Nanotechnology Theranostics in Livestock Diseases and Management, 1st ed. 2024
Livestock Diseases and Management Series

This book reviews various applications of nanotechnology in the prophylactic, diagnostic, and therapeutic management of livestock diseases. The initial section discusses the strategies for the synthesis of nanomaterials and characterization of different nanomaterials. The subsequent chapters explore the role of nanoparticles in the diagnosis of diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi. The book also examines the nano sensors that are used for point-of-care diagnosis of various livestock diseases.

Dr. Minakshi has been professor & Head in the Department of Animal Biotechnology, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), and currently working as ICAR-Scientist E in National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar, India. Her research interest is in bioinformatics and biotechnology with specialization in viruses; molecular characterization, diagnosis and vaccine design, study of genome analysis and diversity among viruses. She has been conferred with various prestigious awards notably, International Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 by PISRF(I) in Thailand, International Research Ratna Award, Malaysia. She has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in microbiology and biotechnology, molecular diagnosis, forensics, vaccinology, comparative genomics, bioinformatics. She has also published more than 160 research articles in the peer-reviewed international journals and authored or co-authored books and book chapters. She is serving as Editor-in-Chief in Indian Journal of Microbiology (Springer). She is a Fellow and member of many international scientific societies and organizations importantly, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India; the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, International Academy of Biosciences, UK.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar is working as scientist in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India. Earlier, he was engaged as an assistant professor, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, Kerala, India. His research interest is in reproductive physiology, environmental physiology, proteomics and metabolomics, nanotechnology, antioxidant, and redox biology. Dr. Kumar has to his credit a patent for the development of diagnosis method of anestrous animals which have genetic linkage. He has been awarded with several prestigious fellowships and worked as referee for sever