Dr. Arun Kulkarni
Assistant Veterinary Director Virology
Department - Virology
office - 770-535-6954
email - akulkarni@gapoultrylab.org
This laboratory is an official state agency delegated the task of implementing the NPIP in GA. As such I am involved in monitoring of avian influenza (AI) and
exotic Newcastle disease virus RNA from clinical samples by real-time RT-PCR. In the past five years I have developed PCR-based diagnostic assays for the
detection of infectious bronchitis virus genotypes, laryngotracheitis, infectious bursal disease, reovirus, chicken anemia virus, and Chlamydia-specific virual
RNA/DNA from the clinical specimens. Additionally, we successfully adopted automated cycle sequencing method for genotyping IBD and IBDV field isolates
described originally by Dr. Gelb(University of Delaware).
Education:
Ph.D. (Immunology) Australian National University
M.V.Sc. (Microbiology) Bombay Veterinary College
B.V.Sc Bombay Veterinary College
Certifications:
ACVM - Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
Areas of interest:
Viral pathogenesis and immunobiology of virus infections.
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