About

Brief Introduction

Area of Specialization:

  • Metabolic and mineral deficiency
  • Canine Internal Medicine
  • Ultrasonography in small animals
  • Blood transfusion

Five best Research articles: 

  • D. Swarup, R. C. Patra Ram Naresh, Puneet Kumar and  Pallav Shekhar. ( 2004 ) Blood lead level in lactating cows reared around polluted  localities. Science of the total environment.106-110
  • R.C.Patra, D.Swarup, R. Naresh, P Kumar, P Shekhar, S.Roy, R Ranjan ( 2005  ) Cadmium level in blood and milk from animals reared around different polluting sources in India. Bulletin of environment contamination and toxicology. 1092-1097
  • D. Swarup, R.C.Patra Ram Naresh, Puneet Kumar, Pallav Shekhar and  M. Balagangatharathilagar. (2006) Lowered blood copper and cobalt contents in goat reared around lead-zinc smelter Small ruminant research 309-313
  • R.C.Patra, D.Swarup, Ram Naresh, Puneet Kumar, D. Nanadi, Pallav Shekhar, S.Roy and S.L. Ali. (2006).  Tail hair as an indicator of environmental exposure of cows to lead and cadmium in different industrial areas.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
  • Devi Gopinath, M. C. Sharma, P. Shekhar, Gurupriya V. S1, Aswathi P.B1, Mamta Singh (2014). Macromineral Status Of Soil, Fodders And Cattle From Idukki And Ernakulam Districts Of Kerala, India And Their Interrelation.International Journal of Advanced Research, 2(7), 868-872

Other publications:

  • Total Research publication
: 40
  • Popular articles
: 20
  • Books author
: 03
  • Books chapters
: 07
  • TV/Radio talk
: 20

Member of Professional society

  • Indian Society of Veterinary Medicine
  • Indian Society of Buffalo development
  • Indian Society for advancement of canine practice

Research Activities

  • Students Guided as major and minor advisor( M.V.Sc): 15

Completed Research Projects:

SN

Title

Duration

Funding Agency

PI/CoPI

1.

 Farming System Project 2006-2007 Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi  PI

2

ITK Project, Code 1589, 1287, 1585 2005-2007 ICAR  

Co-PI

3

ITK Project, Code 1588, 1288, 416, 1279 2005-2007 ICAR  

Co-PI

4

Serological Epidemiology of major viral pathogen of caprine in Bihar  2013-214 ICAR-RCER,
Patna
Co-PI

5

Radiographic and Sonographic Evaluation of Cardiac, hepatic and urogenital diseases of canine 2108 BASU, Patna PI

Ongoing Research Projects:

SN

Title

Duration

Funding Agency

PI/CoPI

1

Experiential Learning -Critical Care Unit 2013 ICAR PI

2

Strengthening and Upgradation of TVCC as a Experiential Learning Unit for Pet Animals 2014 ICAR Co-PI

3

All India Coordinated Research Project on Animal Disease Monitoring And Surveillance 2016 ICAR Co-PI

4

Formulation and Evaluation of area specific mineral mixture on the performance of dairy cattle and buffaloes 2018

 

BASU, Patna Co-PI
5 Evaluation of proliferative and apoptotic marker in canine mammary tumor for diagnosis and prognosis   2018 BASU, Patna

 

Co-PI

Honours and Awards

    • Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in M.V.Sc by ICAR, 2001
    • Certificate of Honour, ISVM by IVRI, Izatnagar, 2004
    • ICAR, Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) award by ICAR, 2009
    • ISVM, Appreciation award, 2008
    • First Prize in 10thKisan Mela and Animal Science Fair (Animal Age Determination)
    • Best Teacher Award by Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, 2014
    • Certificate of Appreciation by Bihar Animal Sciences University, 2020