Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

College name : Veterinary College, Gadag

Department : Veterinary Parasitology.

Designation and address:
Assistant Professor,
Department of Veterinary Parasitology.
Veterinary College, Gadag-582101

Qualifications
MVSc, Ph.D

Contact
Office:
Mobile: 9980160362
Email: dhanu.hanumappa@gmail.com

Project Title	Role in the Project	Fund Outlay	Funding Agency
Backyard Rabbit farming for rural women empowerment.	Principal Investigator	28 lakhs	DST-SEED
Application of foldscope in the diagnosis of haemoprotozoan parasites of livestock under field conditions	Principal Investigator	8 lakhs	DBT
Development and evaluation of point of care diagnostics for theileriosis and babesiosis in cattle	Principal Investigator	18 lakhs	DST-SERB-TARE

Project Title	Role in the Project	Fund Outlay	Funding Agency
A pilot study on prevalence of arthropods in and around Hassan	PI	0.25lakhs	KVAFSU
An Abattoir survey of Gastrointestinal and tissue Parasites of pigs in Hassan	PI	0.40 lakhs	KVAFSU
A study on Hepatointestinal Schistosomosis in cattle	PI	0.25 lakhs	KVAFSU

Research Papers:

1	M. Veena, H. Dhanalakshmi, Kavitha K, Placid E. D’ Souzaand G.C. Puttalaksmamma. 2017. Morphological characterization of demodex mites and its therapeutic management with neem leaves in canine demodicosis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(5), 661-664.
2	Kavitha, K., Dhanalakshmi,H., Shivakumar,M and Veena,M.,2017. Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth infection in sheep and goats in and around Hassan, Karnataka, state, India. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 6(1).
3	Kavitha,K., Dhanalakshmi,H., Naveen kumar, G.S., Veena, M and Shivakumar, M., 2017. Total Anthelmintic failure on gastrointestinal parasites of sheep and its impact on blood parameters. *Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine*, 37:9-13.
4	Dhanalakshmi,H., Hemanth Gowda,K., and Rashmi, R. 2018. Antiparasitic activity of Allium sativum and Tinospora cordifolia against gastrointestinal parasites in pigeons. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 7(2):104-106.
5	Vali Basha, Placid E.D’Souza and Dhanalakshmi,H. 2018. Detection of Anthelmintic Resistance against Fenbendazole and Ivermectin in GI nematodes of horses by FECRT. Frontier Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 7(2):107-110.

Abstracts Published

B.M.Manohara, Placid E. D’Souza, G.S.Mamatha and H.Dhanalakshmi, 2018.	Molecular studies on hepatointestinal schistosomes in cattle of Karnataka state. XXVII National congress of Veterinary Parasitology and National Symposium held from 12 to 14th February at Udaipur, Rajasthan page 64
Puttalakshmamma,G.C., Veena,M., and Dhanalakshmi.H, 2019	Retrospective data on wildlife parasites in and around Hassan, Karnataka. 28th NCVP, at College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, pp58, January.
Raju.B.Metri, Dhanalakshmi.H.,, Kshama,M.A., Jaya Nagappa Lakkundi and Veena,M., 2019	Prevalence of Hepatozoon canis in dogs in Bangalore, Karnataka. 28th NCVP, at College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, pp59, January.
Shakuntala Kage, G.S.Mamatha, Jaya.N.Lakkundi, B.P.Shivashankar, H.Dhanalakshmi and Placid E.D’Souza, 2019	Morphological studies and diagnosis of Babesia spp. In Small ruminants by parasitological techniques. 28th NCVP, at College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, pp92, January.
H.Dhanalakshmi, Veena.M. and Raju Metri, 2019	Comparison of foldscope with compound microscope. 28th NCVP, at College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, pp 240, January.
H.Dhanalakshmi, Raju Metri and Veena.M, 2019	Application of paperfuge in the diagnosis of parasitic diseases. 28th NCVP, at College of Veterinary Sciences, Tirupati, pp 240, January.

Research grant incentive award for the project “Backyard Rabbit farming for rural women empowerment” 2017.
Research grant incentive award for the project “Application of foldscope in the diagnosis of haemoprotozoan parasites of livestock under field conditions” 2018.