Ravi Kulkarni

Criollo, V., John, F. A., Gaghan, C., Fletcher, O. J., Thachil, A., Crespo, R., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2024). Characterization of immune responses and immunopathology in turkeys experimentally infected with clostridial dermatitis-producing strains of Clostridium septicum. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY, 269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110717

Boone, A. C., Kulkarni, R. R., Cortes, A. L., Gaghan, C., Mohammed, J., Villalobos, T., … Gimeno, I. M. (2024, February 1). Evaluation of Adjuvant Effect of Cytosine-Guanosine-Oligodeoxynucleotide in Meat-Type Chickens Coadministered <i>In Ovo</i> with Herpesvirus of Turkey Vaccine. VIRAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2023.0125

Sharma, S., Kulkarni, R. R., Sharif, S., Hassan, H., Alizadeh, M., Pratt, S., & Abdelaziz, K. (2024). In ovo feeding of probiotic lactobacilli differentially alters expression of genes involved in the development and immunological maturation of bursa of Fabricius in pre-hatched chicks. POULTRY SCIENCE, 103(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103237

Abdelaziz, K., Nixon, T., Joye, A., Hassan, H., Alizadeh, M., Sharif, S., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2024, April 9). Modulation of functional activity of heat-stressed chicken macrophages by poultry-derived probiotic lactobacilli. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2023-0124

Kulkarni, R. R., Gaghan, C., Mohammed, J., Sharif, S., & Taha-Abdelaziz, K. (2023). Cellular Immune Responses in Lymphoid Tissues of Broiler Chickens Experimentally Infected with Necrotic Enteritis–Producing Clostridium perfringens Strains. Avian Diseases, 67(2). https://doi.org/10.1637/aviandiseases-d-23-00012

Gaghan, C., Browning, M., Cortes, A. L., Gimeno, I. M., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2023). Effect of CpG-Oligonucleotide in Enhancing Recombinant Herpes Virus of Turkey-Laryngotracheitis Vaccine-Induced Immune Responses in One-Day-Old Broiler Chickens. VACCINES, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020294

Alizadeh, M., Shojadoost, B., Astill, J., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Karimi, S. H., Bavananthasivam, J., … Sharif, S. (2023, October 9). Effects of <i>in ovo</i> inoculation of multi-strain lactobacilli on cytokine gene expression and antibody-mediated immune responses in chickens (vol 10, 1252518, 2023). FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1252518

Criollo, V., Gaghan, C., John, F., Orozco, E., Thachil, A., Crespo, R., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2023). Immune Response Evaluation in Commercial Turkeys Affected with Clostridial Dermatitis. AVIAN DISEASES, 67(1), 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1637/aviandiseases-D-22-00089

Gaghan, C., Browning, M., Fares, A. M., Abdul-Careem, M. F., Gimeno, I. M., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2023). In Ovo Vaccination with Recombinant Herpes Virus of the Turkey-Laryngotracheitis Vaccine Adjuvanted with CpG-Oligonucleotide Provides Protection against a Viral Challenge in Broiler Chickens. VIRUSES-BASEL, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/v15102103

Boone, A. C., Kulkarni, R. R., Cortes, A. L., Villalobos, T., Esandi, J., & Gimeno, I. M. (2023). In ovo HVT vaccination enhances cellular responses at hatch and addition of poly I:C offers minimal adjuvant effects. VACCINE, 41(15), 2514–2523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.076

Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Singh, M., Sharif, S., Sharma, S., Kulkarni, R. R., Alizadeh, M., … Helmy, Y. A. (2023). [Review of Intervention Strategies to Control Campylobacter at Different Stages of the Food Chain]. MICROORGANISMS, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010113

Gaghan, C., Gorrell, K., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Sharif, S., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2023). Intracloacal Inoculation of Broiler Chickens with Clostridium perfringens Strains: Evaluation of Necrotic Enteritis Disease Development and Lymphoid Immune Responses. MICROORGANISMS, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11030771

Kulkarni, R. R., Gaghan, C., Gorrell, K., & Fletcher, O. J. (2023, January 26). Mucosal and systemic lymphoid immune responses against Clostridium perfringens strains with variable virulence in the production of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. AVIAN PATHOLOGY, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2022.2154195

