MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE

Objectives

• Non-plan
  • To impart knowledge on Preventive Medicine at UG & PG level.
  • To undertake research on infectious diseases of animals.
• Plan
  • To impart knowledge on Preventive medicine at PG level
  • Sero- epidemiology of Brucellosis in Dairy Animals

Education

Under-Graduate

• VEP411 Veterinary Epidemiology (1+1)
• VEP 421 Preventive Veterinary Medicine -1 (Bacterial, viral diseases) (2+0)
• VEP 422 Preventive Veterinary Medicine-I (Field/Clinical) (Health survey, Surveillance, Health tests, Vaccination, etc.) (0+2)
• VEP 511 Veterinary Preventive Medicine- II
• VEP 522 Preventive Veterinary Medicine-I (Field/Clinical) (Health survey, Surveillance, Health tests, Vaccination, etc.) (0+2)
• VMD 412 Preventive Veterinary Medicine –I (Bacterial, fungal, rickettsial diseases (2+0)
• VMD 422 Preventive Veterinary Medicine-II (Viral and parasitic diseases (2+0)

Post-Graduate

• VEP 601 Principles of Epidemiology (2+0)
• VEP 602 Applied Epidemiology (1+1)
• VEP 603 Livestock and poultry diseases investigation (0+2)
• VEP 604 Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology (1+1)
• VEP 605 Biosecurity practices in disease prevention (1+1)
• VEP 606 Infectious diseases of ruminants –I (2+1)
• VEP 607 Infectious diseases of ruminants –II (2+1)
• VEP 608 Infectious diseases of equines (1+1)
• VEP 609 Infectious diseases of canines and felines (2+1)
• VEP 610 Infectious diseases of poultry (2+1)
• VEP 611 Infectious diseases of animal species of regional importance (2+1)
• VEP 612 Infectious diseases of laboratory and zoo animals (1+0)
• WLS 609 Wild life Epidemiology and Population health (1+1)

Ph.D.

• VEP 801 Recent concepts in Epidemiology and disease forecasting (2+1)
• VEP 802 Herd health management (2+1)
• VEP 803 Data collection management and presentation (2+1)
• VEP 804 Survey and surveillance (2+1)
• VEP 805 Emerging and re-emerging animal diseases (2+0)
• VEP 806 Ecology of diseases (2+0)
• VEP 807 Molecular approaches in Epidemiology (2+1)
• VEP 808 Advances in prevention and control of infectious diseases of ruminants (2+1)
• VEP 809 Advances in prevention and control of infectious diseases of equines (2+1)
• VEP 810 Advances in prevention and control of infectious diseases in pet animals (2+1)
• VEP 811 Advances in prevention and control of infectious diseases in poultry (2+1)
• VEP 812 Advances in infectious diseases of laboratory and zoo animals (1+0)
• VEP 813 Advances in diagnosis and management of toxicological conditions (1+1)

PG Diploma

• CAP 716 Companion animal Practice (1+0)

Research

• Evaluation of epidemiological parameters influencing the prevalence of BHV 1 in Cattle
• Application of Conventional and Molecular Surveillance for Paratuberculosis and
• Evaluation of Economic Impact on Farm animals
• Evaluating diagnostic tests to assess the epidemiological status of bovine tuberculosis.
• Designing control strategies for animal rabies through application of validated diagnostic techniques.

Extension

Attending mass contact programmes and education campaign to desseminate the knowledge on infectious diseases control measures to the farming community through student mass.

Salient Achievements

• The Epidemiological studies on leptospirosis in cattle, buffaloes, sheep and dogs to understand the pattern of disease in different areas.
• Brucella canis was isolated for the first time in India and its importance highlighted.
• A study on the efficacy of BCG vaccination in calves against Tuberculosis carried out.
• An inactivated vaccine (canine parvovirus) was produced from a local field isolate and its efficacy studied in pups in detail.
• A detailed study on the post – exposure therapy of bovine rabies virus
• A study on disease profile in Wild Herbivores carried out for the first time.
• Sero-epidemiological survey of Bovine Viral Diarrhea among cattle in Tamil Nadu.
• Study on the incidence of Toxoplasmosis in sheep.
• Study on Bluetongue – Entomology – the role of Culicoides sp. in the transmission of Blue tongue in sheep.
• Epidemiological studies on Toxoplasma gondi in Domestic Cats and Dogs in and around Chennai.
• Comparative efficacy of inactivated multi component and mono-valent Poultry vaccines – A field trial.
• Comparative Evaluation of STAT, Rose Bengal Test with i-ELISA and MRT with m-ELISA for Brucellosis which revealed that i-ELISA and m-ELISA were found to be highly sensitive tests in detecting the Brucellosis.
• Detailed studies on the use of live and killed vaccine for ND with a vaccination schedule to Newcastle disease.
• Pioneer report on IBD and canine corona virus in India.
• Current status of Tuberculosis, Johne's disease and Brucellosis.
• Utilization of gamma interferon assay as a screening test for T.B.,&J.D
• Detailed studies on the prevalence of IBRT.
• Development of Leptospira vaccine for canine population.
• Diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii using B1 gene PCR in goats
• Excretion of Mycobacterium in dairy animals

Thrust Areas

• Application of GIS to combat FMD in Tamil Nadu.
• To rule out emerging diseases – Toxoplasmosis, Campylobacter, Foot rot & BHV 1 infection in farm animals
• Mapping of hemoprotozoan diseases and chronic bacterial infections in farm animals.
• Surevillance on TB, JD and Brucellosis
• Studies on PPR outbreaks and vaccine production for Brucellosis.
• Developing serum bank for Brucellosis
• Identification of Mycotic infections in small animals and their drug sensitivity

Faculty

• Dr.M.Vijaya Bharathi, Associate Professor and Head
• Dr. H.Prabhavathy, Assistant Professor
• Dr. T.Devi, Assistant Professor