Zimbabwe Veterinary Salmonella group
Home: Central Veterinary Laboratory
Address: Laboratory Diagnostics and Research Branch
18A Borrowdale Road
P O BOX CY551
Causeway
Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel: 263-04-705885/7
Fax: 263-04-707952
Email: vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Website: www.vetdiaphres.co.zw
Principal Investigator:
Dr Pious Vengesai Makaya PhD: piousv@hotmail.com
Research Team
Dr Calvin Gomo vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Dr Mnangatire Mparamoto munamparamoto@yahoo.com
Dr Shepard Marimbire vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Mr Bamusi Saidi vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Mr Neville Nyamutswa nsnyamutswa@yahoo.com
Mr Owen Mapingire vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Mrs Shuvai Musari smusari12@yahoo.com
Ms Agness Nhidza vetlabs@africaonline.co.zw
Ms Priscilla Tshabalala priscillamhindurwa@yahoo.com
Fields of Interest
" Molecular epidemiology of poultry and human salmonellosis
" Molecular epidemiology of enteric and urogenital pathogens.
Curriculum
I joined the Central Veterinary Laboratory as a Veterinary Research Officer in 1992 as a veterinary research officer. In addition to routine diagnosis of animal bacterial diseases my major research outputs include "Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy herds in Zimbabwe' and "Distribution of Salmonella serotypes in different poultry farming sectors of Zimbabwe: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of S. enteritidis". Some findings have been published while most of the salmonella research outputs have been submitted to different journals for consideration.
At national level, I am currently heading the veterinary diagnostics and research programs of the country. Each year I receive 5 to 10 students on practical attachments from the University of Zimbabwe's Veterinary Faculty, National University of Science and Technology and Midlands State University. I also supervised several MSc students mainly from the UZ Veterinary Faculty and Biochemistry Department enrolled under the MSc Biotechnology Program. I sit on several national committees and boards which include the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe's Veterinary and Laboratory committees, Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe and I am the current president of the Biotechnology Association of Zimbabwe.
At regional and international level, I am the current chairperson of the SADC Veterinary Diagnostic Subcommittee and have been involved in collaborative research with Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI), University of Pretoria's veterinary Faculty, University of Sassari, Sardinia, University of Berne, Switzerland and the Royal Veterinary and Agriculture University in Copenhagen.
Key Publications
Matope-G; Schundt-J; Makaya-PV; Aabo-S; Baggesen-DL.
Salmonella enteritidis infection in poultry: an emerging zoonosis in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe-Veterinary-Journal. 1998, 29: 4, 132-138; 19.
Makaya-PV
Use of biotyping, phage typing and ribotyping to study to study the epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis in the Zimbabwean dairy farming sectors.
Zimbabwe-Veterinary-Journal. 1998, 29:2, 37-46; 24.
Makaya-PV; Aarestrup-FM; Oslsen-JE
Distribution and antibiotic resistance patterns of common mastitis pathogens (gram-positive cocci) in selected dairy herds of three dairy farming sectors in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe-Veterinary-Journal. 1996, 27: 2, 65…75; 3.
Mohan-K; Makaya-PV; Muvavarirwa-P; Matope-G; Mahembe-E; Pawandiwa-A.
Brucellosis surveillance and control in Zimbabwe: bacteriological and serological investigation in dairy herds.
Onderstepoort-Journal-of-Veterinary-Research. 1996, 63: 1, 47-51; 14.
Makaya-PV;
Distribution of common mastitis pathogens and the use of bacteriological tools in Mastitis control. MSc Thesis:
Department-of-Veterinary-Microbiology. Royal Veterinary and Agriculture University, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1996.
Makaya-PV; Pfukenyi-D; Munjeri-N
Kuchengeta mombe kwakanaka, kuongororwa kwezvirwere namarapirwo azvo.
Department-of-Veterinary-Services- 2001.