Fields(s) of specialization |
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Current Projects |
Project Title |
Role in the Project |
Fund Outlay |
Funding Agency |
Development of a quantitative ELISA for seromonitoring of post- anti rabies vaccinal antibody responses in dogs |
Co-PI |
Rs. 28.60 lakhs |
DBT, Govt. of India |
Seroprevalence of Paratuberculosis infection in animals of northern Karnataka |
Co-PI |
Rs.16.5 lakhs |
UAS, Dharwad |
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Completed Projects |
Project Title |
Role in the Project |
Fund Outlay |
Funding Agency |
Development of Biofilm based vaccines against Salmonellosis, Pateurellosis and Colibacillosis in Poultry". |
Co-PI |
Rs. 24 lakhs |
ICAR-NATP-CGP |
Development of Biofilm based vaccines against Mastitis causing Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in Bovines |
Co-PI |
Rs.30.17 lakhs |
DBT, Govt of India |
Evaluation of safety, potency and virus titres of Marek’s disease live bivalent vaccine HVT+SB-1 |
Co-PI |
Rs. 3.86 lakhs |
M/s Indovax pvt.Ltd. Gurgaon, India |
ICAR-Niche area of Excellence project on “Animal Disease Registry and Tissue Bank.” |
Co-PI |
Rs.590.92 lakhs |
ICAR |
Monitoring of quality of wáter at major waterholes in Bandipur Reserve.” |
PI |
Rs.3.47 lakhs |
Govt of Karnataka |
Screening of elephants for Tuberculosis by Tuberculin and PCR tests. |
PI |
Rs.6.53 lakhs |
Govt of Karnataka |
An open label multicentric field trial to study the safety and immunogenicity of Classical Swine fever vaccine in pigs |
PI |
Rs. 3.024 lakhs |
M/s Indian Immunologicals Ltd. Hyderabad |
Evaluation of Inactivated mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) vaccine in sheep |
PI |
Rs.1.00 lakh |
SCP / TSP, grants, KVAFSU |
Study of cell mediated immune (CMI) response in sheep vaccinated with inactivated Johne’s disease vaccine |
PI |
1.50 lakhs |
SCP / TSP, grants KVAFSU |
Molecular epidemiology & genomics of mastitis- associated staphylococci |
Co-PI |
Rs.31.236 lakh |
DBT, Govt. of India |
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Recent research Publications |
1 |
Shivalingappa Y.M., D.Rathnamma, H.D.Narayanaswamy, S.Isloor, Shoorvir Singh, B.M.Chandranaik, Shobha Rani M., Anuradha Menon, Srikanth M and Manjunath S.S (2016). Prevalence of Ovine Johne’s Disease in Bannur Breed of Sheep in Organized Farm using Multiple Diagnostic Tests. Advances in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, October, 2016, 4 (10):506-512. |
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M. Nasim Sohail, D. Rathnamma, S. Isloor, B.M. Veeregowda and R. Sharada (2019). Detection of biofilm formation ability of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bovine mastitis cases. International Journal of Farm Sciences, January, 2019, 9 (1): 107-115 (Dile Ram Banyal Memorial Best Paper Award 2019). |
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Shivalingappa Y. M, D. Rathnamma, H. D. Narayanaswamy, Saurabh G, Kundan Kumar C, Manju Singh, Zahra Hemati, C Nishanth, Anjali Pachoori, Kuldeep Dhama and ShoorVir Singh (2017). Assessment of Ovine Johne’s disease in the Mandya sheep breed in South India using multiple diagnostic tests and bio-typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. Cogent Food and Agriculture, March,2017, 3:1-9. |
4 |
C. B. Ramesha, D. Rathnamma, S. Isloor, B. M. Veeregowda, H. D. Narayanaswamy, M. Narayana Bhat, H. K. Siddalingamurthy, K. Ganesh, S. Y. Mukartal, R. M. Sreesujatha and P. Pannaga. (2018). Evaluation of inactivated Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis vaccine in experimentally challenged sheep. J. Exp. Zool. India, 21 (2), July, 2018: 885-892. (ISSN 0972-0030). |
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Ramesha C B, D.Rathnamma, S Isloor, B M Veeregowda, H D Narayanaswamy, M Narayana Bhat, H K Siddalingamurthy, S Y Mukartal, A G Prashanth, K P Manjunatha and Purushotham K M (2018). Evaluation of immune response in sheep model following immunization with inactivated Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis vaccine. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 2018 (July-Aug); 6 (4): 1784-1792. |
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Honours & Awards |
1 |
Ph.D Scholar,Dr.B.M.Chandranaik, DVHK 903(Major Advisor: Dr.D.Rathnamma) is awarded ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences -2013 (Animal Sciences)’ by ICAR, New Delhi. The award was presented by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi and Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture Shri. Radha Mohan Singh on the occasion of celebration of 86th Foundation Day of ICAR on 29.07.2014 at NASC Complex, ICAR, New Delhi. |
2 |
Dile Ram Banyal Memorial Best research Paper Award 2019. |
3 |
Awarded Certificate of Merit by Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar in recognition of Research grant mobilization from DBT,Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for a project on “Development of Biofilm based vaccines against Mastitis causing Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in Bovines” with total grants of Rs. 30.170 lakhs as Co-Principal Investigator during 2010-11 |
4 |
Awarded Certificate of Merit by Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar in recognition of mobilization of research grant from ICAR for a project on “ICAR Niche Area of Excellence Project on Animal Didsease Registry and Tissue Bank: with a total grants of Rs. 592 lakhs as Co-Principal Investigator during 2015-16. |
5 |
Awarded Certificate of Merit for mobilisation of research grant Rs. 21.05 lakhs from the DBT, New Delhi during the year 2017-18 on 17thJanuary 2019 at KVAFSU, Bidar. |
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Other Achievement |
Dr.D.Rathnamma was involved in the development of indirect ELISA for Bovine Leptosirosis and Jhone’s disease, Real time PCR detection kit for Infectious bovine Rhinotrachitis, Multiplex PCR for major mastitis causing pathogens and antimicrobial genes, Biofilm based vaccine against bovine mastitis, Molecular epidemiology of Classical wine fever. She has guided 8 Ph.D. and 14 MVSc students in Veterinary Microbiology. She was resource person/organizer in national/international training, refresher course, summer, winter schools, seminars, conferences, symposia and workshops (28). She has published research papers in international (37) and National (63) journals. She has three patents (1.Development of Real time PCR based Antigen detection kit for Diagnosis of Bovine Herpes Virus-1. 2) Development of biofilm based vaccine against Bovine mastitis. 3) Recombinant Brucella lumazine synthase antigen based ELISA). |
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