Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu

Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

The Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxiciology was established during the year 2012 to offer education as well as carrying out basic and applied research in the field of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxiciology. The department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology is offering B.V.Sc., and M.V.Sc., courses, which is a continuing process every year.

OBJECTIVES

To impart education in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology to undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral degree students
To carry out need based pharmacological and toxicological research on natural and synthetic drugs and their products
To offer drug information services to farming and scientific community

Education

This Department is offering undergraduate courses for the B.V.Sc& A.H students as per the VCI pattern. This department is also offering M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (VPT) degree since 2019.

Laboratory facilities

A. The following instruments are available for assessing the activity of drugs

Digital plythesmometer
Rodent anaesthetizer
Analgesiometer
Infrared actimeter
Hot plate apparatus.
Rota-rod apparatus.
Pole climbing apparatus.
Actophotometer.

B. The following instruments are also available for assessing the pharmaceutical quality control of drugs

Tablet friability tester.
Tablet hardness tester.
Tablet disintegration test apparatus.
Tablet dissolution test apparatus.
Automatic dissolution apparatus
Refractometer
Viscometer with heldal attachment and small volume adapter
Multiparmeter hardness tester

C. Further, computer aided learning (CAL) is also being used for teaching experimental pharmacology to U.G. Students.

D. The department has all the required facilities for the conduct of P.G. practicals as well as research work.

infrastructural facilities available

a. Analytical Research Laboratory Facility

High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Real Time PCR
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography
Freeze dryer
Refrigerated centrifuge
Micro volume Spectrophotometer
CO2 incubator
Chemiluminescence imaging system
Rotary evaporator
Inverted Phase Contrast Microscopy with Fluorescence
Biological Safety cabinet (Class II)
Supercritical Fluid extraction system
Ultra Low Deep Freezer (-40C)
Hinged double door steriliser
Soxhlet Apparatus set
Water purification system

b. Herbal Products Manufacturing Unit

Tablet press machine
Colloidal mill
Sifter
Automatic four head liquid Filling Machine
Drier with trays
Automatic four head capping machine
Multi mill unit
Automatic Labelling Machine (Adhesive)
Mass blender
Movable stirrer with 50 L container
Tablet coating machine
Rotary Bottle washing machine
Micro pulverizer
Buffer tank 150 Litre capacity
Ointment plant
Buffer tank with motorized stirrer- 500 Litres
Ointment tube filling sealing and crimping machine
Filter press
Freeze drier and accessories
Turn table for labelling machine
Granulator

c. Quality Control Laboratory

Automatic dissolution apparatus
Refractometer
Vacuum package leak tester
Disintegration set
Karl Fischer titrator
Friability tester
Multiparameter Hardness tester
Bulk density meter
Vibrating sieve shaker

Research

TANUVAS Subproject on Development of polyherbal nano-emulgel farm gate therapeutic kit for bovine mastitis completed on 01.10.2020, budget Rs. 10,000

Research Schemes- Ongoing

S.No.	Particulars				Scheme Details
1.	Name of the scheme / project		:		Ethnoveterinary Herbal Product Research and Development Centre
	Name of the funding agency		:		State Innovation Fund (SIF) Scheme, Tamil Nadu State Innovation Initiative (TANII), Tamil Nadu Government
	Date of Start		:		02.03.2017
	Budget		:		Rs.1372.95 lakhs
	Significant achievements / Scientific utility of the findings: 1. Herbal products have been developed for treating economically important diseases of livestock and poultry 2. Ethno Veterinary Herbal Products Research and Development Centre has been established 3. Herbal gardens have been established at four premises of TANUVAS in 18 acres under TANII Scheme 4. 1600 field veterinarians, 240 faculties of TANUVAS and 3000 farmers have been trained on ethno veterinary practices and awareness programmes on EVM have been conducted for more than 8000 farmers using Propaganda vehicle in different villages.
2.	Name of the scheme / project	:		ICAR Outreach Programme on Ethnoveterinary Medicine
	Name of the funding agency	:		ICAR, New Delhi
	Date of Start	:		10.12.2009
	Budget	:		Rs.14.60 lakhs
	Significant achievements / Scientific utility of the findings: 1.Herbal spray for Bovine Mastitis has been developed and cross validated with IVRI, Izatnagar 2.Training programme for sixty SC/ST farmers on Ethno Veterinary Practices for health care of livestock and poultry has been conducted on 22.10.2020, 28.12.2020 and 19.02.2021

FACULTY

S. No	Name and designation	Email ID	Mobile Number
S. No	Name and designation	Email ID	1.	Dr. V. Ranganathan, Professor & Head	ranganathan.v@tanuvas.ac.in	99657 79664
2.	Dr. M.J. Raja, Associate Professor	rajamj74@gmail.com, raja.m.j@tanuvas.ac.in	96291 33687
3.	Dr. A. Elamaran, Assistant Professor	dranbuelamaran@gmail.com	99622 17374
4.	Dr. K.Vijayakaran , Assistant Professor	vkkvijay36@gmail.com	73970 23543

Professor and Head,
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu - 614625, Thanjavur.
Phone: +91-4372-234012
E-mail: vptvcriond@tanuvas.org.in