Adams, D. S., Kulkarni, R. R., Mohammed, J. P., & Crespo, R. (2022). A flow cytometric method for enumeration and speciation of coccidia affecting broiler chickens. VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY, 301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2021.109634

Lieshout, L. P., Rghei, A. D., Cao, W., He, S., Soule, G., Zhu, W., … Wootton, S. K. (2022). AAV-monoclonal antibody expression protects mice from Ebola virus without impeding the endogenous antibody response to heterologous challenge. MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS, 26, 505–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2022.08.003

Kulkarni, R. R., Gaghan, C., & Mohammed, J. (2022). Avian Macrophage Responses to Virulent and Avirulent Clostridium perfringens. PATHOGENS, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010100

Gaghan, C., Adams, D., Mohammed, J., Crespo, R., Livingston, K., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2022). Characterization of vaccine-induced immune responses against coccidiosis in broiler chickens. VACCINE, 40(29), 3893–3902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.043

Shojadoost, B., Alizadeh, M., Boodhoo, N., Astill, J., Karimi, S. H., Doost, J. S., … Sharif, S. (2022, January 19). Effects of Treatment with Lactobacilli on Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens. PROBIOTICS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-021-09901-5

Kairmi, S. H., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Yitbarek, A., Sargolzaei, M., Spahany, H., Astill, J., … Sharif, S. (2022). Effects of therapeutic levels of dietary antibiotics on the cecal microbiome composition of broiler chickens. POULTRY SCIENCE, 101(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.101864

Boyett, T., Crespo, R., Vinueza, V. C., Gaghan, C., Mohammed, J. P., & Kulkarni, R. R. (2022). Enumeration and speciation of coccidia affecting turkeys using flow cytometry method. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POULTRY RESEARCH, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japr.2022.100270

Boodhoo, N., Shojadoost, B., Alizadeh, M., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2022). Ex Vivo Differential Responsiveness to Clostridium perfringens and Lactococcus lactis by Avian Small Intestine Macrophages and T Cells. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.807343

Daneshmand, A., Kermanshahi, H., Mohammed, J., Sekhavati, M. H., Javadmanesh, A., Ahmadian, M., … Kulkarni, R. R. (2022). Intestinal changes and immune responses during Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. POULTRY SCIENCE, 101(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2021.101652

Kulkarni, R. R., Gaghan, C., Gorrell, K., Sharif, S., & Taha-Abdelaziz, K. (2022). [Review of Probiotics as Alternatives to Antibiotics for the Prevention and Control of Necrotic Enteritis in Chickens]. PATHOGENS, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060692

Bavananthasivam, J., Alqazlan, N., Alizadeh, M., Matsuyama-Kato, A., Astill, J., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2022). The Regulatory Microenvironment in Feathers of Chickens Infected with Very Virulent Marek's Disease Virus. VIRUSES-BASEL, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/v14010112

Shojadoost, B., Yitbarek, A., Alizadeh, M., Kulkarni, R. R., Astill, J., Boodhoo, N., & Sharif, S. (2021). [Review of IMMUNOLOGY, HEALTH AND DISEASE]. POULTRY SCIENCE, 100(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.12.027

Alizadeh, M., Shojadoost, B., Boodhoo, N., Astill, J., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Hodgins, D. C., … Sharif, S. (2021). [Review of Necrotic enteritis in chickens: a review of pathogenesis, immune responses and prevention, focusing on probiotics and vaccination]. ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH REVIEWS, 22(2), 147–162. https://doi.org/10.1017/S146625232100013X

Alizadeh, M., Shojadoost, B., Astill, J., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Karimi, S. H., Bavananthasivam, J., … Sharif, S. (2020). Effects of in ovo Inoculation of Multi-Strain Lactobacilli on Cytokine Gene Expression and Antibody-Mediated Immune Responses in Chickens. FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00105

Kulkarni, R. R., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Shojadoost, B., Astill, J., & Sharif, S. (2020). Gastrointestinal diseases of poultry: causes and nutritional strategies for prevention and control. IMPROVING GUT HEALTH IN POULTRY, Vol. 73, pp. 205–236. https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0059.11

Boone, A. C., Kaser, T., Cortes, A. L., Kulkarni, R. R., Abad, B. A. L. de J., Villalobos, T., … Gimeno, I. M. (2020). In ovo vaccination with herpesvirus of turkey enhances innate and cellular responses in meat-type chickens: Effect of vaccine dose and strain. VACCINE, 38(31), 4837–4845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.050

