Dr. Dhruv Nitinkumar Desai

University of Pennsylvania, USA

Email: desai.506@osu.edu

Qualifications

2017-2021 Ph.D., Navsari Agricultural University, India

2015-2017 M.V.Sc., Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India

2010-2015 B.V.Sc., & A.H., Navsari Agricultural University, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Ghoke, S.S., Sood, R., Kumar, N., Pateriya, A.K., Bhatia, S., Mishra, A., Dixit, R., Singh, V.K., Desai, D.N., Kulkarni, D.D. and Dimri, U. (2018). Evaluation of antiviral activity of Ocimum sanctum and Acacia arabica leaves extracts against H9N2 virus using embryonated chicken egg model. BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 18(1): 174.
2. Kalaiyarasu S, Bhatia S, Mishra N, Senthil Kumar D, Kumar M, Sood R, Rajukumar K, Ponnusamy B, Desai D and Singh VP (2021) Elicitation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 M2e and HA2-Specific Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Chicken Following Immunization With Recombinant M2e–HA2 Fusion Protein. Front. Vet. Sci. 7:571999.
3. Abhishek B. Parmar, Vipul R. Patel, Jignesh M. Patel, Umed V. Ramani and Dhruv N. Desai. (2022). Evaluation of efficacy of dietary quercetin supplementation on high energy diet model in broilers: its implication on zootechnical parameters, serum biochemistry, antioxidant status, pathomorphology, and gene expression studies. Animal Production Science.
4. Pandey, G., Desai, D., Tiwari, A., Mishra, A. and Kumar, R. (2021) In silico Prediction of Structure, Physico-chemical Properties, and Antigenicity of Fiber Protein of a Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV-D) Field Isolate. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(02): 1396-1401.
5. Mavadiya, S., Patel, R., Mehta, S., Vala, J., Parmar, S., Kalyani, I., Desai, D. and Solanki, J. (2021). Sero-epidemiological study of equine piroplasmosis in horses of South Gujarat (India). J. Anim. Res., 11(1): 105-109.
6. Desai, D., Kalyani, I., Solanki, J., Patel, D., Makwana, P., Sharma K., Vala, J., and Muglikar D. (2021). Serological and nucleocapsid gene based molecular characterization of canine distemper virus (CDV) isolated from dogs of southern Gujarat, India. Indian Journal of Animal Research. DOI: 10.18805/IJAR.B-4232.
7. Desai, D., Makwana, P., Solanki, J., Kalyani, I., Patel, D., Mehta, S., Mavadiya, S., Vala, J., & Parmar, S. (2020). Detection and Prevalence of Canine Leptospirosis from Navsari District of South Gujarat, India. Microbiology Research Journal International, 30(9), 103-110.
8. Desai, D., Kalyani, I., Patel, D., Makwana, P., Solanki, J. and Vala, J. (2020). Rapid detection based prevalence of canine corona virus (CCoV) and canine parvo virus (CPV) infection in diarrheic dogs in South Gujarat. Indian Journal of Veterinary Science and Biotechnology, 16(1): 41-43.
9. Desai, D., Kalyani, I., Ramani, U., Makwana, P., Patel, D., and Vala, J. Evaluation of three different methods of viral DNA extraction for molecular detection of canine parvo virus-2 from faecal samples of dogs. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(3): 479-481.
10. Makwana, P.M., Kalyani, I.H., Desai, D., Patel, J.M., Solanki, J.B., Vihol, P.D., Patel, D.R., Muglikar, D.M. and Sakhare, P.S. (2020) Detection of bovine rotavirus (BRV) infection in neonatal calves of in and around Navsari district of South Gujarat, India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(2): 1092-1097.
11. Makwana, P. M., Kalyani, I. H., and Desai, D. (2020). Isolation of bovine rotavirus in MDBK cell line from diarrhoeic calves of Navsari district. The Pharma Innovation Journal, 9(5): 222-225.
12. Patel, N. M., Kumar, R., Savalia, C.V., Desai, D. N., and Kalyani I. H. (2020). Dietary exposure and risk assessment of antibiotics residues in marketed bovine row milk. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(4): 1823-1827.
13. Sharma, K. K., Desai, D. N., Tyagi, K. K., and Kalyani, I. H. (2019). Bacteriological and molecular diagnosis of caseous lymphadenitis in goats at an organized farm. Indian Journal of Small Ruminants (The), 25(1), 124-127.
14. Tumlam, U. M Ingle, V. C., Desai D. N. and Warke, S. R. (2019). Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of rotavirus of human infants, calves and piglets. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies; 7(4): 956-960.
15. Muglikar, D. M., I. H. Kalyani, Dhruv Desai, J. M. Patel, D. R. Patel, Pushpa Makwana and Solanki, J. B. (2019). Serotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(12): 505-511.
16. Patel, N. M., Kumar, R., Suthar, A. P., Desai, D. N. and Kalyani, I. H. (2019). Resistant Pattern of Therapeutics Antimicrobial Challenged on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterium Isolated from Marketed Raw Buffalo Milk. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, 398-407.
17. Pramod Sakhare, Irshadullahkhan Kalyani, Priti Vihol, Kishan Sharma, Jayesh Solanki, Dhruv Desai and Pushpa Makwana. (2019). Seroepidemiology of Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Sheep and Goats of Southern Districts of Gujarat, India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(11): 1552- 1565.
18. Dharmesh R. Patel, Irsadullakhan H. Kalyani, Bhavesh J. Trangadia, Kishan K. Sharma, Pushpa M. Makwana, Dhruv Desai, Dushyant Muglikar and Pramod S. Sakhare. 2018. Detection of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 Infection in Bovine Clinical Samples by Direct Fluorescent Antibody Test. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(11): 2229-2234.