Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Target Audiences were the two ACVM microbiology residents that were enrolled under this grant funding: Dr. Allen Kalantari (joined January 2020) Dr. David Neely (joined November 2022) Changes/Problems:1) COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to recruit residents 2) The stipend ($37,000) was not competitive enough to attract DVMs (fresh graduates, practicing graduates) due to heavy demand for clinical veterinarians and starting annual salaries close to 6- digits). Although mutiple inquiries with interests in the residency programs were received, the stipend amount dampened enthusiasm of prospective residents. Above factors, got us delayed and we were only able to recruit 2 instead of the proposed 4 residents for this program. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided: 1) extensive exposure and training in all areas of the workflow of an AAVLD-accredited NAHLN level-1 branch laboratory including Accessioning, Client Services, Diagnostic Testing Sections, Quality, LIMS, communications, extension and outreach efforts; with heavy emphasis in all areas of diagnostic microbiology-bacteriology, serology, virology and molecular diagnostics 2) proficiently trained the residents to conduct high consequential livestock pathogens/ FAD testing 3) research experience by working on several independent and collaborative projects 4) supported professional development to gain training and make scientific presentations at national meetings 5) opportunity to co-mentor undergraduate and DVM students How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Presentations at regional, national and international meetings What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Recruited two microbiology residents: Dr. Allen Kalantari (joined January 2020); Dr. David Neely (Joined November 2023). 2) Dr. Allen Kalantari completed his residency program in December 2023 and has appeared for Part-1 of the ACVM board certification examination in November 2023. He has been accepted into a CDC-APHL Infectious Diseases Fellowship which will begin in January 2024. During his residency, Dr. Kalantari presented a total of 27 scientific abstracts (14 primary/ senior author; 13 as co-author), published 3 peer-reviewed papers (1 as corresponding author and 1 as co-author) and has 7 manuscripts under preparation), has been a PI on 2 grants and co-I on 2 USDA grants, received 3 awards (2 national meeting; 1 university award), and co-mentored 11 undergraduate/ DVM students. 3) Dr. David Neely completed his 1st year of residency, presented one poster at the national AAVLD meeting, and gave 3 oral talks. He is working on 1 research project, drafting 1 mansucript, has submitted 1 grant proposal and working on projects that would result in multiplication publications in the coming years.He will be appearing for his ACVM Microbiology boards in November 2024. Both residents upon completion of the program/ board certification will be well-trained in diagnostic microbiology and help in alleviating the shortage of trained and board certified microbiologists. Athough, we had proposed to recruit 4 residents, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the residency stipend being not attractive ($37K per year versus 6- digit salaried jobs available as practicing DVMs), we were not able to attract two more residents.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Melendez P., C.F. Roeschmann, A. Baudo, S. Tao, P. Pinedo, A. Kalantari, M. Coarsey, J. Bernard and H. Naikare: Effect of fish oil and canola oil supplementation on immunological parameters, feed intake, and growth of Holstein calves. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 105, No. 3, 2022, P. 2509-2520
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Yondo A., A. Kalantari, I. Fernandez, A. McKinney, H. Naikare and B.T. Velayudhan: Predominance of canine parainfluenza virus and Mycoplasma in canine infectious respiratory disease complex in dogs. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1356. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12111356
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Seroprevalence and molecular detection of
Anaplasma marginale infected beef herds in
Georgia, USA
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:One microbiology resident currently recruited under this program Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue to train and support the current resident and new resident that would start from Nov 2022.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The current resident- Dr. Allen Kalantari presented as a primary presenter or co-presenter at several regional and national meetings, worked on drafting peer-reviewed manuscripts and worked on drafting grant proposals besides participating in the extensive training as outlined in the residency training program. We continued with our efforts to recruit additional candidates and were successful with hiring Dr. David Neely who would start from November 2022.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience reached during this period were as follows: Through the 6 scientific abstracts authored and/or co-authored by the resident-Dr. Allen Kalantari, the research contributions were presented to the veterinarians, laboratory diagnosticians, graduate and resident students at the 2020 annual AAVLD meeting, 2021 NIAMMRE conference, 2021 American Dairy Science annual meeting and the Georgia CTSA- 7th annual health services research day. Although we advertised the residency program to recruit residents into the program at multiple locations- AAVLD job portal, ACVM listserv, professional colleagues at peer veterinary institutes with the advertisement being distributed locally, regionally and nationally to the veterinary laboratory diagnosticians at the veterinary diagnostic laboratories, microbiology subspecialty diplomate college, and College of Veterinary Medicine; unfortunately, we were not able to recruit another resident between September 2020 to August 2021. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The resident (Dr. Kalantari) completed trainings on: 1) Quant-Studio 5 Real-time PCR instrument in March 2021 2) Genestudio S5 next generation sequencing instrument in March 2021 and July 2021 respectively. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Six abstracts were published for presentations at multiple scientific regional, national and international meetings (please refer to accomplished goals section for a detailed list of abstracts/ results disseminated to communities of interest). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Resident would continue the training and present scientific abstracts in October 2021 annual AAVLD meeting (virtual) and other scientific meetings Advertise and attempt to recruit another resident in the spring, summer, and fall 2022
