Faculty

 BVSc&AH, MVSc, Ph.D

 HELMINTHOLOGY AND PARASITE CONTROL

• VETERINARY SURGEON IN AHD : 12 YEARS
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR : 13 YEARS, 10 months 

• Post Graduate teacher  :   10 years

• Junior Research Fellowship of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for MVSc  Programme (1995)
• Second Best Poster Award (2014) in the National Ccongess of Veterinary parasitology held at Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala. (National level)
• Best oral presentation in the Asian Regional Conference on GOATS (2018)HELD AT Jaipur 22-26,October 2018
• Third Beat Paper in the National Seminar on Environmental protection for improved animal and human health organized  by IVA and KVASU12-15/5/2020
• Best poster presentation in International conference on “Convergence of Technology and Policy for sustainable meat production ’’ from 25^th to 28^th October 2021 at Meat Technology Unit, Thrissur, Kerala
• Best Thesis in Veterinary Parasitology Mrs Saraswathi Anandan  award  of Indian Association for the advancement of Veterinary Parasitology  for the year 2021
• Best oral presentation in 30^th NCVP and National symposium on Fundamentals of Integrated Parasite Management and its relevance in one health 14-16 December, 2021
• Best oral presentation award in conference on Advances in Microbial Technologies Dec 1-2, 2021 at Amity University , Rajasthan.
• Best oral presentation in session Farm animal health in the 13^th Veterinary science Congress, 13-14^th November 2021at CVAS, Mannuthy
• Best oral presentation in National seminar and annual conference on Prospects and potential of small ruminant production for enhancing income under changing scenarios at ICAR- CSWRI, Avikanagar, Rajasthan10-12 November 2022
• Second best poster presentation in 14^th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress 12 to 13^th November 2022 at CVAS, Mannuthy.

• 21 days training on “Recombinant DNA tools and cell culture techniques October 10-october 30th 28,2012 at Dept. of Animal Biotechnology, COVS, LLRUVAS, Hisar
• 7 days training on “Hands on training on basic molecular biology techniques” at Centre for advanced studies in animal genetics and breeding, CoVAS, Mannuthy.
• British council sponsored International Workshop “Companion Animal welfare :in clinical Training and Shelter Medicine” at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy during February 18-22, 2013.
• Three days training on “Training in SPSS” organised by Department of Statistics , College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Mannuthy. September6-7,2013
• Three days training on “Hands on training on Bioinformatics Tools” at Centre for advanced studies in animal genetics and breeding CoVAS, Mannuthy.
• Three days training on Analytical techniques used in veterinary and animal sciences at Central Instrumentation laboratory
• Orientation training from 24.10.2015 to 20.11.2015 at Academic Staff College, Calicut University, Kerala.
• Application of ICT in Animal Husbandry Teaching, Research and Extension’– Three day training organised at KFRI Peechi on 6,7 and 8th of September,2016.
• Two days workshop addressing dog medicine, behavior and population management by KVASU and Royal Dick school of veterinary studies 28th and 29th November,2016
• Onedya HRD training on Effect of Motivatio on Institutional development organized by Academic Staff College, KVASU on March 15th 2018
• HRD training programme on “Moving towards Professional excellence” organized by Academic Staff College, KVASU, on 23rd March, 2019 at CVAS,Mannuthy
• Fourteen days training on Skill development training on molecular biology and bioinformatics tools for advanced life science research at School of Applied animal Production and Biotechnology from 1/8/2019-14/8/2019
• Current concepts in biomethodology and phytopharmacology -web based training 20-11-20 to 3-12-20. Dept. of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Insight into diagnosis and control of parasitic diseases for enhanced livestock production , VCRI, Orathanadu, TANUVAS.7-8/12/20
• Online training on recent advances in Veterinary Parasitology- a paradigm shift Department of Vet. Parasitology, CVAS, Jabalpur.
• New horizon of canine diagnosis diagnostic and therapeutics . PGIVAS, Akola, Maharashtra. 22-26^th June 2021
• MOOC training on digital assessment , evaluation methodologies NAARM , Sep 1-30^th 2022
• MOOC, training on digital teaching technique, NAARM, October 1-30, 20
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• K Syamala, K Devada and G,K,Nair ( 2004) Sensitivity of modified agglutination test in the diagnosis of caprine toxoplasmosis ..J.Vet. Anim. Sci.35: 46-48
• K Syamala,K, Devada and K.M Pillai .(2007) Carbon immune assay: A simple and rapid serodiagnostic test for caprine toxoplasmosis . J.Vet. Anim. Sci.38(2007) 14-15
• K.Syamala,K, Devada and .K.M Pillai .(2008)Diagnosis of caprine toxoplasmosis by latex agglutination test. .. J.Vet. Anim. Sci. 38(2008)53-54
• K. Syamala, K .Devada and K.M.Pillai.(2007) Cultivation of Toxoplasma tachyzoites in duck embryos. J.Vet. Anim. Sci.38:72-73
• Marykutty Thomas and K Syamala (2016) Efficacy of FAMACHA© eye colour chart in the assessment of parasite load and anaemia in goats of humid tropics .Ind. Vet. J. 93 (02):54-56
• Marykutty Thomas and K. Syamala (2016). Breed difference in tick count and its association with skin characteristics in crossbred cattle. Ind. Vet. J. 93(05):32-35
• Deepa Chirayath, K.Syamala, Silpa Sasi and Rajin, T.R. (2017) Partial seizure in puppies due to Otodectus cynotis infestation-a report. of two cases. J.Vet.Anim.Sci. 48(2):103-104
• Marykutty Thomas  and K.Syamala ( 2017). Sensitivity and specificity of the FAMACHA© system in Attappady black goats of Kerala. Ind. J.of Small rum. 23(2)204-207
• Syamala, K., Devada,K., Bindu,L., Raji,K., Thirupathy, V.R and Lucy Sabu (2021). Impact of climatic variables on the epidemiology of strongylosis in goats of Kerala. J. Indian Vet. Assoc. 19(1): 75-81
• R. Karthika, K. Devada, Bindu,L, K.Syamala, K. Vijayakumar and G.M.Pooja (2021). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii  in aborted goats in Kerala.  J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 52(2): 166-170
• Raveendran,R., Syamala,K., Lakshmanan,B., Rajagopal,A., Thomas,M. and Devada,K. 2023. Incidence of gastro-intestinal strongylosis during monsoon seasons in native goat breeds of Kerala. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(1):234-238 

• C.P. Athira, K. Syamala and B. Lakshmanan (2023) Sustainable management of gastro intestinal strongylosis with limited chemotherapy.J.Ind. Vet. Assoc 20(3) 85-92

•  Reena, S.N,Lakshmanan,B;  Nair,S. N;  Syamala, K;  Radhika, R; Krishnanunni; P.K. and Chandana, S.D.(2023).Adult immersion test for assessment of amitraz resistance in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks . J.Vet.Anim. Sci. 54(2):532-536