MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE

• To offer quality education in Animal Nutrition using modern education technology to equip veterinary graduates to meet challenges in field
• To develop the methane mitigation strategies for indigenous dairy cattle
• To develop novel bio-available nutrient supplements and precision feeding system for livestock and poultry
• To offer feed analytical services to various stake holders
• Production and supply of TANUVAS SMART Mineral Mixture

S. No.	Title	Funding agency
1.	State Expenditure- Department of Animal Nutrition, MVC, Chennai	Govt. of Tamil Nadu
2.	ICAR Outreach/Network scheme on “Estimation of methane emission under different feeding systems and development of mitigation strategies”	ICAR-NIANP
3.	Self Financing Scheme on “Quality Control Laboratory”	TANUVAS
4.	Self Financing Scheme on “Nutritional Novelties”	TANUVAS

S.No.	Title of project	Duration		Budget (Rs.in lakhs)	Funding Agency
		From	To
1	All India co-ordinated research project on determination of the availability of animal feed resources and their utilization with special emphasis on crop residues, by-products of industries, forests, aquatic and slaughter house in origin and animal organic waste for evolving economic rations of livestock and poultry	1987	1992	90.00	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
2	Study of tree fodder resources in Tamil Nadu.	1992	1993	2.47	Krishnamoorthy International Agriculture Development Foundation
3	Network programme on micronutrients in animal nutrition and production.	1994	2003	104.61	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
4	Post Qualification education in veterinary and animal sciences in India. (page x-xi)	2002	2005	10.00	Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
5	Improvement of feed resources and nutrient utilization in raising animal production	2003	2013	159.61	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
6	Nutritive value of sugarcane tops and its effects on reproductive performance in cattle.	2003	2007	7.04	NABARD
7	Optimizing supplemental nutrition for range grazed sheep in Tamil nadu	2004	2008	19.64	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
8	Evolving substrate specific customized fibrolytic enzyme mixture for enhancing nutrient utilization from fibrous / NSP rich feed ingredients / crop residue	2006	2010	49.32	Government of India, Department of Bio Technology
9	Use of herbal extracts to inhibit methanogenesis in ruminants	2009	2011	1.474	Tamil Nadu state Council for Science and Technology
10	NADP on Validating the research on mineral map of Tamil Nadu	2010	2011	20.72	Government of Tamil Nadu
11	Enhancing utilization of nutrients in feed / fodder through TANUVAS - GRAND Supplement – A Pilot Project	2012	2013	10.00	Government of Tamil Nadu
12	The effect of TANUVAS GRAND supplement in augmenting milk production and preventing metabolic disorder in cattle	Four months (2012-2013)		13,770 CAD	Commonwealth of learning

• Development of TANUVAS-RUSITEC (Rumen simulation Techniques) for conducting In vitro evaluation of feedstuffs.
• Formulation and production of Area specific TANUVAS-SMART mineral mixture to improve productivity and reduce the cost in dairy cattle.
• Inclusion of neem leaves at 50% in total mixed ration did not affect the semen quality and quantity as well as hematological or biochemical profile in goats.
• TANUVAS-GRAND (Gruel Rooted Additive Nutrient Drops) was prepared for preventing Acidosis and improve milk production in ruminants by 10%
• Feeding sheanut cake at 8% level in total mixed ration reduced methane production through in vitro (25.04%) and in vivo (10.26%)
• Incorporation of combination of sea weeds (Gracilaria verrucosa and Sargassum wightii) at 1% level in the basal diet evolved as a feeding strategy, reduced the methane emission level by 73.09% in vitro and 9.56% in vivo without affecting digestibility in paddy straw based ration in dairy cattle.
• Dietary supplementation of pomegranate peel (15g/kg) and lactobacillus (109/kg) improved the shelf life of broiler chicken meat
• Optimum dietary energy and protein levels for 0-12 weeks of age in Siruvidai chicks were 2500 Kcal ME/kg and 18% CP. Whereas during 13 -20 weeks of age dietary energy level of 2300 Kcal ME/kg with 14% CP was found to be optimum.
• Tulsi leaf powder at 0.5% level can be safely incorporated in Japanese quail diets without affecting productive performance.

• Production and Supply of TANUVAS-SMART mineral mixture on cost basis
• Providing Animal Feed Quality Assessment services to the farmers and entrepreneurs
• Supply of inputs like livestock feed, seeds, mineral mixture to SCSP and TSP farmers in ICAR-NIANP methane scheme

• Ruminant nutrition (Methane mitigation through unconventional feeds and feed additives)
• Exploration of new unconventional feeds in livestock feeding
• Mineral Nutrition- (Nano minerals and Area specific)
• Alternate to antibiotics
• Feed enzymes (Fibrolytic enzymes production)
• Probiotics & Prebiotics
• In ovo nutrition

• The department has a lecture hall with seating capacity of 120 students and seminar hall equipped with audio visual aids. The department library has more than 200 books in nutrition and its allied subjects.
• The department has a well-equipped under graduate (1884 sq.ft), post graduate (614 sq.ft) and quality control (1884 sq.ft) laboratories. Basic and advanced instrumentation are available in the laboratories for carrying out various analyses.
• The department also has facilities for conducting biological trials which include, Poultry cages (Broiler chicken) and Metabolic crates (small ruminants)

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
KARUNAKARAN,R	PROFESSOR AND HEAD	drrkarunakaranphd@yahoo.com	9445339057
RADHAKRISHNAN,L	PROFESSOR	Radhakrish67@yahoo.com	9840851353
RAMESH,J	PROFESSOR	rameshnutrition@gmail.com	9894953488
MANOBHAVAN,M	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	mmanobhavan@yahoo.in	9585096559
VIJAYAKUMAR,M.P	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	vijinutrition@gmail.com	9047569069

The Professor and Head,
Department Of Animal Nutrition,
Madras Veterinary College, Chennai – 600 007.
Phone: +91-44-25364000
E-mail: hodannmvc@tanuvas.org.in