Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal

VETERINARY CLINICAL COMPLEX

GENESIS

The Department of Clinics was established in the year 1994 with the main goal of providing quality veterinary services to the farming community in and around Namakkal district for more than 32 years. The Teaching Hospital of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal has become one of the leading veterinary hospital and give hands on training to the undergraduate and postgraduate students and field veterinarians handling more than 52,000 cases per year. Veterinary Clinical Complex is an integrated facility where animals receive diagnosis, treatment, surgery and preventive healthcare and is functioning in its new building located at VCRI Campus, Mohanur Road, Namakkal since March 2024 onwards.

OBJECTIVES

To provide proper diagnosis and treatment to the animals in outpatient and inpatient wards.
To impart clinical training to undergraduate and post graduate students.
To adopt disease Prevention and Control through vaccination, deworming and disease surveillance.
To render round a clock clinical service to livestock and pet owners as a Regional Referral Veterinary Hospital.
To update the knowledge of field veterinarians through the conduct of training programme/ summer/ winter schools.
To undertake clinical research by undergraduate, post graduate and diploma students.

Hospital Timings:

Out Patient timing - All days including Saturday, Sunday and all Government holidays	08.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Day casualty	11.30 AM - 08.00 PM
Night casualty	08.00 PM - 08.00 AM

UNITS FUNCTIONING AT VCC

The hospital has the following units for rendering clinical services to both large and small animals and their owners

Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Centralized Clinical laboratory
Casualty unit
Biomedical waste disposal unit
Cafeteria and Security cabinet

The various referral units of Veterinary Medicine

Outpatient unit for both large and small animals
Large animal inpatient unit
Dermatology unit
Critical care unit
Endoscopy unit
Vaccination unit
Ultrasound unit
Infectious disease unit for dogs
Under observation unit for Rabies
Aqua cow floating tank and slings unit for downer cows

The various referral units of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology

Outpatient unit for both large and small animals
Large animal inpatient unit
Orthopedic unit
Ophthalmology unit
Radiology and Physiotherapy unit
Computerized Tomography unit
Operation theatre with modern facilities for both small and large animals
Sand pit for Patellar Desmotomy in cattle

The various referral units of Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Outpatient unit for both large and small animals
Operation theatre with modern facilities for both small and large animals
De-torsion pit for the correction of uterine torsion in cattle and buffaloes
Infertility unit
Artificial Insemination unit
Vaginoscopy unit
Neonatal care unit

CENTRALIZED CLINICAL LABORATORY

The hospital has a well-established clinical pathology unit to meet the demands of advancing clinical practice
The lab uses autoanalyzer for hematology, serum biochemistry and electrolyte analysis
The laboratory enables early and precise identification of diseases through

Blood tests (hematology and biochemistry)
Urine and fecal examination
Microbiological and parasitological tests

This unit also caters the need of post graduate research scholars to analyze the clinical samples. On an average, the laboratory receives more than 20,000 samples from various units of clinics, private firms, field veterinarians and research scholars.

HOSPITAL FACILITIES

The hospital provides advanced special diagnostic and treatment facilities like CT scan, Endoscopy, Ultrasonography, ECG, Diathermy, Cryo-surgery, Contrast radiography, Physiotherapy, Small and large animal gynecological ultrasonography, Surgical services and inhalant anesthetic facilities for small and large animals.

The CT scan unit caters the needs of pet owners from adjacent districts and referred cases from Kerala for precise diagnosis. The endoscopy unit of this hospital extends its services to cattle, buffaloes, horses and dogs. Hormonal assays and vaginal exfoliative cytology are carried out routinely to rule out the stage of estrous cycle in canines. The obstetrical cases like cervico-vaginal prolapse, uterine torsion, dystocia and total uterine prolapse are treated round the clock with advanced facilities. The infertility diagnostic laboratory provides modern diagnostic aids to improve the fertility in large and small ruminants. This hospital has separate unit for vaccination of pet animals and there is an isolated for treating the infectious diseases in pet animals.

Using these modern diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, many interesting cases like lesions in brain, skull pathologies, spinal and abdominal disorders, canine dilated cardiomyopathy, splenic and hepatic tumors in dogs, diaphragmatic hernia, traumatic pericarditis, intussusception, caecal dilatation in bovine, dystocia and uterine torsion in bovine, fungal pneumonia in buffalo, guttural pouch mycosis in horse etc., have been successfully diagnosed and treated at this hospital. The hospital is well equipped with all the infra structure facilities for small and large animal orthopedics surgery.

