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VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SALEM

LIVESTOCK FARM COMPLEX


The Livestock Farm Complex (LFC) has been established as per the guidelines of Veterinary Council of India to train the Under graduatestudents in the Livestock and Poultry farm activities.One Cattle shed, 2 Poultry Sheds, 3 Piggery sheds and one horse stable and Judging pavilion are available to accommodate the required numbers of the respective species to demonstrate Animal Production techniques in compliance with the Minimum Standard of Veterinary Education (MSVE 2016) of Veterinary Council of India.

Objectives

  • To impart hands-on training for undergraduate B.V.Sc& A.H students on various aspects of Livestock and poultry farming practices
  • To supply of genetically superior germplasm of Livestock and poultry to the farmers
  • To carry out theneed based specific research projects in Livestock and Poultry
  • To create awareness about the scientific rearing of livestock and poultry to the farming community

Livestock Farm Units

Dairy Cattle Unit
Piggery Unit
Equine Unit
Poultry Unit
Agriculture/ Fodder Unit
Name of the Unit Breeds Maintained
Dairy cattle Jersey crossbred
Holstein Friesian crossbred
Gir
Piggery Large White Yorkshire
Horse Thoroughbred
Poultry Layer (BV 380)
Broiler (Cobb 400)

LFC Admin and Judging Locations

Dairy Cattle Unit

  • Cattle unit comprises of Jersey crossbred, Holstein Friesian crossbred and indigenous breed - Gir
  • Dairy cattle unit is equipped with rubbber mats in the covered area to provide anti slippery surface and comfort
  • Sprinklers are installed in the Cattle shed to alleviate heat stress in day time during peak summer.
  • Automatic milking machine is installed to enable clean milk production and to prevent udder infection
  • Parameters like birth weight, age at maturity, age at first calving, milk production, herd average, wet average and inter calving period are recorded in this unit

Dairy Cattle

Piggery Unit

  • Large White Yorkshire pigs are being maintained under intensive system of rearing
  • Data on Litter size at birth and at weaning, litter size born alive, litter weight at birth and at weaning birth weight, weaning weight,market weight and mortality percentage of these animals are being recorded

Piggery

Equine Unit

  • Two Throughbred horses are being maintained for the purpose of teaching to undergraduate about handling, restraining and management of horses.

Horses

Poultry Unit

  • Poultry unit comprises both layer section and broiler section reared under deep litter and semi-intensive system
  • The data on growth rate, egg production, feed efficiency and livability are being recorded

Poultry in LFC

Agriculture/ Fodder Unit

  • Total 18.0 acres of fodder cafeteria has been earmarked to cater the need of fodder requirement of livestock housed at Livestock farm complex
  • Cultivation of grasses like Napier, Sorghum, Hedge Lucerne, Stylo, Subabul, Agathi and Glyricidia are being carried out

Fodder Area

Education

  • The Course, LFP 311: Livestock Farm Practices (Non-credit)- 0+2 is being offered by this department to the undergraduate students during third professional year.

Students are trained:

Faculty

Name and Designation E-mail Mobile#
Dr.V.Ramesh,
Professor and Head 		ramesh.v@tanuvas.ac.in 9443515328
Dr.M.Jothilakshmi,
Assistant Professor 		jothilakshmi.m@tanuvas.ac.in 8903222800
Dr.K.Selvarasu,
Assistant Professor 		selvarasu.k@tanuvas.ac.in 9487126590
Dr.A.S.Sobana,
Assistant Professor 		sobana.a.s.@tanuvas.ac.in 9786085016
Dr.M.Siva,
Assistant Professor 		siva.m@tanuvas.ac.in 9944285636
Dr.A.Karthikeyan,
Assistant Professor 		karthikeyan.a@tanuvas.ac.in 8667460243
Dr.A.Reshma,
Assistant Professor 		reshma.a@tanuvas.ac.in 9566706685

The Professor and Head,
Livestock Farm Complex,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,
Thalaivasal Koot Road, Near Nathakarai Toll Plaza,
Salem - 636 112, Tamil Nadu, India.
Phone: +91-4282-290998
E-mail: lfc-vcri-slm@tanuvas.org.in


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