VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THENI

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

The Department of Veterinary Microbiology was established at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni in the year 2020 with the objective to offer quality education to B.V.Sc.& A.H. students and to offer diagnostic services for various bacterial, viral and fungal infectious diseases of livestock and poultry.

Objectives

To offer quality education to students
To offer diagnostic servicesfor various infectious diseases of livestock and poultry
To carry out research work on different areas of Veterinary Microbiology benefitting the farmers, fellow researchers and the scientific community

EDUCATION

The following courses with (3 +2 ) credit hours are being offered in compliance with Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education (MSVE, 2016) prescribed by Veterinary Council of India (VCI).

UNIT-1 : General & Systematic Veterinary Bacteriology
UNIT-2 : Veterinary Mycology
UNIT-2 : UNIT-3 :Microbial Biotechnology
UNIT-2 : UNIT-4 :Veterinary Immunology and Serology
UNIT-2 : UNIT-5 :General and Systematic Veterinary Virology

Imparting strong theoretical and practical knowledge on various bacterial, viral and fungal diseases affecting livestock and poultry is the prime objective of this department. Adopting modern pedagogical methods in UG teaching is considered to be the strength of this department.

Infrastructure

Immunology laboratory

In this laboratory, immunology and serology UGpractical sessions are conducted.
This laboratory is equipped with ELISA test reader, waterbath, photocolorimeter, centrifuge, immune electrophoresis apparatus, blotting apparatus, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis apparatus, double distillation unit, vortex mixer, refrigerated centrifuge, high speed centrifuge and gel documentation system.

Bacteriology and MycologyLaboratory

Identification of bacteria and fungi from samples.
Equipped with binocular microscopes, trinocular microscope with imaging system, horizontal laminar air flow, incubator, colony counter and digital weighing balance.

Virology Laboratory

Virology relateddemonstration of practical sessions for UG students and virology related research work are also carried out in this laboratory.
The virologylaboratory is equipped with vertical laminar air flow, inverted microscope, biological oxygen demand incubator, egg incubator, thermocycler, magnetic stirrer and – 20oC deep freezer.
The laboratory has a sterilization unit, being equipped with hot air oven and autoclave providingfacilitiesfor routine washing of labware,sterilization and decontamination.

SERVICES RENDERED

The department is focussing towards carrying out socio-economically impactful research in the regional area.
The Department is involved in routine analysis of clinical and post mortem samples received from veterinary clinical complex, veterinary pathology and other line department’sduring disease investigations.

Faculty

1. Dr. S. Rathnapraba, Ph.D., Professor and Head
Dr.P.Suresh, Ph.D., Professor
Dr.Ranjani rajesekaran, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

The Professor and Head,
Department of Veterinary Microbiology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,Veerapandi, Theni – 625 534.
Phone: +91-4546-235401
E-mail: vmc-vcri-thn@tanuvas.org.in