Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Current Research

Name of the Supervisor - Dr. D.R.A.Dissanayake

Research area - Infectious and immune mediated diseases

Research topic	PG student/s( If any)
Occurence and clonal distribution of multidrug resistant extra intestinal Pathogenic Escherichi coli in Sr Lanka and prevalence of resistance encoding genes	W A P M Dewasmika
Phylogeny, virulence and resistance mechanisms of fluroquinalone resistant avian pathogenic Esherichia coli isolated from commercial chickens in Sri Lanka	G A D K K Gunathilaka
Molecular characterization of bacterial and viral aetiologies causing acute enteritis in dogs and evaluation of associated haemochenical changes and survival probability	Rasanjalee Perera
Genetic, Immunogenic and Pathogenic Characterisation of Parvovirus Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Among Dogs in Sri Lanka (applied for funding)

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Name of the Supervisor - Dr. Suranji Wijekoon

Research area - Stem cells for regenerative medicine. Understanding mechanism of action of disease-modifying arthrosis drugs by studying the extensive reciprocal interaction between immune and skeletal systems that obvious relevant to pathogenesis of bone erosion seen in rheumatoid arthritis and similar disorders.

Research topic	PG student/s( If any)
Evaluate the efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Platelet Rich Plasma on Bone Healing of Canines	Dhanushka Hewapthirana
Study the efficacy of autologous platelet-rich fibrin; Antibacterial effect of PRP	Kabi Seynthan (Preparing document for registration)
"Optimization of a double centrifugation method for preparation of feline platelet rich plasma and clinical application"	Sewwandi Wijesooriya (Preparing documents for registration

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Name of the Supervisor - Prof. Ashoka Dangolla

Research area -

Wildlife specially elephant

Human animal conflict and resolution

Epidemiology of Animal Diseases

Research topic	PG student/s( If any)
Human elephant conflict	Surendrani Cabral
Blood parasites in dogs	Sampath jayathilake