Dr Ganapathy is a lecturer in infectious diseases (poultry) at the University of Liverpool. He is engaged with research, teaching, poultry consultations and CPDs, focusing on molecular immunopathogenesis, diagnosis, control and prevention of poultry infectious respiratory diseases. His research focuses on avian respiratory pathogens and vaccines, especially on infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and avian metapneumovirus (aMPV).

He has studied the interactions among live viral vaccines for IBV, aMPV, and Newcastle disease virus (NDV), the influence of infectious bursa disease virus vaccines on the bursa of Fabricius, and their impact on live IBV vaccine uptake. The other research activity is to improve the diagnosis of respiratory pathogens using conventional and molecular methods, including PCR and sequencing (e.g., aMPV subtyping or IBV genotyping). Dr Ganapathy’s group have validated a PCR system for the detection of multiple respiratory pathogens from RNA/DNA extracted from FTA cards.

He also has years of experience in research, diagnosis, control and prevention of avian mycoplasmas, especially Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Mg) and Mycoplasma synoviae (Ms).