DEPARTMENT OF UDDER HEALTH AND MASTITIS CONTROL AND NATIONAL MASTITIS REFERENCE CENTER: Head, Dr. A. Saran

DEPARTMENT OF RESIDUE CONTROL IN FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN: Head, Dr. S. Soback
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND FEED HYGIENE:Head, Dr. V.Fuchs
 

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY AND MYCOLOGY: Head, Daniel Elad, D.V.M., Ph.D.
 
 

Name	Title	Specialization	Areas of interest
Elad, D.	D.V.M, Ph.D..	Microbiology	Neonatal diseases  Antibacterial drug resistance Mycobacteria  Botulism  Mycology
Bernstein, M.	. B.V.M.S., M.R.C.V.S.	Microbiology	Livestock abortions. Chlamydiosis  Q fever.  Leptospirosis.  Animal reproduction.
Banai, M.	Ph.D..	Microbiology	Brucellosis (OIE reference laboratory) Molecular microbiology
Bardenstein, Svetlana	D.V.M., Ph.D.	Microbiology	Brucellosis
Baum, Miriam	M.Sc.	Microbiology	Serology and immunology of Brucellosis.
Katz, Ella	M.Sc.	Microbiology Parasitology	Serology of Brucellosis.
Mayer, Irene	D.V.M.	Microbiology	Brucellosis
Baider, Z.	D.V.M.	Brucellosis	Brucellosis
Irlin, S.	Ph.D	Bacteriology Immunology,	Leptospirosis
Shlomovitz, S.	Lab. Tech	Bacteriology	General diagnostics
Yacobovitch, Y.	Lab. Tech	Bacteriology	Livestock abortions
Grinberg, K.	Lab. Tech	Bacteriology	Mycobacteria  Botulism

 
 
 
 
 

LIST OF PROJECTS
 
 
 

Project	Title	Staff
	Development of a modified Brucella vaccine	Banai, M., et al
	Characterizaiton of attenuated REV 1 Brucella melitensis mutants - BARD project	Banai, M., Bardenstein, S.
	Involvement of yeasts in calf diarrheas	Elad, D., Brenner, Y.
	Abortions in cattle - multidisciplinary survey	Bernstein, M.
	Epidemiolgy of resistance to antibacterial drugs in Israel	Elad, D.
	Development of computerized communication network in the Middle east region	Elad, D., Yacobson, B.

 
 
 
 
 
 

FISHERY PRODUCTS LABORATORY: Head, Dr. A. Gelman
 

Name	Title	Specialization	Areas  of  interest
Gelman, A.	Ph.D. Dr. Sc.	Biology. Parasitology,.  Blochemistry and Technology of Fish	Biochemistry and quality control Enzymes of digestion systems..  Development of new fishery products  Parasitology of imported fish  Shelf life prolongation of chilled fish
Glatman,L.	Ph.D.	Quality control, Fish technology and bacteriology	Development of new fishery products Shelf life prolongation of chilled fish  Fish lipids oxidation..  Jellyfish biochemistry.
Drabkin, V.	. D.V.M.	Quality control biochemistry of fish	Enzymes of digestion systems Biochemistry and quality control Parasitology of imported fish.
Gabai, I.	M.D., Ph.D.	Biotechnology and new products	Quality control and molecular genetics
Chechik, C.	MSc	Quality control, biochemistry of fish	Enzymes of digestion systems. Biochemistry and quality control Shelf life prolongatilledon of chiled fish

 
 

LIST OF PROJECTS
 
 
 

Project	Title	Staff
	Shelf life prolongation of chilled fish.	Gelman, A., Glatman, L Drabkin,V.
	Use of lactobacteria for development of new fisf products	Gelman, A., Glatman, L Drabkin, V.
	Fish DNA  determination	Gelman, A.,. Drabkin, V.

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF UDDER HEALTH AND MASTITIS CONTROL AND NATIONAL MASTITIS REFERENCE CENTER

Head, Dr. A. Saran
 
 
 

Name	Title	Specialization	Areas  of  interest
Saran, A.	D.V.M.	Microbiology      Milk hygiene	Mastitis control and therapy Animal Husbandry      Drug registration
Leitner, G.	Ph.D.	Immunology	Mammary gland and avian immunology Udder health & Milk quality.
Chaffer, M.	D.V.M.	Vet. Medicine	Milk Microbiology and Mastitis
Winkler, M.	Med. Lab. Tech.	Milk microbiology
Glickman, A.	Med. Lab. Tech.	Milk residues, Somatic cells
Weisblit, L.	Med. Lab. Tech.	Milk microbiology
Younis, A.	D.V.M.	Ph.D. student	Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors
Krifuksw, O.	Ph.D.	Immunology	Phagocytosis and intracelullar killing

