Madras Veterinary College

CENTRALISED CLINICAL LABORATORY (CCL)

Genesis and Mission

The Centralised clinical laboratory, a unit of the Madras Veterinary College, provides state of the art clinical laboratory diagnosis and provides hands on learning experience and expertise for the undergraduate and post graduate students of TANUVAS.

The unit, formerly referred as Clinical Pathology, is functioning since 1971 to meet the exact demands of advancing veterinary clinical practice; where clinicians are often made to rely completely on laboratory profiles mainly to confirm their diagnosis with the emergence of new systematic disorders and infectious diseases. The current unit was opened on 01/04/1993 under the Directorate of Clinics - TANUVAS. The unit is equipped with state-of-the-art, modern equipment, faculty veterinarians and well trained technical staff.

Objectives

To carry out various Clinico–Pathological, Clinico–Parasitological, Clinico-Biochemical and Clinico-Microbiological tests on clinical samples
To teach Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate students
To guide Post-Graduate students
To impart training to technical personnel on clinico-pathological techniques
To conduct practical training to internship and externship students
To map the prevalence of parasitic diseases based on the data generated in the laboratory
To establish the molecular diagnosis methods for specific diseases

We aim to deliver high quality clinical and laboratory research services. We support our hospital's veterinarians as well as veterinarians of other units of TANUVAS. We also perform testing for researchers working on special projects and studies, and can work with individuals to tailor specific testing as needed.

Our testing services are comprehensive and accurate. Tests are carried out by qualified and trained professional staff with expertise in specialized equipment as per standard operating procedures. Samples are critically screened and interpreted meticulously by our expertise faculty. Accurate reporting of results is the strength of our laboratory which helps in quality patient care as accurate and early diagnosis helps to hasten the treatment to ailing animals.

Activities

The laboratory is primarily a teaching/service laboratory, aiding in the teaching of Clinical Pathology to veterinary students. This is accomplished by providing laboratory results for the diagnosis and treatment of disease in patients admitted to the Veterinary Clinical Complex (VCC) of Madras Veterinary College.
In the process of upgradation, CCL is now equipped with certain state-of- the - art automations for effective and rapid screening of clinical samples.

Infrastructure

This laboratory is comprised of following laboratory units:

Clinical Haematology (Study of blood samples and its components)
Clinical biochemical profiling of serum
Clinical Parasitology (Examination of blood smear for parasites and faecal analysis)
Clinical dermatology (Examination of skin scrapings)
Clinical urology (urinalysis)
Clinical microbiology (Culture,Isolation & identification of bacteria & fungi, Antibiogram etc.)
Cytology - FNAC- Study of cells mainly examining the body fluids such as exudates, transudates, pus and other discharges / Identifying neoplastic cells to differentiate it from non neoplastic masses.

Profiles have been designed to evaluate the status and function of the internal organs through Haematology, Serum Biochemistry, Urinalysis, Cytology, Dermatological and Coprological examinations. Clinical microbiological screening of the clinical samples for diagnosing infectious agents and its antibiogram are routinely carried out.
In the process of automation for rapid and efficient screening of samples, CCL is now equipped with Auto hemo analyzer for haematology, fully automated serum biochemical analyser for biochemistry and Uriscan machine for automated urinalysis, sophisticated microscope attached with CCTV monitor and high megapixel camera for visualising and capturing salient findings.

Analysis	Facility / Equipment
Hematology	Auto Haemo analayser (4 part) - Exigo
Hematology	Auto Haemo analyser (3 part) - Mindray ? Bc2800
Serum biochemistry	Auto Biochemistry analyzer - A15
Serum biochemistry	Electrolyte analyser
Urinalysis	Uriscan
Hormonal assay	Florescence Immuno Analyser
Clinical Microbiology	Laminar air flow & BOD Incubator

Research Projects

S. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Fund Outlay (Rs.)	Year of Start	Year of Completion
1	Referral clinical pathology Laboratory	Self-Financing	-	2017	Ongoing
2	Screening of B and T-cell Lymphoma& chemotherapeutic regimens	DBT	47.0	2019	completed
3.	Effect of Different Dietary Sources of Betaine on Production Performance, and immune response in Commercial broilers	Optima Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd LIC Colony, Parvati, Pune Maharashtra.	5.1 Lakh	2022	On-going
4.	Clinical evaluation of Benazepril in cardiorenal syndrome and CKD in dogs	M/s SAVA Health care limited, Pune	7.92 Lakh	2021	On-going

Outreach / Training

A training Program for Field Veterinarian in diagnostic laboratories, Practitioners and Veterinary graduates has also been designed and approved for conduct.
A one year PG Diploma Course on Veterinary Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis – Online mode is being offered by the department since the academic year 2013-14.
With the introduction of automation in screening of clinical materials a self-financing scheme of CCL is underway to generate the funds needed for reagents and other consumables and thereby to attain self-sufficiency in this mission. At the moment, the sample screening is done free of cost for the ward samples.
Private samples are screened on cost basis.

Fees structure

Processing fee for outside clinical samples
Hematology	Rs 400/sample
Serum Biochemistry	Rs 100/parameter
Coprology	Rs 200/ sample
Skin scraping	Rs 200/ sample
Urinalysis	Rs 200/ sample
ABST and Culture	Rs 400/ sample
Cytology	Rs 200/ sample
Blood Smear	Rs 200/ sample

Faculty

Dr. S. Vairamuthu, Professor and Head | vairamuthu@tanuvas.org.in | vairamuthupath@gmail.com
Dr. S. Subapriya, Assistant Professor | drssubapriyarajkumar@yahoo.co.in
Dr. N.R. Senthil, Assistant Professor | drnrsenthil@gmail.com

The Professor and Head,
Centralised Clinical Laboratory,
Directorate of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai – 600 007.
Phone: +91-44-25304000
E-mail: hodcclmvc@tanuvas.org.in