MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY CLINICAL MEDICINE

Genesis

As a founder unit started in 1903 serving as a core department of this 118 year old Madras Veterinary College, this Clinical Medicine Department is an educational department of international eminence. During the founding years it was christened then as Therapeutics and Materia medica and later developed with modern facilities and christened as the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics. Currently 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 than118 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.

Objectives

Core Objectives

To offer UG education
To impart the knowledge of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics at doctorate level students and staff
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 training field Veterinarians.

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.	DBT Sponsored Project on "Screening B and T Cell lymphoma in Canine cost effective Chemotherapeutic Regimen"	47.97	Completed (2018-21)
4.	DBT Sponsored Project on "Development of Indigenous cartridges for haemodialysis"	35.75	On-going (Phase-II: 01.11.2018)
5.	ICAR NASF on "Artificial intelligence & IoT based smart vet Ecosystem for Animal Health, Patient Care & Precision Farming"	74.79	On-going (since 08.02.2023)

Training

Under the auspices of ICAR Centre for advanced faculty training (CAFT), Department of Veterinary Clinical 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.

Small Animal Dermatology.
Small Critical Care Medicine.
Small Animal Clinical procedures.
Customized training programs are available for individuals with specific needs.

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

Oncology Referral Clinic

Chemotherapy
Managing symptoms related to the cancer
Managing side effects caused by chemotherapy

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

Dr. S. Kavitha, Professor and Head
Dr. R. Ramprabhu, Professor
Dr. K. Jeyaraja, Professor
Dr. B. Gowri, Professor
Dr. M. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor

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