MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Genesis

As a founder unit started in 1903 serving as a core Department of this 123 year old Madras Veterinary College, this Veterinary Medicine Department is an educational Department of International eminence. During the founding years it was named as Therapeutics and Materia medica and later developed with modern facilities and then designated as the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics and currently as Department of Veterinary Medicine, marking merge of Veterinary Preventive Medicine with Veterinary Clinical Medicine. This Department has been recognized by ICAR as Centre of Advanced Studies since 1995 and as a Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) since 2010.The major features include:

Tertiary Care Veterinary in various medical specialties for various animal species with more than 123 years of clinical expertise and excellence.
An outstanding Outpatient medical service with a case load of 250 to 300 per day, across various specialties and species.
More than 14 Advanced Medical Referral Clinics.
Focus on molecular epidemiology, disease forecasting models, vaccine studies of canine, feline viral diseases, Leptospirosis, Dermatomycosis and other infectious diseases of farm and companion animals.

Objectives

Core Objectives

To offer UG education
To impart the knowledge of Veterinary Medicine at doctorate level students and faculty
To undertake field oriented research to increase the production of herbivorous animals especially ruminants by Ph.D. students by adopting up-to-date and advanced techniques.

Referral Clinics

To offer specialized referral services.
To provide facilities for advanced research.
To offer trainings to field Veterinarians and faculty from other Departments and institutions.

Research

S. No.	Title of the Project	Budget (Rs. in Lakhs)	Status
1.	ICAR Scheme on "Experiential Learning Centre in Critical Care Medicine and Inpatient Care"	95.00	On-going (since 2013)
2.	ICAR Scheme on "Experiential Learning Centre in Ambulatory Clinical Complex and Animal Blood Banking"	99.50	On-going (since 2014)
3.	ICAR NASF on “Artificial intelligence & IoT based smart vet Ecosystem for Animal Health, Patient Care & Precision Farming”	74.79	Completed (31.12.2025)
4.	CSIR ASPIRE on Patho – Genomics and characterization of isolated Canine Distemper virus	03.00	On-going since 20.06.2024
5.	Self financial scheme on Advanced medical referral services	--	On-going

Training

Under the auspices of ICAR Centre for advanced faculty training (CAFT), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madras veterinary College conducts training courses for mid career faculty from state Agricultural / Veterinary Universities and deemed Veterinary Universities / ICAR institute, twice a year.

Continuing Veterinary Education Programmes are offered in the following area:

Large Animal Fluid Therapy.
Large Animal Medicine.
Small Animal Cardiology.
Small Animal Gastroenterology.
Customized training programs are also available for individuals with specific needs.

Small Animal Dermatology.
Small Critical Care Medicine.
Small Animal Clinical procedures.
ASCAD training programme on infectious diseases of farm animals for State Veterinary Doctors

Infrastructure / Units

Endoscopy Referral Clinic: Small & Large animals

Upper and Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy
Bronchoscopy
Otoscopy
Vaginoscopy
Cystoscopy

Large Animal Medicine Referral Clinic

Mastitis Referral Unit
Ruminant Gastroenterology Unit

Small Animal Critical Care

Defibrillator
Vital Signs Monitor
Blood Gas Analyser
Coagulation Analyser
Ventilator
Volume Infusion Pump
Ophthalmocope

Nephrology Referral Clinic

Hemodialysis
CRRT

Cardiology Referral Clinic

Electrocardiography
12 Lead ECG
24 hours Holter ECG
Stress / Tread Mill ECG
Phonocardiogram
Doppler Blood Pressure
Cardiac Ultrasound

Ultrasound Referral Clinic

Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasound
Doppler Echocardiography
Ultrasound Guided Biopsy (Automatic Spring Loaded Biopsy Gun)
Vascular Ultrasound
Equine Ultrasonography
Farm Animal Ultrasonography

Interventional Medicine Referral Clinic

C-arm with Flat panel detector for interventional procedures

Infectious diseases and Preventive Medicine Unit

Separate UG and PG laboratory with basic instruments
ELISA Reader
Gradient PCR - Thermocycler
Refrigerator Centrifuge
Gel electrophoresis
Shaker and Vortex Mixer
Laminar Air Flow
Serological Water Bath
Water Distillation Plant
Deep Freezer(-20℃)
BOD incubator

Outreach activities

Clinical service - Small Animal Medicine, Small Animal Dermatology, Large Animal Medicine
Referral Clinical services – Cardiology, Endoscopy, Critical Care, Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Oncology, and Imaging.
Field visits by faculties for disease investigation and treatment

Faculty

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
RAMPRABHU,R	PROFESSOR AND HEAD	drramprabhu69@rediffmail.com	9443482675
KAVITHA,S	PROFESSOR	kavikrithiga@rediffmail.com	9444084552
JEYARAJA,K	PROFESSOR	jaivet72@gmail.com	9445704266
CHANDRASEKAR,M	PROFESSOR	ecpetclinic@gmail.com	9840107696
PREMALATHA,N	PROFESSOR	sakthiprem69@gmail.com	7550155464
VIJAYANAND,V	PROFESSOR	drvjanand@gmail.com	9841085436
ARUNAMAN,C,S	PROFESSOR	csarunaman@gmail.com	9444552644
GOPALAKRISHNAN,A	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	gopalvet88@gmail.com	7539905519

The Professor and Head,
Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Veterinary Clinical Medicine,
Department of Veterinary Medicine,
Madras Veterinary College, Chennai – 600 007.
Phone: +91-44-25369224 | 25304000
E-mail: vmd-mvc@tanuvas.ac.in