Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

The department was started on 14.06.1985 with the scheme ‘Unit XIII-Veterinary Education and Research - Veterinary Plan - Institute of Higher Studies and Innovations, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal’. The department is offering both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Research guidance which is a continuing process every year.

Objectives

Main objectives

Imparting education in veterinary pharmacology and toxicology to under-graduate and post-graduate students.
Conducting pharmaceutical meet for outgoing B.V.Sc &A.H., students.
Offering drug information services to the needy doctors and farmers.
Advising students working in drug and ethnoveterinary related research.

Research objectives

Documentation and Identification of phytomoleculesfor the treatment of viral and bacterial diseases of livestock and poultry.
Maintenance of herbal garden for the development of ethnopharmacology wing.
Collaborating with pharmaceutical companies for validation of their products.

Education

As per Veterinary Council of India under MSVE Regulations (2016), a course or B.V.Sc Degree Progromme and Post Graduate Degree Perogramme.

The Department offers a course on "Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology" for the students undergoing B.V.Sc. & A.H. degree programme, as per Veterinary Council of India under MSVE Regulations (2016). The Department, also, offers M.V.Sc., and Ph.D., degree programmes in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, as per ICAR common sylabi.

Infrastructure

Instruments for assessing drugs acting on CNS

Analgesiometer
Hot plate apparatus
Rota-rod apparatus

Pole climbing apparatus
Actophotometer
Tele thermometer

Instruments for assessing the quality control of drugs

Tablet friability test apparatus
Tablet hardness tester

Tablet disintegration test apparatus
Tablet dissolution test apparatus

Computer aided learning (CAL) facility for teaching experimental pharmacology

Laboratory Infrastructure

U.V. Double beam spectrophotometer with system
Flame photometer with system
Clevenger’s Apparatus
Plethysmometer
Binocular microscope
Vertical Laminar Flow Hood
Soxhlet extraction apparatus
Rotary vacuum evaporator
Homogenizer
Micro centrifuge
Water bath

Magnetic stirrer – Hot plate
Vortex shaker
Rotary shaker
Laboratory blender
Digital vernier caliper
TLC apparatus
Micro pipettes ofvarious sizes
Lab. Autoclave
Lab. Hot-air oven
Lab. Incubator

Experimental poultry shed and laboratory animal house

Achivements

Conducted National conference of the Society of Toxicology (India) in the year 1999.
Proposed to conduct the forthcoming Annual conference of Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (ISVPT).

Research Projects Completed

Title of the project/ scheme	Year	Budget (in lakhs)	Funding Agency
Ectoparasiticidal effect of Sitaphal	2000	0.05	TNSCST
In vitro evaluation of antifungal effect of garlic extract	2008	0.05	TNSCST
In vitro anthelmintic activity of seed extracts of Cleomeviscosaagainst GI nematodes of small ruminants	2010	0.05	TNSCST
In vitro antimicrobial activity of whole plant extracts of Moringaolifera against poultry pathogens	2010	0.05	TNSCST
Exploration of hepatoprotective effect of Alloehealth drink in broiler chicken	2012-13	4.46	M/s.C.P. Plantations, Madurai
M/s.C.P. Plantations, Madurai	2015-16	0.50	TANUVAS
Comparative and combined fly control effect of neem products with cyromazine in poultry (M.V.Sc.)	2012	0.20	Dr. B.V.Rao WPC’1996 – Research Grants for Poultry Post Graduates
Participatory technology development in indigenous veterinary medicine among tribes in Tamil Nadu	2011-13	9.75	National Innovation Foundation (GOI)
Study on alternate strategies for treating respiratory infection in desi chicken	2013-14	8.00	National Innovation Foundation (GOI)
Exploration of Mukia Maderaspatana as promising topical herbal preparation for cutaneous warts in Cattle	2019	0.24	TANUVAS
Larvicidal and pupicidal activity of neem products with methoprene against the housefly, MuscaDomestica L. in commercial broilers	2019	0.20	TANUVAS

Ongoing Research

Effect of Toxol in alleviating experimentally induced mycotoxicosis in broiler chicken sponsored by M/s. Vesper Groups, Bangalore for Rs.3,50,388/-
Efficacy of IVP-1 against coccidiosis in broiler chicken sponsored by M/s. Heka Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad for Rs. 4,06,200/-

Current Focus

Maintenance of Instructional herbal garden for education and research purposes.
Screening of plant extracts for their pharmacological properties.
Establishing zebra-fish models for assessing developmental toxicity of chemicals and evaluating beneficial effects of plant extracts on toxicities in animal models.
Interaction kinetics of drugs used in livestock and poultry.
Offering Drug information and Toxicological services to Veterinarians and farmers.

Faculty

Dr. A.Jagadeeswaran, Professor and Head
Dr. P.Mekala, Assistant Professor
Dr. R.Yogeswari, Assistant Professor
Dr. P.Sankar, Assistant Professor

The Professor and Head,
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal - 637 002.
Phone: ++91-4286-266491/92/93
E-mail: vpt-vcri-nkl@tanuvas.org.in