Abraham Joseph Pellissery

Abraham Joseph Pellissery,

Clinical Assistant Professor – Microbiology

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine
Business Phone: (321) 697-1426
Business Email: a.pellissery@ufl.edu

About Abraham Joseph Pellissery

Additional Positions:
Microbiology Co-Department Head (Bacteriology/Mycology and Serology)
2022 – Current · Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2022-2025
VEM5144 Lg An Appl Vet Micro
2023-2025
VME6905 Problems in Veterinary Medical Sciences
2025
VME6910 Supervised Research
2025
VME6971 Research for Master’s Thesis

Board Certifications

  • Diplomate (DACVM) – Bacteriology/Mycology
    American College of Veterinary Microbiology
  • Diplomate (DACVM) – Immunology
    American College of Veterinary Microbiology

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Anaerobic Bacteriology and Gut Microbiome
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR)
  • Diagnostic Microbiology
  • Non-antibiotic alternatives – phytochemicals and probiotics

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Exposure factors associated with antimicrobial resistance and identification of management practices for preharvest mitigation along broiler production systems: A systematic review
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 39:212-223 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.09.010.
2023
Antivirulence Effect of Cannabidiol Against Listeria monocytogenes
IAFP 2023 Conference Proceedings.
2023
Application of Urine Metabolomics as a Marker in Health and Disease
Advances and Challenges in Urinary Laboratory Analysis. [DOI] doi:10.5772/intechopen.109808.
2023
In-Feed Supplementation of Linalool Reduces Salmonella Enteritidis Colonization in Broiler Chickens
IAFP 2023 Conference Proceedings.
2022
Survivability of Clostridioides difficile spores in fermented pork summer sausage during refrigerated storage.
Veterinary world. 15(1):162-167 [DOI] 10.14202/vetworld.2022.162-167. [PMID] 35369600.
2021
Protective Effect of Baicalin against Clostridioides difficile Infection in Mice.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland). 10(8) [DOI] 10.3390/antibiotics10080926. [PMID] 34438975.
2020
In vitro antivirulence activity of baicalin against Clostridioides difficile.
Journal of medical microbiology. 69(4):631-639 [DOI] 10.1099/jmm.0.001179. [PMID] 32216868.
2019
In vitro efficacy of sodium selenite in reducing toxin production, spore outgrowth and antibiotic resistance in hypervirulent Clostridium difficile.
Journal of medical microbiology. 68(7):1118-1128 [DOI] 10.1099/jmm.0.001008. [PMID] 31172910.

Grants

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
FL Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG APHIS
Oct 2022 ACTIVE
Reducing antimicrobial resistance dissemination in broiler chickens using phytochemicals
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF CONNECTICUT via US DEPT OF AG NATL INST OF FOOD AND AG

Education

Ph.D. Animal Science
2019 · University of Connecticut
M.V.Sc. Animal Biochemistry
2009 · Indian Veterinary Research Institute (Uttar Pradesh, India)
B.V.Sc. & A.H. (DVM Equivalent)
2006 · Kerala Agricultural University (Kerala, India)

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(321) 697-1426
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Street:
2700 N JOHN YOUNG PKWY
KISSIMMEE FL 34741