Name: Dr. Arup Kumar Samanta

Qualification: Ph.D.

Designation:  Professor

Department: Animal Nutrition

Major Field: Animal Nutrition

Specializing Field: Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Nutrition

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: 9862335446

Academic identity: 

Google Scholar ID- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3ptkEDIAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID- https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5813-4657

Projects Details:

Sl.No.	Title of the project	Type of the project(EFRP/AICRP/IRP) & Funding Organization	PI/Co-PI/	Duration	Total sanction amount	Status
1	Role of Phytobiotics as alternative to antibiotic growth promoters on performance of weanling pig and poultry	EFRP (DBT, Govt. of India)	PI	3 years	Rs.61.57 lakhs	Completed
2	Studies on antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of medicinal plant extracts from North Eastern India against pathogenic bacteria isolated from pigs, cattle and poultry of NER India and cattle, poultry and ducks of West Bengal” as Co-PI	EFRP(DBT, Govt. of India)	Co-PI	3 yeras	Rs. 150.00 lakhs	Completed
3	Studies on the effect of different herbal preparation on wound healing and angiogenesis	EFRP(DBT, Govt. of India)	Co-PI	3 years	Rs 55.51 lakhs	Completed
4.	Effect of feeding compressed  complete feed block on nutrient utilization, blood biochemical constituents and milk production in lactating coe	IRP ( CAU, Imphal)	PI	1 year	Rs. 1.47 lakhs	Completed
5.	Development of Small Scale Bamboo-Based Silage Making Technology and Effect of Feeding Silage  on Performance of Growing Cattle	Multi Disciplinary IRP (CAU, Imphal)	PI	3 years	Rs 2.99 lakhs	Completed
6.	Clinico –therapeutic studies on demodecosis & flea allergy dermatitis (FAD) in dogs	IRP ( CAU, Imphal)	Co-PI	I year	Rs 1.0 lakh	Completed
7.	ICAR-All India coordinated research project(AICRP) on Pig	EFRP (ICAR, Govt. of India)	Co-PI	2008 to till date	Rs 40 -50 lakhs	Ongoing
8.	Institute Biotech Hub ( Phase-II)	EFRP ( DBT, Govt. of India)	Co-PI	3 years	Rs 32.0 lakhs	Ongoing

Publications:

1. No. of Research Articles  : 62

2. No. of Review Articles    : 10

3. No. of Popular Articles    : 05

4. No. of Book Chapters      : 07

5. List of Top Five Publications:

• Samanta, A. K., Dass, R. S., Rawat, M., Mishra, S. C. and. Mehra, U. R. (2004). Effect of different levels of vitamin E supplementation on serum tocopherol and immune status of crossbred calves. Asian Australian Journal of Animal Sciences. 19 (4): 500-506.

• Samanta,A.K and Dass, R.S. (2007). Effect of Vitamin E supplementation on       performance of crossbred calves. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 24(4):230-232.

• Choudury, S.,Mandal, G., Patra, A. K., Kumar, P., Samanta, I., Pradhan, S. and Samanta, A.K (2018). Different essential oils in diets of broiler chickens:2. Gut microbes and morphology,immune response, and some blood profile and antioxidant enzymes. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 236:39-47.

• Temjennungsang, Samanta, A.K., Ali, M.A., Das, B.K. and Kalita G. (2020). Effect of feeding palm oil sludge as partial replacement of maize in growing -finishing pigs on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and blood profiles. Journal of Oil Palm Research. 33(2):335-346.

• Samanta, A.K., Gali, J. M. Rao.,Dutta, T. K.Rajkhowa, T.K, Mandal, G.P. and Patra, A.(2021).Effect of dietary phytobiotic mixture on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and immunity in weaned piglets. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 53 :459-472.