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VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THENI

Department of Veterinary Medicine


The Department of Veterinary Medicine is started in the year 2020 as a part of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni with an aim to offer quality education to undergraduate students in the discipline of Veterinary Medicine as per Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education (MSVE, 2016) prescribed by Veterinary Council of India.

Objectives

  • To impart quality education in Veterinary Medicine to Undergraduate students.
  • To provide expert opinion and to perform advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to ailing referred pet and large animals and to train Undergraduates in the management of clinical cases.
  • To provide information to the animal owners in prevention of diseases and management of sick animals by way of extension activities.

Education

As per the MSVE 2016 regulations prescribed by VCI, the following course of Veterinary Medicine: Credit Hours: 4+1 is being offered to IV Professional Year undergraduate students:

  • Theory: Unit-1 (general), Unit-2 (systemic diseases), Unit-3 (metabolic and deficiency disorders), Unit-4 (zoo and wild animal medicine), Unit-5 (bacterial, fungal and rickettsial diseases), Unit-6 (viral and parasitic diseases) and Unit-7 (jurisprudence, ethics, and animal welfare)
  • Practical: Unit-1 (general), Unit-2 (systemic diseases), Unit-3 (zoo and wild animal medicine), Unit-4 (bacterial, fungal and rickettsial diseases) and Unit-5 (viral and parasitic diseases)

Infrastructure and Facilities

Equipments and Facilities

  • Animal weighing balance
  • Autoclave
  • B.O.D. Incubator
  • Beaker, flask, pipettes etc.
  • Biochemical auto analyzer
  • Biopsy needles
  • BP Apparatus
  • Centrifuges ordinary
  • Clinical haematology analyzer
  • Cooling centrifuge
  • Dark field microscope
  • Dart gun
  • Deep Freezer
  • Digital pH meters
  • Drip stands
  • ECG machine
  • Electrical conductivity meter
  • Electrolyte analyzer

Equipments and Facilities

  • Electronic monopan balance
  • Electrophoresis unit
  • Elisa reader
  • Endoscopy Unit
  • Examination Table for Small Animals – Stainless steel
  • Gradiant PCR
  • High speed centrifuge
  • Hot-air Ovens
  • Incubators
  • Infusion Pump
  • Laminar flow
  • Microhaematocrit centrifuge with tube set
  • Micropipettes assorted
  • Microscopes – binocular
  • Mouth Gag
  • Neubauer slides
  • Ophthalmoscope direct hand held
  • Otoscope

Faculty

  • Dr.C.S.Arunaman, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head
  • Dr.M.Ranjithkumar, M.V.Sc., Assistant Professor

The Associate Professor and Head,
Department of Veterinary Medicine,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,Veerapandi, Theni – 625 534.
Phone: +91- 04546235400
E-mail: vmd-vcri-thn@tanuvas.org.in