Head of Department - Clinical Veterinary Sciences & Lecturer in Large Animal Medicine (Food Bias)

School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, EWMSC Mt. Hope, Trinidad, West Indies

Telephone: (868) 645-3232 Ext. 4232

Email: Anil.Persad@sta.uwi.edu


Dr. Anil Persad is a Lecturer in Large Animal Medicine (Food Bias) at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of the West Indies. He completed his DVM in 2007 from the University of the West Indies, before proceeding on a Fulbright Fellowship in 2011 to The Ohio State University where he completed the MS (2013) and PhD (2016) programmes at the Food Animal Health Research Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University. His research focussed on the epidemiology of bacterial foodborne pathogens.  His career goal is to improve the standard of healthcare provided to food animals, investigate novel sources of antibiotic resistance bacteria and to increase pre-harvest food safety in the Caribbean and Latin America.  

Qualifications

  • DVM, The University of the West Indies 2007
  • MS Comparative and Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 2013
  • PhD Comparative and Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 2016
  • Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL), The University of the West Indies, 2018

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and Ecology of Foodborne Pathogens
  • Veterinary Epidemiology
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Swine Production and Health

Professional Experience

  • 2017 - present Lecturer – Large Animal Medicine (Food bias), School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies
  • November 2019 - Expert Panel Member on Antimicrobial Resistance in Horticulture, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome, Italy
  • 2011 - 2016 Graduate Research Associate/ Fellow, The Ohio State University, (Professor Jeffrey LeJeune Laboratory)
  • 2009 - 2011 Research Assistant/Instructor Animal Health, The University of Trinidad and Tobago
  • 2007 - 2009 Teaching Assistant, The University of the West Indies

Professional Memberships

  • Trinidad and Tobago Veterinary Association (TTVA)
  • International Association for Food Protection

Courses Taught

  • VETM 1006 – Biostatistics
  • VETM 1007 – Clinical Skills (Year 1)
  • VETM 2211 – Animal Production II (Swine Production)
  • VETM 2012 – Clinical Skills (Year 2)
  • VETM 3006 – Clinical Skills (Year 3)
  • VETM 3017 – Food Safety/Hygiene (Preharvest Food Safety)
  • VETM 4004 - Theriogenology
  • VETM 4211 – Large Animal Medicine 1
  • VETM 5210 – Large Animal Clinics.

Publications and Presentations

Dr. Anil Persad's publications.docx


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