Inoka is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Francis Zvomuya. She completed her M.Sc. degree in Soil Science in the Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba under the supervision of Dr. Don Flaten. She studied the effects of mono-ammonium phosphate and preceding crop on plant cadmium uptake. Inoka obtained her B.Sc. degree in Agriculture and an M.Sc. degree in Environmental Soil Science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Inoka enjoys traveling, music and dancing.
Project Description:
Inoka’s Ph.D. thesis research focuses on the effects of beef cattle feedlot manure handling and land application practices on the environmental fate of antimicrobials. Antimicrobials are widely used in livestock therapeutically to treat diseases and sub-therapeutically to prevent diseases and promote growth. Because antibiotics are poorly absorbed by livestock, up to 90% of administered doses are excreted with feces and/or urine. Land application of liquid and solid manure spreads antibiotics in the environment, creating a risk of antibiotic resistance development in the environment. In collaboration with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Dr. Frank Larney, Dr. Tim McAllister and Dr. Allan Cessna), Inoka is using laboratory and field techniques to characterize the fates of chlortetracycline, sulfamethazine and tylosin during composting and stockpiling and following land application of manure from cattle receiving these antimicrobials.
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Expected Date of Completion:
August 2013
Previous Degrees:
M.Sc. Soil Science, University of Manitoba
M.Sc. Environmental Soil Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
B.Sc. Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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