VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAMAKKAL

Course	Module
Livestock Production Management
Unit- I	General Livestock Management
Unit-II	Fodder Production and Conservation
Unit-III	Livestock Production Management - Ruminants
Unit-IV	Zoo animal Production Management
Unit-V	Animal Welfare
Unit-VI	Poultry Production Management
Unit-VII	Diversified Poultry Production and Hatchery Management
Unit-VIII	Laboratory or Rabbit or Pet animal Production Management
Unit-IX	Swine or Equine or Camel, Yak and Mithun Production Management

• This Department is offering M.V.Sc and Ph.D in Livestock Production and Management
• As on June 2022, 25 M.V.Sc students and 12 Ph.D. students have completed their degree successfully. All the post graduate students carryout their research works on field problems with respect to livestock management.

Sl. No.	Title of the scheme	Name of the funding agency	Budget
1.	Experiential learning setting up of facilities for hands on training on Commercial pig rearing	ICAR	Rs.20 lakhs (01.03.2009 to Continuous)
2.	?Pig husbandry based integrated approach for empowerment of SC/ST rural women of Kolli Hills of Tamil Nadu?	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology New Delhi	Rs.36.097 lakhs (03.03.2016 to 03.03.2020)
3.	Establishment of Modern Salem Black Goat Farm at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal for Sustainable Rural Economy;	NADP /RKVY: Government of Tamil Nadu 60:40	Rs.148.50 lakhs
4.	Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS)	IMD, Pune	Rs.15.38 lakhs (1996 to Continuous)

• Supplementation of fenugreek seed improve both milk yield and milk composition (fat and SNF) in crossbred cattle
• Water sprinkling and mineral mixture supplementation improves the milk yield and fat content in crossbred cattle
• Evaluation of heat tolerance and performance of crossbred dairy cattle in Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu

• Management practices of a nomadic sheep breed "Coimbatore" were studied and documented
• Early weaning performances in Mecheri lambs documented
• Impact of Mega Sheep Seed Project on Mecheri sheep performance and farmers livelihood
• Performance of Salem Black goats supplemented with concentrate feed during different physiological states
• Production performance of Mecheri sheep lambs fed with cotton gin trash

• Raised platform sheds are found suitable to broiler rabbits
• Hedge lucerne and mulberry leaves can be effectively to rabbits
• Evaluating the performance of broiler rabbits fed on vegetable oils
• Effect of dietary supplementation of vitamin C, E and Selenium on performance of broiler rabbits during the period of heat stress

• Performance of Large White Yorkshire piglets fed with alternate protein sources
• Analysis of challenges in intensive pig farming

• The hardness of drinking water for poultry can be up to 3000 ppm without adverse effect on the health of the birds
• Fogging operation in poultry sheds reduce the microclimatic temperature and increases the relative humidity

• Dead poultry birds can be composted in to manure along with poultry and cattle manure.
• Poultry slaughter waste can be composted with poultry droppings
• Paddy straw and coir pith are proved good carbon sources for dead bird composting
• Liquid ammonia is proved to be a good disinfectant against coccidia infection
• Production of bio-diesel form poultry dead birds by dry rendering method – An eco-friendly approach
• Bio-conversion of broiler poultry litter into vermicompost
• Physicochemical characterization of boiler poultry litter and composting of broiler poultry litter

• Dr. John Abraham received for the Ph.D., TANUVAS Gold Medal for Veterinary and Animal Sciences for the best Ph.D. Student for the performance in Ph.D. examination during 2012
• Dr. John Abraham received for the Ph.D., Dr. P. Richard Masillamony endowment award for the best outgoing Ph.D. Student in both Veterinary and Fisheries Faculty-2012
• Dr. John Abraham received for the Ph.D., TANUVAS Alumni Association gold medal for the best Ph.D. Scholar in the faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences from VCRI Namakkal-2012
• Dr. John Abraham received for the Ph.D., S.K.M Animal feeds and foods award for the best Ph.D. student in Avian Studies.- 2012
• Dr. N.R. Saravanan, Department of LPM, Received best thesis award from TANUVAS for the M.V.Sc., Research work on "Bioconversion of poultry litter as a vermicompost" in 2020

Name of the product / process for which patent has been filed	Details of the product / process	Authors	Filing status of patent application	Patent No. Reference(s)
Biodiesel Production from Rendered Chicken Oil	Biodiesel Production from Rendered Chicken Oil	Dr. John Abraham	219/CHE/2014	371344 Date of issue: 07.07.2021.

• Disposal and utilization of dead birds by aerobic composting - Scientist Involved: Dr.K.Sivakumar

• Dr.K.Sivakumar, Professor and Head | k.sivakumar@tanuvas.ac.in | Mobile: +91-9443515336
• Dr.N.Bharathy, Assistant Professor | bharathy.n@tanuvas.ac.in| Mobile: +91-8012515699

The Professor and Head,
Department of Livestock Production Management,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,Namakkal.
Phone: +91-4286-266491/502
E-mail: lpm-vcri-nkl@tanuvas.org.in