Dr. Zoleikha Tatari

Profile

Avian disease specialist (DVSc and DVM, University of Tehran) with hands-on field experience since 2005: technical and hygiene manager of breeder and layer farms, poultry clinician, laboratory set-up and founder of a vaccination centre. Since 2023 she has worked with poultry companies in Samarkand and trains farmers and veterinarians in vaccination, biosecurity and disinfection.

Experience

• present
  Poultry Disease ConsultantVetanico, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• 2025 – present
  Consultant, veterinary teamNNP company, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• 2023 – 2025
  Consultant, veterinary teamYetti Xazina company, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• 2020 – present
  FounderDr. Tatari Vaccination Center, Gorgan, Iran
• 2013 – present
  Poultry clinician
• 2005 – 2015
  Technical and hygiene manager, broiler breeder farmsPaygir Co., Makian Mehr Co. (Iran)
• 2011 – 2012
  Laboratory set-up and equippingPaygir integrated broiler meat production company, Iran
• 2010 – 2011
  Technical and hygiene managerChicken and shrimp pie packaging company, Iran
• 2008 – 2009
  Technical and hygiene manager, layer farm
• 2005 – 2006
  Scientific adviser, feed millJavaneh Khorasan production group, Iran

Education

• 2015
  DVSc in Avian and Poultry DiseasesUniversity of Tehran, IranThesis: Genotypic studies of chlamydial infection in turkey flocks
• 2010
  Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)University of Tehran, IranThesis: Molecular detection of some worldwide common ESBL genes in avian Escherichia coli isolates
• 2003
  Dental hygienist courseShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Skills

Training and presentations

• 2025
  Training seminar for Samarkand poultry farmers: ND, AI and IBV and their vaccination schedulesSamarkand, Uzbekistan
• 2025
  Biosecurity and disinfectionSamarkand veterinary university, Uzbekistan
• 2019
  Interpretation of laboratory and serological resultsRefresher courses for veterinarians, Iran
• 2018
  Practical tips in antibiotic therapyRefresher courses for veterinarians, Iran
• 2017
  Disinfectants in the poultry industryRefresher courses for veterinarians, Iran
• 2016
  Principles of quarantine and biosecurityRefresher courses for veterinarians, Iran
• 2007
  ApoptosisStudent conference, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran

Selected publications

1. Tatari Z., Ghalyanchi Langeroudi A., Hosseini H., et al. (2025). Molecular study of gamma coronaviruses in birds from the southern Caspian Sea coast of Iran. Journal of Poultry Sciences and Avian Diseases. ↗
2. Kalavi K., Faghihi M. A., Jorjani O., Tatari Z. (2020). Transcriptome analysis may be beneficial for identification of specific pathways in host cell – Leishmania major interactions.
3. Tatari Z., Peighambari S. M., Madani S. A. (2016). Detection of chlamydial infection in Iranian turkey flocks. Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine.
4. Tatari Z., Peighambari S. M., Madani S. A. (2016). Genotypic studies of Chlamydia in turkey flocks. 5th International Veterinary Poultry Congress.
5. Evaluation of two attenuated live and killed vaccines against reovirus. 2nd International Veterinary Poultry Congress and Exhibition.
6. A survey on ND, IBD, IB, AI and CRD-complex status in commercial broiler flocks in Iran, March 2005 – September 2009. 2nd International Veterinary Poultry Congress and Exhibition.
7. Trichomoniasis outbreak in a partridge flock in Tehran province, Iran. 3rd International Veterinary Poultry Congress.
8. Survey of Toxoplasma infection in animal keepers referred to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran (2006). 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology.
9. Frequency of resistance among avian Escherichia coli isolates to β-lactam antibiotics. 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology.

Community involvement

• Member of the Veterinary Organization of Golestan Province, Iran (since 2019)
• Author and editor of the student journal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran (2011–2014)

Honours and awards

• 1st place in the DVSc (specialty) entrance exam
• 2nd place in the specialist board exam
• 2nd place in the DVM entrance exam; admitted directly to the DVM programme of the University of Tehran (2005)
• Honoured student, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran
• Top student, dental hygienist course, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences