Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal

• To impart teaching for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes.
• To conduct research programmes for M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. scholars.
• Farm advisory services.
• Conducting training programmes to the progressive farmers.

• U.G. and P.G. education.
• Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Avian Sciences (ICAR Scheme).
• Maintaining a modern Poultry Farm Complex.
• Maintaining hatchery for supplying day-old chicks of several poultry species.
• Conducting Postgraduate researches.
• Facilitating researches for other college / university postgraduate students.
• Carrying out need based and industry based validation researches.
• Conducting PG Diploma in Commercial Poultry Production Management.
• Conducting 5 skill development courses.

• A well-furnished air-conditioned lecture hall for conducting CAFTAS programme and P.G. classes.
• Well-equipped U.G. laboratory with sophisticated equipment for estimation of proximate principles, mycotoxin analysis, egg external and internal quality measurement, measuring eggshell strength etc.,
• Fully automatic environmentally controlled broiler house for rearing 3000 broilers in all-in all-out system.
• Fully automatic hatchery unit with uninterrupted power system and digitally controlled incubators.
• Modern Japanese quail brooder cum grower house with cage and nipple drinking system.
• Modern elevated cage breeder quail house with cage and semi-automatic feeding system.
• Modern elevated cage layer house with automatic feeding, watering and lighting system.
• Modern turkey chick cum grower house with semi-automatic feeding and watering system.
• Modern turkey breeder house with semi-automatic feeding and watering system.
• Modern broiler experimental house to conduct researches in broilers under both deep litter and cage system of rearing.
• Modern cross-bred breeder house with semi-automatic feeding and watering system.
• Modern chick cum grower house with cage, nipple drinking and semi-automatic feeding system.
• Modern chick cum grower house with nipple drinkers and semi-automatic feeing system for Aseel chicken.
• Modern breeder house with nipple drinkers and semi-automatic feeing system for Aseel chicken.
• A model semi-range desi chicken unit.
• An emu unit with automatic watering system.
• An ostrich unit with automatic watering system.
• A model semi-intensive duck unit.

• An ICAR fully financed scheme, "Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Avian Sciences" is functioning in this department.
• Revolving fund scheme on "Standardization of nutrient requirements, production and marketing of Japanese quail" .
• Conducted an International Poultry Expo and Conference – 2010 from 8th to 10th January 2010.
• Revolving fund scheme on "Establishment of Aseel Chicken unit at Department of Poultry Science" .

• Namakkal quail – 1 : A meat-type Japanese quail strain, evolved by 4-way crossing
• Namakkal gold quail : An egg-type Japanese quail strain, evolved by 5-way crossing.
• Namakkal chicken – 1: A back-yard multicoloured chicken variety for egg production purpose, evolved by 4 way crossing.

• Dr. M. Moorthy, Professor and Head
• Dr. K. Rajendran, Assistant Professor
• Dr. T. Vasanthakumar, Assistant Professor

The Professor and Head,
Department of Poultry Scheme,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal - 637 002.
Phone: +91-4286-266491/92/93/94
E-mail:psc-vcri-nkl@tanuvas.org.in