. Upadhyay (2017). Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int. Jour Recent Sci. Res. 8 (5): 17236-17238. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0805.0311.
- Richa Rautela., Ankita Rautela and Upadhyay A. K. (2017). Prevalence of Skin Diseases in Dogs of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17354-17355. http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0337
- Tanuja P. and Upadhyay A. K. (2017), Prevalence of Haemoprotozoan Diseases in Large Animals of Kumaon Tarai of Uttarakhand. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8 (6), pp. 17583-17584. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0806.0385
- Kiran, Upadhyay, A. K., Maansi, and Kumar, A. (2016). Prevalence of salmonella in meat of food animals. International Jour. of Innovative Res. & Development. 5 (1). 345-347.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Commonwealth Youth Silver Medal-2007-08 for the Project on “Conservation of Mountain Eco-System Under Planet Earth Programme”.
- Fellow of Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare.
Dr. Maansi, Assistant Professor
Research areas/Areas of Interest: Veterinary Public Health, Brucella and Campylobacter spp.
Selected Research Publications
- A.K. Upadhyay, Maansi, Deepak and S. P. Singh.2017. Epidemiology And Antibiogram Of Salmonella From Kumaun. International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences Vol. 4, Issue 5. Pg 42-48.
- Singh, Amit G., Upadhyay, A.K., Maansi, Ipshita, Kumar, Anil and Singh,P.K. (2016).Study of pathogenic Escherichia coli based on molecular profiling of virulence genes and antibiotic resistance. International Journal of Sciences and Applied Research. 3(1).Pg.18-22.
- Kiran, Upadhyay, A.K., Maansi, and Kumar, Anil.(2016).Prevalence of Salmonella in Meat of Food Animals. International Journal of Innovative Research and development. Vol.5 (1).Pg. 345-347.
- Upadhyay, A.K., Monika, Maansi, Singh, P.K.., Ipshita and Kumar,Anil.(2016).Epidemiology and Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter. Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science. Vol.9 (2).Pg. 06-08.
- Upadhyay, A.K., Kiran, Maansi, Singh, P.K.., Ipshita and Kumar,Anil. (2016).Epidemiology and Antimicrobial resistance of salmonella isolated from meat. International J. of Natural and Applied sciences. Vol.3 (2).Pg. 40-45.
Dr. Deepak Kumar, Assistant Professor
Research areas/Areas of Interest:
- Foodborne pathogens and zoonotic disease
- Preharvest food safety
- Antimicrobial Resistance in foodborne pathogens
- Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus
Selected Research Publications
- KE Kniel, Deepak Kumar, S Thakur. 2018. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a” One Health” Approach. Microbiology spectrum 6 (1)
- Deepak Kumar, S Thakur. 2018. Molecular Tools To Study Preharvest Food Safety Challenges. Microbiology spectrum 6 (1)
- Deepak Kumar, Suchawan Pornsukarom, G.K.Sivaraman, Siddhartha Thakur. 2017. Environmental dissemination of Multidrug Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus sciuri (MDR-MRSS) after application of manure from commercial swine production systems. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease(In print).
- Nagappa Karabasanavar, Girish, P. S., Deepak Kumar, S. P. Singh. 2017. Detection of beef adulteration by mitochondrial D-loop based species-specific polymerase chain reaction. International Journal of Food Properties(In print).
- Nagappa S. Karabasanavar, S. P. Singh, Deepak Kumar, Sunil N. Shebannavar. 2014. Detection of pork adulteration by highly-specific PCR assay of mitochondrial D-loop. FoodChemistry. 145 (15): 530–534.
- Deepak Kumar, S.P.Singh, Nagappa S. Karabasanavar, Rashmi Singh, Umapathi V., 2014. A novel PCR-RFLP assay for identification of meats of different food animals. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 51(11):3458–3463.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) to pursue PhD at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota.
- Received Indo-US Public Health Research Fellowship-2013 from Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) to work as a “Visiting Scientist” at College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA during October 2013-April 2014.
- Participated in International Agriculture and Rural Development Program (IARD) at Cornell University, USA during August 2008 – March 2009.
- Received “Young scientist Award” in 4th Uttarakhand State Science & technology Congress (USSTC) at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India during 10-12 November, 2009.
- Reviewer responsibilities- International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
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