Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

The Department of Veterinary Pathology was established at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu on 20-06-2012 as per USO. No. 20264/A1/ 2012 and Rc. No. 1832/A1/2012 dated. 20-06-2012 of the Registrar, TANUVAS, Chennai-51.

OBJECTIVES

To impart quality education for undergraduate students of B.V.Sc & A.H. and postgraduate (MVSc) students
To execute quality research for postgraduate students.
To help the farmers in controlling disease outbreaks by doing necropsy, cytology and histopathology.
To conduct postmortem examination on Livestock, Poultry and fishes for academic and diagnostic purposes.
To screen the clinical samples and histopathological sections to aid in confirmation of diseases.
To work continuously on infectious diseases, toxicopathology and neoplasms of various farm and pet animals.

EDUCATION

As per the VCI semester pattern (MSVE-2016) and ICAR pattern courses are being offered for both UG and PG students. Facilities such as UG laboratory, PG Research laboratory and Museum are available for imparting the education.

Laboratory Facilities

Necropsy facility: Conducting postmortem examination on large and small ruminants, horse, pig, dog, poultry, wild and pet birds and wild animals.
Histotechnology: Tissue samples collected from necropsy and samples received from field veterinarians, Animal Disease Diagnostic Units and other units of Animal husbandry department of Tamil Nadu are processed for disease diagnosis.
Histopathology: Processed tissues sections are examined for disease diagnosis, UG /PG education and research
Clinical Pathology: Various clinical samples received from VCC, VCRI, Orathanadu and from farmers and field veterinarians are analysed for disease diagnosis.
Rabies diagnostic unit: Facilities are available for diagnosis of rabies by cytological staining method from the samples received while conducting necropsy and from various units of Animal Husbandry Department of Tamil Nadu
Museum: Formalin preserved gross specimens are racked systematically for UG/PG education.
Photomicrography unit: Used for UG/PG education and research.

MAJOR EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE

Microtome
Spectrophotometer
Trinocular microscope with image analyser
Binocular Research microscope

Fees for laboratory examination/services:

S. No	Type of Laboratory Examination / Service	TANUVAS approved fees (Rs. )
	Postmortem examination
1	Dog	250
2	Cat	100
3	Cattle	1000
4	Calves, sheep, goat and pig	500
5	Race horse race course and stud farm	10,000
6	Horse other than from race course and stud farm	1,500
7	Rabies examination	100/animal
8	Poultry	50/bird
9	Pet birds (including parrots)	100/bird
10	Laboratory animals (including rabbit, rat, mice, guinea pig etc.,)	50/animal
11	Emu or Ostrich	500/bird
	Histopathology
12	Undergraduate / postgraduate research material from TANUVAS (H & E stained slide)	75/tissue section
13	General commercial (Received from schemes and other institutions)	250/tissue section
14	Regulatory toxicological contractual organization	300/tissue section
15-18	Non-TANUVAS institutions i. Only slide reading ii. Digital imaging of HP slides iii. Image Analysis (Morphometry) iv. Special stains like van Gieson?s, PAS, GG, Toluidine blue	75/tissue section 100/10 exposures including CD writing 50/image analysis 100/staining
	Clinical Pathology
19	Cytology from Veterinary Practitioners	100/slide
20	Microscopic examination of smears for bacteria	50/slide
21	Blood smear examination for parasites	50/sample
22	Dung/faeces examination	50/sample
23	Nasal washings	50/sample
24	Examinations of scrapings	50/sample
25	Haematology (single test)	50/sample
26	Urine analysis ?single test	20/sample
27	Serum biochemistry	50/sample/test
28	Disease investigation for poultry	500
29	Disease investigation for livestock farmers other than poultry	1000
30	Disease investigation for commercial organization hatcheries, race courses, clubs, poultry farmers having stock of 10,000 and above	3000

RESEARCH

The department provides laboratory facilities and guidance to research scholars.
We provide histopathological slide reading and tissue morphometry on animal tissues brought by PG scholars of various departments of VCRI, OND and nearby government research institutes and field Veterinary Assistant Surgeons.

Extension

Farmers who brought the carcass for necropsy are advised regarding the treatment, control prevention and quarantine protocols to be followed during disease outbreaks in collaboration with other departments if needed.
Faculties are involved in training programmes conducted for farmers and Veterinary Assistant Surgeons / para-veterinarian of Department of Animal Husbandry Tamil Nadu.
Involved in conducting training programmes for field Veterinarians of Department of Animal Husbandry on Necropsy diagnosis of livestock diseases and webinars for veterinary teaching/research facilities, research scholars and students.

FACULTY

Name and Designation	Email	Mobile#
Dr. J. SELVARAJ Professor and Head	vetselvaraj.j@gmail.com\|selvaraj.j@tanuvas.ac.in	+91-9443919037
Dr. N. BABU PRASATH Assistant Professor	vetdrprasad@gmail.com \| babuprasanth.n@tanuvas.ac.in	+91-9994476736
Dr.P. C. PRABU Assistant Professor	pcprabuin@yahoo.co.in	+91-9345574801
Dr.K. THILAGAVATHI Assistant Professor	thilagapatho@gmail.com	+91-9751785878

The Professor and Head,
Department of veterinary pathology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu - 614625, Thanjavur.
Phone: +91-4372-234012/13/14/16
E-mail: vppvcriond@tanuvas.org.in