Dr Vignesh Ambothi Rathinasamy ~ Research Fellow

Interests

Research

• Molecular Parasitology
• Veterinary Vaccines
• Diagnostics
• Sustainable Agriculture

Experience

• 2020 to present - Research Fellow, James Cook University (Cairns, Queensland)
• 2018 to 2020 - Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash University (Clayton, Victoria)
• 2017 - Post Doctoral Research Fellow, La Trobe University (Bundoora, Victoria)
• 2012 to 2016 - PhD Student, La Trobe University (Bundoora, Victoria)
• 2008 to 2012 - Junior Research Fellow, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Chennai, India)

Research Disciplines

• Veterinary sciences (3009)
• Animal production (3003)
• Zoology (3109)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Environmentally sustainable animal production (1001)
• Livestock raising (1004)
• animal production and animal primary products (1099)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Bastos R, Alzan H, Rathinasamy V, Cooke B, Dellagostin O, Barletta R and Suarez C (2022) Harnessing Mycobacterium bovis BCG Trained Immunity to Control Human and Bovine Babesiosis. Vaccines, 10 (1).
• Tran L, Rathinasamy V and Beddoe T (2022) Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of Austropeplea tomentosa from environmental water samples. Animal Diseases, 2.
• Alzan H, Bastos R, Ueti M, Laughery J, Rathinasamy V, Cooke B and Suarez C (2021) Assessment of Babesia bovis 6cys A and 6cys B as components of transmission blocking vaccines for babesiosis. Parasites and Vectors, 14.
• Florin-Christensen M, Schnittger L, Bastos R, Ambothi Rathinasamy V, Cooke B, Alzan H and Suarez C (2021) Pursuing effective vaccines against cattle diseases caused by apicomplexan protozoa. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 16 (24).
• Kelley J, Stevenson M, Rathinasamy V, Rawlin G, Beddoe T and Spithill T (2021) Analysis of daily variation in the release of faecal eggs and coproantigen of Fasciola hepatica in naturally infected dairy cattle and the impact on diagnostic test sensitivity. Veterinary Parasitology, 298.
• Rathinasamy V, Tran L, Swan J, Kelley J, Hosking C, Williamson G, Knowles M, Elliott T, Rawlin G, Spithill T and Beddoe T (2021) Towards understanding the liver fluke transmission dynamics on farms: detection of liver fluke transmitting snail and liver fluke-specific environmental DNA in water samples from an irrigated dairy farm in Southeast Australia. Veterinary Parasitology, 291.
• Zerna G, Rathinasamy V, Toet H, Anderson G, Dempster R, Spithill T and Beddoe T (2021) Evaluation of immunogenicity and efficacy of Fasciola hepatica Tetraspanin 2 (TSP2) fused to E. coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin B Subunit LTB adjuvant following intranasal vaccination of cattle. Vaccines, 9 (11).
• Kelley J, Rathinasamy V, Elliott T, Rawlin G, Beddoe T, Stevenson M and Spithill T (2020) Determination of the prevalence and intensity of Fasciola hepatica infection in dairy cattle from six irrigation regions of Victoria, South-eastern Australia, further identifying significant triclabendazole resistance on three properties. Veterinary Parasitology, 277.
• McCusker P, Toet H, Rathinasamy V, Young N, Beddoe T, Anderson G, Dempster R, McVeigh P, McCammick E, Wells D, Mousley A, Marks N, Maule A and Spithill T (2020) Molecular characterisation and vaccine efficacy of two novel developmentally regulated surface tegument proteins of Fasciola hepatica. Veterinary Parasitology, 286.
• Rathinasamy V, Poole W, Bastos R, Suarez C and Cooke B (2019) Babesiosis Vaccines: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead, and Future Glimpses. Trends in Parasitology, 35 (8). pp. 622-635
• Suarez C, Alzan H, Silva M, Ambothi Rathinasamy V, Poole W and Cooke B (2019) Unravelling the cellular and molecular pathogenesis of bovine babesiosis: is the sky the limit? International Journal for Parasitology, 49 (2). pp. 183-197
• Rathinasamy V, Hosking C, Tran L, Kelley J, Williamson G, Swan J, Elliott T, Rawlin G, Beddoe T and Spithill T (2018) Development of a multiplex quantitative PCR assay for detection and quantification of DNA from Fasciola hepatica and the intermediate snail host, Austropeplea tomentosa, in water samples. Veterinary Parasitology, 259. pp. 17-24

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