Alkie, T. N., Yitbarek, A., Hodgins, D. C., Kulkarni, R. R., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., & Sharif, S. (2019). [Review of Development of innate immunity in chicken embryos and newly hatched chicks: a disease control perspective]. AVIAN PATHOLOGY, 48(4), 288–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2019.1607966

Shojadoost, B., Kulkarni, R. R., Yitbarek, A., Laursen, A., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Negash Alkie, T., … al. (2019). Dietary selenium supplementation enhances antiviral immunity in chickens challenged with low pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H9N2. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 207, 62–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2018.12.002

Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Astill, J., Kulkarni, R. R., Read, L. R., Najarian, A., Farber, J. M., & Sharif, S. (2019). In vitro assessment of immunomodulatory and anti-Campylobacter activities of probiotic lactobacilli. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54494-3

Barjesteh, N., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2019). Innate antiviral responses are induced by TLR3 and TLR4 ligands in chicken tracheal epithelial cells: Communication between epithelial cells and macrophages. Virology, 534, 132–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2019.06.003

Shojadoost, B., Kulkarni, R. R., Brisbin, J. T., Quinteiro-Filho, W., Alkie, T. N., & Sharif, S. (2019). Interactions between lactobacilli and chicken macrophages induce antiviral responses against avian influenza virus. Research in Veterinary Science, 125, 441–450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.10.007

Laursen, A. M. S., Kulkarni, R. R., Taha-Abdelaziz, K., Plattner, B. L., Read, L. R., & Sharif, S. (2018). Characterizaton of gamma delta T cells in Marek’s disease virus (Gallid herpesvirus 2) infection of chickens. Virology, 522, 56–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2018.06.014

Bhaumik, S. K., Kulkarni, R. R., Weldon, W. C., Silveira, E. L. V., Ahmed, H., Gunisetty, S., … Murali-Krishna, K. (2018). Immune Priming and Long-term Persistence of Memory B Cells After Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in Macaque Models: Support for at least 2 Doses. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(suppl_1), S66–S77. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy634

Bavananthasivam, J., Kulkarni, R. R., Read, L., & Sharif, S. (2018). Reduction of Marek's Disease Virus Infection by Toll-Like Receptor Ligands in Chicken Embryo Fibroblast Cells. Viral Immunology, 31(5), 389–396. https://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2017.0195

Kulkarni, R. R., Villanueva, A. I., Read, L. R., Brisbin, J. T., Bhaumik, S. K., LaMarre, J., … Sharif, S. (2017). CpG oligonucleotide-mediated co-stimulation of mouse invariant natural killer T cells negatively regulates their activation status. Cell and Tissue Research, 369(3), 541–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-017-2631-y

Singh, S. M., Alkie, T. N., Nagy, É., Kulkarni, R. R., Hodgins, D. C., & Sharif, S. (2016). Delivery of an inactivated avian influenza virus vaccine adjuvanted with poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) encapsulated CpG ODN induces protective immune responses in chickens. Vaccine, 34(40), 4807–4813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.009

Hu, J.-L., Yu, H., Kulkarni, R. R., Sharif, S., Cui, S. W., Xie, M.-Y., … Gong, J. (2015). Modulation of cytokine gene expression by selected Lactobacillus isolates in the ileum, caecal tonsils and spleen of Salmonella-challenged broilers. Avian Pathology, 44(6), 463–469. https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2015.1086725

Kulkarni, R. R., Rasheed, M. A. U., Bhaumik, S. K., Ranjan, P., Cao, W., Davis, C., … Murali-Krishna, K. (2014). Activation of the RIG-I Pathway during Influenza Vaccination Enhances the Germinal Center Reaction, Promotes T Follicular Helper Cell Induction, and Provides a Dose-Sparing Effect and Protective Immunity. Journal of Virology, 88(24), 13990–14001. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02273-14

Villanueva, A. I., Haeryfar, S. M. M., Mallard, B. A., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2014). Functions of invariant NK T cells are modulated by TLR ligands and IFN-α. Innate Immunity, 21(3), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1753425914527327

