Dr. Maansi

Research Areas / Areas of Interest

• Zoonoses, Food Safety, Epidemiology

Research Projects

• Principal Investigator of ICAR funded project (TSP) “Sustainable Livelihood and Economic Empowerment of Tribal Families of Uttarakhand through Backyard Poultry Farming” from 2024-25.

Co-PI (externally funded — ICAR)

• “All India Network Programme on ‘One Health Approach to Zoonotic Diseases’ (AINP-OH)” — ongoing project from 2024.
• “Dairy Microbes under the scheme entitled Veterinary Type Culture in XI Five Year Plans” from 2011 till 2020.
• “Outreach Programme on Zoonotic Diseases in XI and XII Five Year Plans” from 2011 till 2020.

Publications

• Review articles: 07
• Research Papers: 55
• Books: 03
• Book Chapters: 24
• Popular articles: 55

Selected Research Publications

1. Sharma J, Kumar D, Hussain S, Pathak A, Shukla M, Prasanna KV, Anisha PN, Rautela R, Upadhyay AK and Singh SP. 2019. Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes characterization of nontyphoidal Salmonella isolated from retail chicken meat shops in Northern India. Food Control 102: 104-111.
2. Kumar SV, Maansi and Upadhyay AK. 2025. Molecular typing of Salmonella Typhimurium isolates using repetitive sequence-based PCR: Insights into genetic relatedness beyond antibiotic resistance. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 95(5): 404–411.
3. Nagpal A, Maansi and Upadhyay AK. 2025. Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates belonging to layer breeds and the farm environment. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 95(2): 149–154.
4. Ansari I, Shukla M, Upadhyay AK, Sanower and Kamboj A. 2025. Assessment of thermophilic Campylobacter load in surface water bodies of Uttarakhand Province of India through real-time qPCR assay. Indian J. Anim. Res. 1–8.
5. Ansari I, Maansi, Kamboj A and Upadhyay A. 2025. Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter and Salmonella species from water sources in Uttarakhand, India: Assessing colistin resistance in the isolates. Vet. Ital. 61(1). DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.3561.26916.3.