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Dr. Apsana.R

College name : Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024

Department : Biological Production

Section : Rabies and KFD section

Designation and Address:
Assistant Professor (OPG) Rabies and KFD section Biological Production IAH &VB, Hebbal, Bengaluru

Qualifications
BVSc, MVSc, PhD in Veterinary Microbiology

Contact
Phone:  09036236236
Email:  drapsana@gmail.com

 

Fields(s) of specialization
  • Veterinary Microbiology
Current projects

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NIL

Completed Projects

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Nil

Recent research publications

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Apsana R, Isloor S, Shaila MS (2015). Immunization of sheep with DNA coding for the variable region of anti-idiotypic antibody generates humoral and cell mediated immune responses specific for peste des petits ruminants virus. Vet. Res Commun., 39(3):197-202.

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Apsana R, Balamurugan V, Veeregowda B.M., Abraham S, Raju D.S.N., Rathnamma D, Byregowda S.M., Rahman H and Shaila M.S. (2016). Expression and characterization of immunodominant region of fusion protein of peste des petits ruminants virus in E. coli. Small Ruminant Research., 144:75–82.

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G.B. Manjunathareddy, K. Sumana, Apsana R., Yogisharadhya R., A. Prajapati, S.S. Patil and V. Balamuragan (2017). Investigation of malignant form of sheep pox outbreak in fattening lambs in Mandya, Karnataka. Indian J. Vet. Pathol., 41(3) : 184-188.

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K. Sumana, Yogisharadhya Revanaiah, Sathish Bhadravati Shivachandra, Dipti Mothay, R. Apsana, M. Saminathan, S. Basavaraj, G.B. Manjunatha Reddy (2020). Molecular phylogeny of Capripoxviruses based on major immunodominant protein (P32) reveals circulation of host specific sheeppox and goatpox viruses in small ruminants of India. Infection, Genetics and Evolution., 85 104472.

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Lavanya K, Puttalakshmamma G C, Mohan H V, Apsana Rizvan, Yogisharadhya R, Sathish B Shivachandra , Manjunatha Reddy G B (2021). Evaluation of recombinant BgSA3 protein based indirect-ELISA for sero-diagnosis and sero-surveillance of Babesia gibsoni in dogs. Vet Parasitol., 289:109338.

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Amitha Reena Gomes, Apsana R., Savitha J.V., Sobharani M, S.M. Byregowda, Lohith T.S., M.D. Venkatesha, Nandini Prabhakar and Xiangliang Lin (2021). Propagation of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Virus in Vero Cells for Vaccine Production using Tide Motion Bioreactor. Journal of Animal Research, 11(3) 513-516.

Honours and Awards
  • Recipient of ISVIB Woman Scientist award in the year 2010
  • Recipient of University Gold medal for PhD in 2014
  • Recipient of National Post Doctoral Fellow (N-PDF) in 2017 from Department of Science and Technology (DST), SERB
Other Achievements
  • Development of anti-idiotypic antibody vaccine to PPR.
  • Development of recombinant antigen based ELISA for PPR and Sheep pox.
  • Involved with the production of vaccines like PPR, Sheep pox, Goat pox, Rabies and KFD vaccine.