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Dr. Allen Kalantari is our first veterinary microbiology resident who joined our ACVM residency program (Route 3 application) on January 17, 2020 under the supervised training and clinical experience of two board certified diplomates (Dr. Naikare-PI and Dr. Mosley- Co-I) has progressed extremely well in his residency training between the reporting period (Sept 2020 to Augusut 2021). He has been on the correct path to gain the relevant experience and become proficient in all aspects of Microbiology. He has been an asset to the lab conducting human COVID-19 testing in addition to his routine training in the various areas of Veterinary Microbiology. Dr. Kalantari was meticulous with completing a series of trainings including: 1) QS-5 training; 2) Genstudio S5 NGS training. Dr. Kalantari participated in the diagnostic testing as a secondary contributor (reviewed and followed the diagnostic testing) on 252 cases in Molecular Diagnostics, 257 cases in Serology and Virology, 795 cases in Bacteriology and Mycology between September 2020 to August 2021. He also assisted and tested over 35,000 COVID-19 PCR tests (human samples) between August 2020 and August 2021. Dr. Kalantari received two awards at the 2020 annual AAVLD-USAHA meeting: Brenda Love Best Student Bacteriology Poster Presentation Award AAVLD Trainee Award Dr. Kalantari attended and participated in several scientific sessions at national and international conferences. He authored or co-authored 6 scientific abstracts (first author on 2 abstracts / co- authored 4 abstracts 2020 Annual AAVLD-USAHA meeting (October 2020): A retrospective analysis (2015-2019) of microbial etiologies associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD) suspect cases from diagnostic laboratory submissions in Georgia, USA (first-author); Antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacterial Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) pathogens isolated from veterinary diagnostic laboratory samples: 2015-2019 (first-author); Determining the seroprevalence of Anaplasma marginale infected beef herds in Georgia. 2021 Annual NIARRE Conference (April 2021): A multi-drug resistant polymicrobial Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) outbreak in a mass medicated group of high-risk preconditoning feeder calves in Georgia, USA 2021 Georgia CTSA: Seventh annual Health Services Research Day (May 2021): One Health approach to managing COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Georgia through high throughput diagnostic & surveillance testing at the Georgia Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories 2021 American Dairy Science Annual Meeting (July 2021): The effect of a fish oil based-product and canola oil on body weight, dry matter intake, serum haptoglobin and protectin CD59 on Holstein dairy calves
Publications
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience reached during this period were as follows: 1) We advertised the residency program at the AAVLD job portal and with the ACVM listserv besides emailing about it to professional colleagues at peer veterinary institutes. Thus, the advertisement was distributed locally, regionally and nationally to the veterinary laboratory diagnosticians at the veterinary diagnostic laboratories, microbiology subspecialty diplomate college, and College of Veterinary Medicine. We selected Dr. Allen Kalantari as the first veterinary microbiology resident after interviewing 3 candidates and he started with his training on January 17,2020. 2) Through the 3 scientific abstracts authored and/or co-authored by the resident-Dr. Allen Kalantari, the research contributions were presented to the veterinarians, laboratory diagnosticians, graduate and resident students at the 2020 annual AAVLD meeting. Changes/Problems:Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis, our laboratory personnel in Microbiology has been heavily involved with COVID-19 testing of human samples and the formal report has been delayed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? January 24, 2020: MALDI-TOF introductory training from Bruker-Daltonics at the Tift Regional Hospital Lab, Tifton, GA. June 2-6, 2020: Next Generation Sequencing training by Thermofisher at the TVDIL, Tifton lab, GA. July 24, 2020: Covid-19 Taqpath kit training by Thermofisher at the TVDIL, Tifton lab, GA. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?3 abstracts were published for presentation at the 2020 annual AAVLD meeting (virtual). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?1) Present the posters in October 2020 annual AAVLD meeting (virtual). 2) Continue with the Microbiology residency training. 3) Advertise and attempt to recruit another resident in Fall 2021
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Dr. Allen Kalantari joined our ACVM residency program (Route 3 application) on January 17, 2020 as the first veterinary microbiology resident under the supervised training and clinical experience of two board certified diplomates (Dr. Naikare-PI and Dr. Mosley- Co-I) and board certified pathologists at the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in the science and practice of disciplines in microbiology as applied to veterinary medical science. Dr. Kalantari was meticulous with completing a series of trainings and participated in several case management discussions. He made 4 oral presentations at the Tifton diagnostic lab to the professional staff and faculty at the lab and authored/ co-authored 3 abstracts that were accepted for presentations at the annual AAVLD meeting. The residency committee considered Dr. Kalantari to have progressed extremely well in his residency training. He ihas been on the correct path to gain the relevant experience and become proficient in all aspects of Microbiology. He has been an asset to the lab conducting human COVID-19 testing in addition to his routine training in the various areas of Veterinary Microbiology
Publications
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Progress during the first year of the award period (Sept1, 2018- Aug 31, 2019): The Veterinary Microbiology Residency program was advertised for two positions on the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diaghnosticians (AAVLD) job portal on January 8, 2019. It was also advertised on the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM) listserv. We received two applications. The committee interviewed both applicants on May 23, 2019. The committee decided to re-advertise anticipating a bigger applicant pool. The re-advertisement was sent out in June 2019. There was no other progress during this first year. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We had re-advertised the residency position in June 2019. We hope to be able to recruit competitive candidates and anticipate to select and hire two strong candidates starting in Spring 2020 (January 2020).
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Although we were anticipating to start the Residency program in Fall 2019 (August 2019), due to fewer applications received in the first round, after interviewing both the candidates in May 2019, the committee decided to re-advertise to increase the possibility of attracting more applicants to apply for the residency program. There were no notable accomplishments.
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