RECENT FACILITIES CREATED

All equipments like CT, U/S, ECG and laboratory equipments were shifted to the new hospital campus on March’2024.
In-patient facilities for cattle and cafeteria were established in new campus.
Additional building for referral unit is under construction.

HOSPITAL FEE STRUCTURE

S.No.	PARTICULARS	COST IN RUPEES
	REGISTRATION FEE
1.	LARGE ANIMAL AND SMALL RUMINANTS	20 (for 7 days only)
2.	SMALL ANIMAL	100 (for 7 days only)
3.	EMERGENCY SURGEREY	Registration fee+50
4.	EXOTIC BIRDS	100
5.	IN-PATIENT ADMISSION FOR LARGE ANIMALS	100 + 20 (per day)
	VACCINATION FEE
6.	DHPPi+L for dog	400
7.	ARV for dog and cat	200
8.	RCP for cat	680
	TEST FEE
9.	ULTRASOUND	200
10.	ECG	100
11.	ECHO	500
12.	ENDOSCOPY	1000
13.	X RAY	250
14.	CONTRAST X RAY	500
15.	CT SCAN-PLAIN	2500
16.	CT SCAN- CONTRAST	3500
17.	HEMATOLOGY	150
18.	SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY	150
19.	CYTOLOGY	50
20.	URINANALYSIS	50
21.	MICROBIOLOGY AND ABST	100
22.	BODY FLUIDS	500
23.	VAGINAL CYTOLOGY	100
24.	NAIL CLIPPING	20
25.	SPERM ANALYSIS	500
26.	BLOOD TRANSFUSION (LARGE ANIMALS) ENDOSCOPE	500
27.	BLOOD TRANSFUSION (SMALL ANIMALS)	1000
28.	SPECIALIZED SURGERY	500
29.	INTERVENTINAL PROCEDURE (LARGE ANIMALS) (DETORSION, DYSTOCIA, RETAINED FETAL MEMBRANE, CHOKE AND OTHERS)	500
	SURGERY FEE
	SMALL ANIMALS
30.	MINOR SURGERY	500
31.	MAJOR SURGERY (INCLUDING SPAYING AND CESEAREAN SECTION)	750
32.	CASTRATION FOR SMALL ANIMALS	500
33.	SMALL ANIMAL SOFT TISSUE, EYE AND ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY	1500
	LARGE ANIMALS (LARGE RUMINANTS AND EQUINE)
34.	MINOR SURGERY	200
35.	MAJOR SURGERY	500
36.	EQUINE SURGERY	1000
	SMALL RUMINANTS AND CALVES
37.	MINOR SURGERY	100
38.	MAJOR SURGERY	300
39.	EMERGENCY SURGERY	1500

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

The Department offers annual externship training programs to students of various State Veterinary Colleges and internship training programs to the students of constituent Veterinary Colleges of TANUVAS. Further the department offers training Programme to Field Veterinarians from Department of Animal Husbandry and Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk producers Union and also from other states of India.

Faculty

S.No.	Name and Designation	Specialization	E. Mail	Mobile No
1.	Dr.S.Kathirvel Professor and Head	Veterinary Surgery and Radiology	skathir24051972@gmail.com	7010034123
2.	Dr.K.Senthilkumar Professor	Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics	senthil702003@yahoo.com	9626453885
3.	Dr.M.Sasikala Assistant Professor	Veterinary Pathology	vetsasi.pathologist@gmail.com	9486067886
4.	Dr.S.Kokila Assistant Professor	Veterinary Surgery and Radiology	kokilagopal18@gmail.com	9751780052
5.	Dr.M.Murugan Assistant Professor	Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics	muruganog@gmail.com	7010664956
6.	Dr.R.Ravi Assistant Professor	Veterinary Medicine	raviprsvengi@gmail.com	9994302676
7.	Dr.T.Arulkumar Assistant Professor	Veterinary Medicine	drarulkumar@gmail.com	8760044680

The Head of the Department,
Veterinary Clinical Complex,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal - 637002.
Phone: +91-+91-4286-299850
E-mail: clinics-vcri-nkl@tanuvas.org.in