Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Paratuberculosis, Canine Ehrlichia, Toxicopathology Studies

Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, India

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Dr. Kumthekar received a MVSc in Veterinary Pathology (2002), with distinction, from Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai (India) and a BVSc & AH, (1998), with 1st class, from MAU Parbhani (India). Academic awards received during this time include Young Scientist Award in the Pathology Conference held at Palampur (India), in September 2002, for the best paper entitled “Immunopathology of Squamous cell carcinoma,” and the Gold Medal for securing highest CGPA during BVSc.

Dr. Kumthekar worked as Research Associate, at Bombay Veterinary College (India) from 2001 to 2004 and during that time successfully separated and characterized protein fractions from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigens from bovine eye cancer cases by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and researched assessment of cell mediated & humoral immune responses in cattle affected by squamous cell carcinoma affected cattle.

Dr. Kumthekar began his teaching career at St. George’s University, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004 as a Teaching Associate, in 2006 as an Instructor, in 2008 as an Assistant Professor, and since 2011 as an Associate Professor in Clinical Pathology.

Dr. Kumthekar is involved in various Research Projects at SGU. Currently he is working on Transmissible Venereal tumors in dogs and other infectious agents in domestic animals.

S M Kumthekar, R M Kabuusu, H Larkin, A Chikweto. Veterinary cytological findings and some histological comparisions. West Indian Veterinary Journal, Vol. 6, No.1, November 2006, Pp. 13

A.Chikweto, S.M. Kumthekar, M.I. Bhaiyat, H. Larkin, and K. P.Tiwari;  Genital and Extragenital Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor in Dogs in Grenada, West Indies, 2011 ACVP abstracts, Veterinary Pathology (Online),  Diagnostic Pathology 47-129, Abstract no. 66, 

A.Chikweto, S.Kumthekar, Tiwari K, Nyack B, Deokar MS, Stratton G, Macpherson CN, Sharma RN, Dubey JP.; Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pigs, sheep, goats and cattle from Grenada and Carriacou, West Indies. J.Parasitology,; 97(5): 950-951, 2011

Marta Lanza-Paerea, Sachin M. Kumthekar, Arathy Sabarinath, Sandor E. Karpathy, Ravindra N. Sharma and Diana M. Stone ; Doxycycline treatment of asymptomatic dogs seropositive for Ehrlichia canis,; West Indian Veterinary Journal, 9 (2) 11-13, 2009.

Richard Mugwanya Kabuusu, Sachin M Kumthekar, Hugh Larkin, Donna F. Strou, “Characteristics of Transmissible Venereal Tumors of Dogs in Grenada, West Indies”, Proceedings, 29th World Veterinary Congress held at Vancouver, Canada, July 2008, Pp.1416

Kumthekar SM. Hematological & biochemical changes in dogs affected with Transmissible venereal tumors (TVT) from Grenada

Cytogenetic studies on Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TVT) in dogs from Grenada.

Seroprevalence of canine Leishmania, Americal Trypanosomiasis and canine brucellosis in Grenada.

Studies on Expression pattern of certain molecular tumor markers in the tumors of dogs and cats.

PRRS in pigs from Grenada, 2012-2013