Dukkipati, Rao

Dukkipati, Rao

 Rao Dukkipati, BVSc, MVSc, PhD

Rao Dukkipati, BVSc, MVSc, PhD

Associate Professor, Immunology

  • BVSc: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India
  • MVSc: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India
  • PhD: Massey University, New Zealand

dukkipativ@rowan.edu 

Dr. Dukkipati is a trained veterinary immunologist and geneticist. After completion of a PhD (immunogenetics), he underwent postdoctoral training for four years in a sub-unit vaccine (against Johne’s disease) project within the School of Veterinary Science at Massey University, New Zealand. Prior to taking up the current position at Rowan, he worked as an academic in the School of Agriculture and Environment, and the School of Veterinary Science at Massey University. His research is primarily focused on control and prevention of animal diseases - development of vaccines and diagnostics, and understanding genetic mechanisms underlying production, reproduction and disease resistance/susceptibility traits. Dr. Dukkipati has so far supervised 10 postgraduate students (5 PhD and 5 Masters) to completion.

Publications

  • Heritability estimates and genetic and phenotypic correlations of skin thickness and skin temperature with key production traits in FocusPrime, Texel, Romney and Highlander sheep. Graña-Baumgartner A, Dukkipati VSR, Biggs PJ, Kenyon PR, Blair HT, Pickering NK, Van der Linden DS, López-Villalobos N. J Anim Sci. 2024 Nov 30:skae358. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae358.
  • RNAseq Analysis of Brown Adipose Tissue and Thyroid of Newborn Lambs Subjected to Short-Term Cold Exposure Reveals Signs of Early Whitening of Adipose Tissue. Metabolites. Graña-Baumgartner A, Dukkipati VSR, Kenyon PR, Blair HT, López-Villalobos N, Gedye K, Biggs PJ. 2022 Oct 20;12(10):996. doi: 10.3390/metabo12100996.
  • Differential Transcription of Selected Cytokine and Neuroactive Ligand-receptor Genes in Peripheral Leukocytes from Calves in Response to Cautery Disbudding. Kongara K, Dukkipati VSR, Tai HM, Heiser A, Murray A, Webster J, Johnson CB. Animals (Basel). 2020 Jul 14;10(7):1187. doi: 10.3390/ani10071187.
  • Draft Genome Sequence of a New Zealand Isolate of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. Bridgeman BJ, Gupta SK, Murray A, Dukkipati VSR, Altermann E, Wedlock DN. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Mar 5;9(10):e01375-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01375-19.
  • Transcriptomic analysis of circulating neutrophils in metabolically stressed peripartal grazing dairy cows. Crookenden MA, Moyes KM, Kuhn-Sherlock B, Lehnert K, Walker CG, Loor JJ, Mitchell MD, Murray A, Dukkipati VSR, Vailati-Riboni M, Heiser A, Roche JR. J Dairy Sci. 2019 Aug;102(8):7408-7420. doi: 10.3168/jds.2019-16367.
  • Effects of precalving body condition and prepartum feeding level on gene expression in circulating neutrophils. Crookenden MA, Walker CG, Heiser A, Murray A, Dukkipati VSR, Kay JK, Meier S, Moyes KM, Mitchell MD, Loor JJ, Roche JR. J Dairy Sci. 2017 Mar;100(3):2310-2322. doi: 10.3168/jds.2016-12105.
  • Experimental infection of New Zealand Merino sheep with a suspension of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) strain Telford: Kinetics of the immune response, histopathology and Map culture. Dukkipati VSR, Ridler AL, Thompson KG, Buddle BM, Hedgespeth BA, Price-Carter M, Begg DJ, Whittington RJ, Gicquel B, Murray A. Vet Microbiol. 2016 Nov 15;195:136-143. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.09.018.
  • Parturition in dairy cows temporarily alters the expression of genes in circulating neutrophils. Crookenden MA, Heiser A, Murray A, Dukkipati VSR, Kay JK, Loor JJ, Meier S, Mitchell MD, Moyes KM, Walker CG, Roche JR. J Dairy Sci. 2016 Aug;99(8):6470-6483. doi: 10.3168/jds.2015-10877.
  • Recovery of intact IgG in the gastrointestinal tract of the growing rat following ingestion of an ovine serum immunoglobulin. Balan P, Han KS, Dukkipati VS, Moughan PJ. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2014 Apr;98(2):209-14. doi: 10.1111/jpn.12060.
  • Extensive intra-host genetic diversity uncovered in Cryptosporidium parvum using Next Generation Sequencing. Grinberg A, Biggs PJ, Dukkipati VS, George TT. Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Apr;15:18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.08.017.