29 Aug 2019
Guest Lecture talk on Zoonosis and Zoonotic Diseases: Its implications in Research
School: Applied Sciences (Biotechnology)
Date: 29th August, 2019
Venue: A.P.J Hall, REVA University
A Guest lecture talk was arranged by the Department of Biotechnology on 29th of August, 2019 for the Biotechnology and Biochemistry PG students. The resource person for the talk was Dr. G.B. Manjunatha Reddy, presently working as Scientist at ICAR- National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI), Bangalore. Dr. Manjunath has extensive experience in the field of veterinary sciences related to rabies and poxvirus. He is a recognized guide for many universities guiding many research scholars and has 57 publication articles to his credit along with various other publications.
A total of 160 students and 10 faculty members attended the lecture session. The talk was mainly emphasised on the awareness about zoonosis and zoonotic diseases like rabies, toxoplasmosis and brucellosis. A details review about various zoonotic diseases, its mode of transmission, symptoms and the developed preventive and treatment measures was explained in a simplified way thus providing its research implications in the nutshell. The talk winded up with a quick questionnaire session which was utilized by the students and the faculties in a positive way.