Exploring the nature

Dr Ashish Gupta

BVSc&AH, MVetSc, PhD, Dipl ACVP

Affiliations

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fulltime

Incharge Serology Section

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Diagnostic Services Unit

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 4032208816

Location

Office: CSB114A

Background

Credentials

Diplomate ACVP, American College of Veterinary Pathology, 2022

Educational Background

Advanced Diploma in Veterinary Diagnostic Pathology Anatomic Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, 2022

MVetSc Anatomic Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, 2021

PhD Anatomic Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, 2018

MVSc Veterinary Pathology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India,

BVSc&AH Veterinary Science, Dr. GC NEGI COVAS, CSKHPKV, Palampur, HP, India, 2009

Research

Areas of Research

Poultry Infectious diseases

Collaborative research With Dr. Faizal Abdul Careem on Infectious Bronchitis Virus.

Inclusion body hepatitis

Dr. Gupta worked on studying the pathogenesis of inclusion body hepatitis in broiler chickens and development of live, inactivated and subunit vaccines for broiler breeders for prevention of disease. 

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
VETM571 Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics Winter 2024
VETM 461 Outbreak Investigation Winter 2024

Projects

Establishment of Serology Section of Diagnostic Services Unit

Dr. Gupta was instrumental in developing the serology lab as a part of the contract with industry to provide serology diagnostics at DSU. On expectations and right on time, with the directions from the leadership and the teamwork of the lab manager, serology technician, people from the DSU and other provincial labs, we successfully opened the serology lab in October 2023.  Currently, the lab is operating in the bacteriology lab as renovation is going on in the designated serology room. We are a semiautomated lab with the capability to become fully automated depending on the sample load. In the beginning, we are offering 5 avian tests on demand from the field veterinarians. These include NDV, IBV, AE, Reovirus, and IBDV ELISA. In the year 2023, we have processed 16 cases covering 234 individual samples, and in the year 2024, we have processed 23 cases as of February 21, 2024, covering 1129 individual samples. We are planning to offer two more tests in spring which include Mycoplasma gallispeticum and Mycoplasma Synoviae. We will also be moving to the new space by the end of summer.  The lab space will also be shared with mammalian serology and currently, we are offering 4 tests.

Awards

  • Richard B. Rimler Memorial Research Paper (invited speaker), American Association of Avian pathologists, AVMA convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. JAVMA News Archives. 2017. JAVMA, Vol 251(8): pp 864-888, AAAP. 2017
  • Best Poster Award, 1st place in Animal Science category. University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine Annual Life and Health Sciences Research Expo. Saskatoon, SK, Canada, University of Saskatchewan. 2017
  • Best Poster Award, 3rd place in Virology and Clinical Sciences category. University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Canada, University of Saskatchewan. 2017
  • Best Poster Award, 3rd place in Microbiology and Immunology. University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Canada, University of Saskatchewan. 2016
  • Best Poster Award, 3rd place in Microbiology and Virology Category. University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, 23rd Annual Life and Health Sciences Research Day. Saskatoon, SK, Canada, University of Saskatchewan. 2016
  • H. N. Memorial Gold Medal, Veterinary Clinics (Medicine, Gynecology and Surgery). College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Palampur, HP, India. , CSKHPKV Palampur, HP, India. 2014
  • Certificate of Honor for Excellence in BVSC&AH. College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Palampur, HP, India. , CSKHPKV Palampur, HP, India. 2014
  • Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK, Canada., University of Saskatchewan. 2014
  • Non-devolved University Graduate Scholarship. College of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. , University of Saskatchewan. 2014
  • ESL Bursary. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. , University of Saskatchewan. 2013