 
 
 
 

LIST OF PROJECTS
 
 
 

Project	Title	Staff
	Systemic dry-cow treatment against sub-clinical udder infection	Saran, A., Chaffer, M., Winkler, M., Glickman, A., Weisblit, L.
	Clinicopathology of induced colimastitis. and its therapy	Saran, A., Chaffer, M.,Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Intramammary and intraductal therapy and the problem of inhibitory substances in milk.	Saran, A., Chaffer, M., Glickman, A.
	The epidemiology and immunology of Staphylococcal and coliform mastitis.	Saran, A., Leitner, G., Chaffer, M.,  Glickman, A., Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Cytokines and immunological defenses of the mammary gland	Leitner, G., Saran, A., Chaffer, M.,  Glickman, A., Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Somatic cells, NAGase and conductivity in milk as markers of udder health and milk quality.	Saran, A., Chaffer, M., Glickman, A.
	Efficacy of disinfectants by means of bioluminiscence and excised teats techniques.	Saran, A., Glickman, A., Chaffer, M., Winkler, M. Weisblit, L.
	Microbiological and quality traits characterization of camel's milk.	Saran, A., Yagil, R., Chaffer, M., Leitner, G., Glickman, A., Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) in bovine mastitis	Chaffer, M., Saran, A., Leitner, G., Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Immunogenetics in the control of mastitis	Leitner, G., Saran, A., Chaffer, M.
	Differential milk somatic cell counting in bovine and ovine herds	Leitner, G., Saran, A., Chaffer, M.
	Vaccination against staphylococcal infection of the mammary gland	Leitner, G., Saran, A., Chaffer, M., Krifucks, O..
	E. coli 0157 in the dairy herds	Chaffer, M., Winkler, M., Weisblit, L.
	Immunochemical sensor for the detection of bacterioa in milk	Saran, A., Leitner, G.
	Non-agalactiae sreptococci pathogenicity in the mammary gland	Saran, A., Leitner, G.
	Vaccination aganst pseudomonas infection in sheep and goats	Leitner, G., Saran, A.,

DEPARTMENT OF RESIDUE CONTROL IN FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN Head, Dr. S. Soback
 
 
 
 
 

Name	Title	Specialization	Areas  of  interest
Soback, Stefan	D.V.M. Ph.D	Pharmacokinetics	Residue free drug treatment. Methods for residue detection  Cephalosporins, Fluoroquinolones.
Barel, Shimon	Ph.D	Chemistry	Confirmatory methods, GC/LC/MS Mycotoxins.
Savransky, Sofia	Ph.D	Microbiology	Microbiological methods for residue detection.
Pasehansky, Ella	MSc	Microbiology	Sample preparation. Microbiological assays.
Bridzy, Malka	Msc	Chemistry	LC/MS heavy metals and Chemicals (HPLC) antibiotic assay
Jankonescu, Ilana	Ph.D.	Immunology	Immunological residue control methods.
Benita, Rica	B.Sc.	Chemistry	Q.A., Chemical residue methods Aminoglycoside analysis
Yakov, Truso	Lab. Tech.	Chemistry	Chemical residue methods
Efram, Salomon	Lab. Tech.	Chemistry	Pesticide residues
	Lab. Tech.	Chemistry	Heavy metals and Chemicals (HPLC) antibiotic assay
Ling, Orly	Secretary

Project .	Title	Staff
	Development of residue control methods for fluoroquinolones	Bridzy
	Development of confirmatory methods for steroidal hormones	Barel, Soback
	Pharmacokinetics of fluoroquinolones in ruminants	Soback
	Residue kinetics of sulphonamides in poultry.	Bridzy, Soback
	Residue kinetics of oxytetracycline in calves.	Benita, Soback
	Residue kinetics for chlortetracycline in poultry.	Benita, Soback
	Pharmacokinetics of Tazobactam in newborns	Bridzy, Soback
	Pharmacokinetics of losartan in man.	Soback
	Pharmacokinetics of gentamycinin dog.	Soback, Benita
	Pharmacokinetics of levetiracetam in dog.	Soback

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND FEED HYGIENE: Head, Dr. V. Fuchs

 

Name	Title	Specialisation	Areas of interes
Fuchs, Valeria	D.V.M.	Microbiology	Isolation and identification of food borne infective agents. Food hygiene
Maler, Ilana	D.V.M.	Microbiology	Food borne pathogens.
Koslik, Julia	Med. Ass.	Microbiology	Lab. quality control.
Richterman, Rosa	M.D.  Myg.	Microbiology	Lab. quality control.
Albert, Menachem	B.Se.	Microbiology	Food borne pathogens
Yudith, Engelman	Tech. Ass.	Chemistry	Lab. techniques

Last update 01/10/2000