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 phytomolecules for 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.

Courses Offered

Under Graduate

III – B.V.Sc., & A.H. (Professional year)

Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (4+1)

Paper I

Unit I - General Pharmacology
Unit II - Drugs acting on Autonomic Nervous System
Unit III - Drugs acting on Central Nervous System
Unit IV - Drugs acting on Different Body Systems

Paper II

Unit V - Veterinary Chemotherapy
Unit VI - Veterinary Toxicology

Veterinary Clinical Practices II (0+6)

Under Diagnostic Laboratory Section for Toxicology

Post Graduate

VPT 601 General Pharmacology (2+0)
VPT 602 Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology (2+1)
VPT 603 CNS Pharmacology (2+1)
VPT 604 Digestive and Respiratory Pharmacology (2+0)
VPT 605 Cardiovascular and Renal Pharmacology (2+0)
VPT 606 Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacology (2+0)
VPT 607 Chemotherapy (2+1)
VPT 608 Toxicology of Xenobiotics (2+1)
VPT 609 Toxicology of Plants and Toxins (2+0)
VPT 610 Pharmacological Techniques (1+1)
VPT 611 Techniques in Toxicology (1+1)
VPT 612 Ethnopharmacology (2+0)
VPT 691 Master's Seminar (1+0)
VPT 699 Master's Research (20)

Ph.D.

VPT 801 Advances in Neuropharmacology (2+0)
VPT 802 Autacoid Pharmacology (1+0)
VPT 803 Pharmacology of Herbal Drugs (2+1)
VPT 804 Drug Metabolism (2+0)
VPT 805 Molecular Pharmacology (2+0)
VPT 806 Pharmacokinetics (2+1)
VPT 807 Pharmacogenomics (2+0)
VPT 808 Immunopharmacology (1+0)
VPT 809 Molecular Toxicology (2+0)
VPT 810 Clinical Pharmacology (1+1)
VPT 811 Clinical Toxicology (2+1)
VPT 812 Ecotoxicology (2+0)
VPT 813 Regulatory Toxicology (2+1)
VPT 890 Special Problem (0+2)
VPT 891 Doctoral Seminar I (1+0)
VPT 892 Doctoral Seminar II (1+0)
VPT 899 Doctoral Research (45)

Infrastructure

All infrastructural facilities are available as per VCI - MSVE 2016 requirements.

A. The following instruments are available for assessing drugs acting on CNS

Analgesiometer
Hot plate apparatus
Rota-rod apparatus
Pole climbing apparatus
Actophotometer
Tele thermometer

B. Computer aided learning (CAL) facility is used for teaching experimental pharmacology to Students.

ExPharma software is used for demonstrating practicals to U.G students

C. The department has all the required facilities for the conduct of P.G. research work.

The following instruments are available:

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 of various sizes
Lab. Autoclave
Lab. Hot-air oven
Lab. Incubator

D. Experimental poultry shed and Laboratory animal house are being maintained by this department

Achievements / Excellence

Conducted National conference of the Society of Toxicology (India) in the year 1999.
Conducted Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (ISVPT) webinar in the year 2021.
Conducted Annual Conference of Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (ISVPT) in the year 2022.
Conduct Pharmaceutical Meet every year for the outgoing B.V.Sc & AH students of this campus.

Research

Title of the project / Scheme	Year	Budget (Lakhs)	Funding Agency
Ectoparasiticidal effect of Sitaphal	2000	0.05	TN Student Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST)
In vitro evaluation of antifungal effect of garlic extract	2008	0.05
In vitro anthelmintic activity of seed extracts of Cleome viscosa against GI nematodes of small ruminants	2010	0.05
In vitro antimicrobial activity of whole plant extracts of Moringa olifera against poultry pathogens	2010	0.10
Exploration of hepatoprotective effect of Alloe health drink in broiler chicken	2012-13	4.46	M/s. C. P. Plantations, Madurai
Immunomodulatory activity of Allium sativum and Withania somnifera against Newcastle disease control in desi birds	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
Exploration of Mukia maderaspatana as promising topical herbal preparation for cutaneous warts in Cattle	2019	0.20	TANUVAS
Larvicidal and pupicidal activity of neem products with methoprene against the housefly, Musca domestica L. in commercial broilers	2019	0.24	TANUVAS
Effect of Toxol in alleviating experimentally induced mycotoxicosis in broiler chicken	2021	3.50	M/s. Vesper Groups, Bangalore.
Efficacy of IVP-1 against coccidiosis infection in broiler chicken	2022	4.06	M/s. Heka Pharma Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
SIF on "Ethnoveterinary Herbal Product Research and Development Centre" (S.C.No:16093) co-ordinators	2023	1372.95	SIF-TANII

On-going projects: Three Student’s conclave project

S.No	Title	Name of the students	Name of the mentor	Budget (Rs.)	Duration
1	Commercialization of validated value added neem products (in powder and spray form) for the control of domestic flies in home and commercial livestock and poultry farms and hospitals	Vikas Kumar (BVN 23100) Raveen (BVN 23065)	Dr.A.Jagadeeswaran	25,000	6 months
2	Commercialization of topical polyherbal formulation for Bovine Cutaneous Papillomatosis	A.Jeevan Sarathi (BVN23037) and G.Gowtham (BVN 23027)	Dr.M.J.Raja and Dr.A.Jagadeeswaran	20,000	6 months
3	Formulation, Validation and Commercialization of copper polyherbal nanogel for common skin infections in canine	S.Hariprasad (BVN23029) and E.Elamparithi (BVN23024)	Dr.P.Vikrama Chakravarthi and Dr.A.Jagadeeswaran	20,000	6 months

Courses Offered

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

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
JAGADEESWARAN,A	PROFESSOR AND HEAD	drjaggyvpt@gmail.com	94432 51330
RAJA,M.J	PROFESSOR	rajamj74@gmail.com	96291 33687
MEKALA,P	PROFESSOR	mekskathir@gmail.com	94420 92237
VIKRAMA CHAKRAVARTHI,P	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	drvikramvet@gmail.com	9489175360
SAKTHI PRIYA,M	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	Sakthipriya.m@tanuvas.ac.in	9047057567

The Head of the Department,
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal - 637 002.
Phone: ++91-04286-266491
E-mail: vpt-vcri-nkl@tanuvas.org.in