Kulkarni, R. R., Villanueva, A. I., Elawadli, I., Jayanth, P., Read, L. R., Mansour Haeryfar, S. M., & Sharif, S. (2012). Costimulatory activation of murine invariant natural killer T cells by toll-like receptor agonists. Cellular Immunology, 277(1-2), 33–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2012.06.002

Mallick, A. I., Kulkarni, R. R., St. Paul, M., Parvizi, P., Nagy, É., Behboudi, S., & Sharif, S. (2012). Vaccination with CpG-Adjuvanted Avian Influenza Virosomes Promotes Antiviral Immune Responses and Reduces Virus Shedding in Chickens. Viral Immunology, 4, 120418071632002. https://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2011.0085

Mallick, A. I., Haq, K., Brisbin, J. T., Mian, M. F., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2011). Assessment of Bioactivity of a Recombinant Chicken Interferon-Gamma Expressed Using a Baculovirus Expression System. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 31(6), 493–500. https://doi.org/10.1089/jir.2010.0130

Villanueva, A. I., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2011). Synthetic double-stranded RNA oligonucleotides are immunostimulatory for chicken spleen cells. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 35(1), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.08.001

Jiang, Y.-F., Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., Poppe, C., Roland, K. L., & Prescott, J. F. (2010). Assessment of 2 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium-based vaccines against necrotic enteritis in reducing colonization of chickens by Salmonella serovars of different serogroups. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, 74(4), 264–270.

Kulkarni, R., Behboudi, S., & Sharif, S. (2010). Insights into the role of Toll-like receptors in modulation of T cell responses. Cell and Tissue Research, 343(1), 141–152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-010-1017-1

Kulkarni, R. R., Haeryfar, S. M., & Sharif, S. (2010). The invariant NKT cell subset in anti-viral defenses: a dark horse in anti-influenza immunity? Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 88(4), 635–643. https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.0410191

Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., Jiang, Y.- F., & Prescott, J. F. (2009). A Live Oral Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Expressing Clostridium perfringens Antigens Confers Protection against Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 17(2), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00406-09

Jiang, Y., Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., & Prescott, J. F. (2009). Immunization of Broiler Chickens Against Clostridium perfringens–Induced Necrotic Enteritis Using Purified Recombinant Immunogenic Proteins. Avian Diseases, 53(3), 409–415. https://doi.org/10.1637/8656-021109-reg.1

Chalmers, G., Bruce, H. L., Hunter, D. B., Parreira, V. R., Kulkarni, R. R., Jiang, Y.-F., … Boerlin, P. (2008). Multilocus Sequence Typing Analysis of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Necrotic Enteritis Outbreaks in Broiler Chicken Populations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46(12), 3957–3964. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01548-08

Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., Sharif, S., & Prescott, J. F. (2008). Oral immunization of broiler chickens against necrotic enteritis with an attenuated Salmonella vaccine vector expressing Clostridium perfringens antigens. Vaccine, 26(33), 4194–4203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.05.079

Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., Sharif, S., & Prescott, J. F. (2007). Immunization of Broiler Chickens against Clostridium perfringens-Induced Necrotic Enteritis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 14(9), 1070–1077. https://doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00162-07

Brisbin, J. T., Haghighi, H., Kulkarni, R. R., & Sharif, S. (2007). Regulation of the intestinal immune system by commensal microbiota in avian and ruminant species. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2(8), 11–19.

Kulkarni, R. R., Parreira, V. R., Sharif, S., & Prescott, J. F. (2006). Clostridium perfringens Antigens Recognized by Broiler Chickens Immune to Necrotic Enteritis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13(12), 1358–1362. https://doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00292-06

Thompson, D. R., Parreira, V. R., Kulkarni, R. R., & Prescott, J. F. (2006). Live attenuated vaccine-based control of necrotic enteritis of broiler chickens. Veterinary Microbiology, 113(1-2), 25–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.10.015

Rao, J. R., Mishra, A. K., & Kulkarni, R. R. (1999). Development of a precocious strain of Eimeria tenella: Preliminary observations. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 13(2), 107–110.

Kulkarni, R. R., Rao, J. R., Omanwar, S., & Singh, R. K. (1999). Eimeria tenella: Isolation, purification and protein profile of merozoite and oocysts wall proteins of a strain of Eimeria tenella selected for precociousness. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 13(2), 119–123.