Dr
Wagdy
ElAshmawy
Wagdy ElAshmawy is specialized in veterinary infectious diseases. ElAshmawy graduated from Cairo University with a Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences (BVSc) in 2004. Between 2005 and 2016 he joined the faculty as a graduate student, instructor and with completion of his graduate degrees (MVSc and PhD) ascended to the rank of Lecturer of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. His experience in Foot and Mouth Disease and its control in Egyptian livestock stemmed from technical consulting for United BioMed’s livestock team, the leading private FMD vaccine manufacturer in the Middle East, and international programs including EuFMD. ElAshmawy’s clinical training commenced in Cairo University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, as a private consultant to several cattle and buffalo farms, both beef and dairy, in Egypt. In addition, ElAshmawy is currently pursuing his final year in the Dairy Production Medicine residency from UC Davis at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center in the heart of the dairy’s industry, Tulare, CA. ElAshmawy has strong interests in infectious diseases were enriched with his Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine degree in epidemiology with special interest on the diagnosis and prevention of diseases. His research profile includes several trials on foot and mouth disease (FMD), diarrhea in buffalo calves, dermatophytosis, pest des petite ruminants and Toxocara vitulorum in buffaloes. In the US he completed research on the risk factors associated with cow bunching, a protective behavior against stable flies, mathematical modelling of FMD in vaccinated herds and understanding FMD dynamics and economic impact in endemic conditions.
My international research profile has been just as collaborative and includes studies in Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) transmission, vaccine efficacy in calfhood vaccination and FMD risk assessment on Egyptian beef fattening and veal farms. My FMD research findings have been presented in the World Buiatrics Congress, Cairns, Australia, 2014 and Global Foot-and-Mouth Research Alliance (GFRA) scientific meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2015 and are currently under preparation for publication. I reported on the Egyptian wild strain of SAT2 serotype that circulated in the 2011 outbreak which resulted in increased mortalities in water buffaloes due to necrotizing myocarditis. My research on the diagnosis and treatment of dermatophytosis in cattle, horses and companion animals was also were presented in the International Congress of Infectious Diseases (ICID), Hyderabad, India, 2016. Other infectious diseases I have worked on included peste des petits ruminants in sheep and Toxocara vitulorum in buffaloes.
For my future career I am dedicated to epidemiological research on infectious diseases and implementation of effective preventive and control strategies to control diseases of significance to both livestock and the people whose livelihood and health relies on livestock.