Dr. Zunita Zakaria
Doctor of Philosophy.(2002) - Universiti Putra Malaysia
Masters of Science.(1998) - Universiti Putra Malaysia
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) (1994) - Universiti  Malaya

 

 

E-mail : zunita@vet.upm.edu.my
Telephone : 603-90468339
Field of expertise : Microbiology
Teaching :

VPM2001  - Animal Health I
VPM3411  - Veterinary Microbiology
VPK3711  - Veterinaty Clinic II (Bacteriology)
VPM5430  - Methods in Veterinary Microbiology
VPM5410  - Special topics in Veterinary Microbiology

VPM5451  - Animal Molecular Biology

Research interest : Bacteriology and molecular biology
Current research :

Development of an alternative vaccine for haemorragic septicaemia in cattle and buffaloes.
Studies on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Selected publications :

“Epidemiology of HS cattle and buffaloes in Malaysia: What is known and what holds for the future” (2005) A.A. Saharee, N.B. Salim, L. Hassan, Z. Zunita, M. Zamri Saad. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 16-20.

“A prospective study on Pasteurella multocida B2 carrier status of cattle in endemic and nonendemic areas in Peninsular Malaysia” (2005) K.S. Bisht, L. Hassan, A.A. Saharee, Z. Zunita, N.B. Salim, M.H.M. Naheed, P. Karuppanan, M. Zamri Saad. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 21-31.

“Goats as experimental model to study infection by Pasteurella multocida B2” (2005)   Z.A. Ernie, M. Zamri Saad, M.Y. Sabri, Z.Zunita. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 37-40.

“Experimental infection of calves with Pasteurella multocida serotype B2”(2005) E.M. Amna, S. Jasni, Z. Zunita, S.A. Suri, A.R. Omar and M. Zamri Saad. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 41-44.

“Cloning of ABA392 DNA fragment from Pasteurella multocida serotype B2”(2005) Z. Dzarifah, B. Siti Khairani, Z. Zunita and A.R. Raha. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 65-67.

“Disruption of the glutamate dehydrogenase (gdha) gene of Pasteurella multocida serotype B2” (2005) S.O. Sarah, M. Zamri Saad, Z.Zunita, A.R. Raha. Proceeding of the Regional Symposium on Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 2005. p 68-73.

“Occurrence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in cats and dogs.” (2005) W.S. Ng, Z. Zunita, Y.M. Goh and A.R. Raha.  Proceeding of the 17th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress. Pg. 43-45.

“Characterisation of Pasteurella multocida  outbreak isolates using REP-PCR and single Primer-PCR. (2005) K. Bisht, Z. Zunita, N. Salim, L. Hassan and A.A. Saharee. Proceeding of the 17th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress. Pg. 152-154.

“Sequencing and expression of fimbrial gene of Pasteurella multocida B:2” (2004) A. Ernie, M. Zamri Saad, Z. Zunita, A.R. Omar, B. Siti Khairani and M.Y Sabri.  Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 4(1):254-259.

“In-vitro study on antimicrobial activities or Orgacids against some important bacteria.” (2004) Z. Zunita, Y.M.Goh, S. Hajaraih, N. Jefri, M.H. Latiffah and S.K. Ang.  Proceeding of the 11th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine & 16th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress, pg 340-342.

“Preliminary in vitro study on antibacterial activity of swiflet bird’s nest”. (2004)  Suriya, R., Z. Zunita, Y. Rosnina, A. Fadzillah and L. Hassan. Proceeding of the 11th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine & 16th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress, pg 344-346

“Outbreak investigation of haemorrhagic septicaemia in buffalo and cattle in Perak, Malaysia.” (2004) Bisht, K.S., Hassan, L.,Saharee, A.A., Zunita, Z. and Nadzri, S. (2004) Proceeding of the 11th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine & 16th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress, pg 263-266.

“A preliminary study of ulcerative disease in Koi Carps (Cyprinus carpio, Linnaues) (2004) Hassan, M.D., Butprom,S, Noordin, M.M., and Zunita, Z. Proceeding of the 11th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine & 16th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress, pg 316-318.
 

 

 

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