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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

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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:

  1. Commonwealth Youth Silver Medal-2007-08 for the Project on “Conservation of Mountain Eco-System Under Planet Earth Programme”.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

  1. KE Kniel, Deepak Kumar, S Thakur. 2018. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a” One Health” Approach. Microbiology spectrum 6 (1)
  2. Deepak Kumar, S Thakur. 2018. Molecular Tools To Study Preharvest Food Safety Challenges. Microbiology spectrum 6 (1)
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. 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:

  1. Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) to pursue PhD at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota.
  2. 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.
  3. Participated in International Agriculture and Rural Development Program (IARD) at Cornell University, USA during August 2008 – March 2009.
  4. 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.
  5. Reviewer responsibilities-  International Journal of Food Science and Technology.