Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

College name : Veterinary College, Hassan

Department : Veterinary Microbiology

Designation and address:

Associate Professor & Head
Department of Veterinary Microbiology
Veterinary College, Gokula Campus
Vidyanagara, Hassan- 573202

Qualifications
M.V.Sc., Ph.D

Contact
Office : Tele-Fax: 08172-245373
Mobile : 9448358705
Email : ravihegde63@gmail.com

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
ongoing ICAR-DFMD scheme AICRP for epidemiological studies on Foot and Mouth Disease (AICRP FMD)	Co-PI from 2004 to June 2019 at IAH&VB	Rs 4.00 lakhs (2018-19)	ICAR:IAH&VB 75: 25 %
ongoing ICAR-NIVEDI AICRP on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (AICRP on ADMAS	Co-PI from September 20115 to June 2019 at IAH&VB		ICAR-NIVEDI
PDFMD-PDADMAS collaborative project on assessment of the socioeconomic impact of FMD and its control in India ( 2013-14 to 2015-16)	CC-PI (Collaborating Centre- Principal Investigator)	Rs12.25 lakhs	PDADMAS now ICAR-NIVEDI
Serosurveillance of FMD in small ruminants in southern districts of Karnataka (2014-15)	PI	Rs 50000/-	KVAFSU
FMD vaccine induced immune status in livestock in organized farms of Karnataka (2014-15)	PI	Rs 50000	KVAFSU

1	Hegde R, Kowalli S, Nagaraja K, Dharanesha NK, Seema CM, Khan TA, Nagaraj GV, Srikala K, Sudharshana KJ, Nagaraju D, Rao S. Serosurveillance of foot and mouth disease in Karnataka state, India: a 3 years study. Virus Disease. 2016 Sep 1;27(3):294-302.
2	K. M. Chandrashekar, Shrikrishna Isloor, D. Rathnamma, B.M. Veeregowda, Raveendra Hegde, R. Sharada, G. S. Naveen Kumar, Nagendra R. Hegde. Quantification of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli from bovine subclinical milk samples by conventional PCR. 2018. J. Expt Biol & Agriculture 6: 808-815
3	Chandranaik B M, Raveendra Hegde, Shivashankar B P, Giridhar P, Muniyellappa H K, et al., 2015. Serotyping of foot and mouth disease virus and Pasteurella multocida from Indian gaurs (Bos gaurus) concurrently infected with foot and mouth disease and haemorrhagic septicaemia. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. DOI10.1007/Si1250-015-0811-x
4	Chandranaik B M, Giridhar P, Muniyellappa H K, Raveendra Hegde et al., 2015. Bacillus cereus harbouring the Pxo1plasmid with pag gene causes anthrax like fatal septicaemia in immunosupressed cattle. Veterinarski Archiv. 85: 347-357

NAKULA AWARD (Best Veterinarian) during 2016 by Karnataka Veterinary Association

Studied the epidemiology of foot and mouth disease in the state of Karnataka with specific. Reference to the serotypes involved n the outbreaks, spatial and temporal distribution of FMD in the state of Karnataka .
Seromonitoring and serosurveillance of FMD in the state of Karnataka and thereby contributing to FMD control programme
Extensively carried out the extension programme creating awareness in the state of Karnataka regarding FMD and its control among veterinarians, paraveterinarians and farmers
Analysed the data on the epidemiology of reported livestock diseases in the state of Karnataka with specific reference to spatial, temporal and seasonal distribution of livestock diseases viz, HS, ET, PPR, BQ and Sheep pox diseases