VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TIRUNELVELI

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY ANATOMY

The Department of Veterinary Anatomy was started in the year 2012 with an aim to make the UG and PG students as world class technocrats in the subject of Veterinary Anatomy. The Department has Osteology and Arthrology laboratory, Dissection Hall, Histology and Embryology laboratory, Dissection Store, Embalming Room, Tissue preparation room, Research Laboratory and Museum facilities. The laboratories are equipped with instruments such as Hot air oven, Manual Rotary microtome, Embedding unit, Tissue floatation bath, Cooling Plate, Weighing balance, Trinocular microscope fitted with imaging system, Advanced Imaging system with 40inch monitor, Binocular microscopes, Tissue processing assembly, Storage container of 250 and 650 liter capacity, Embalming unit.

Objectives

Education:

To impart education in Veterinary Anatomy to Undergraduate / Post graduate and Doctoral degree students.

Researach:

To carry out need based Morphological / Histological /Clinical Anatomical / Laboratory Anatomical research on animals, birds and laboratory animals.

Extension:

To display Museum specimens for Educational activities.

Education

As per the MSVE, 2016, the course of Veterinary Anatomy course is offered with 4+3 credit hours to the first-year B.V.Sc. & A.H. students.

Research

The Department has a vision to promote and strengthen the research activities in the thrust areas such as Studies on standardization of landmarks for various surgical and clinical procedures, preparation of teaching alternative in veterinary Anatomy etc.

Research projects completed

S.No	Title	Funding agency	Fund outlay (Rs. in Lakhs)	Period
1.	“Distribution of Veterinary and paraveterinary inputs to the Scheduled tribe people of Tirunelveli district”	ICAR-Veterinary type culture- Tribal Sub Plan	5.00	2012-2013
2	“Distribution of Veterinary and paraveterinary inputs to the Scheduled tribe people of Tirunelveli district”	ICAR-Veterinary type culture- Tribal Sub Plan	0.50	2013-2014
2	Structural architecture of retinal layers in domestic animals – a comparative study	TANUVAS Sub-Project	0.01	2019-2020

Extension

The Department is involved in various extension programmes on livestock and poultry production as and when required on need basis.

Salient features

Well established museum with skeleton of cattle, horse, pig, dog, poultry, guinea pig and coloured horse skeleton.
Museum with wet storage of specimens of arthrological, splanchnological and embryological importance.
Educational charts related to histology and embryology topics were displayed in the histology laboratory.

Facilities

Dairy unit
Osteology and arthrology lab
Dissection hall with Attached embalming room
Museum
Histology and Embryology lab
Bones and Skeletons of various domestic animals and birds
Histology and embryology slides
Steel Almirah for bones, Microscope etc.
Semi-automatic microtome
Hot air oven
Histo embedder
CCTV attachment for microscope
Deep freezer (-20°C) Horizontal
Cadaver Injector
pH meter
X-ray viewer
Electric bone saw

Steel racks for bones
Show-cases (glass paneled) for museum
Stainless steel topped table (With drainage) for dissection
Steel racks for wet specimens
Rotary microtome
Binocular microscopes
Digital analytical balance
Autoclave
Slide warmer
Refrigerator
Tissue floatation bath
Slide cabinet
Scalpel hone
Postmortem sets
Rib cutter, Hand Saw, Tenaculum
Drilling machine for skeleton mounting

Faculty

Name and Designation	Contact Number	Email ID
Dr. S. Muthukrishnan, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Professor and Head	+91- 7708270377; +91- 89080856975	muthukrishnan1971@gmail.com
Dr. S. Rajathi, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Assistant Professor	+91- 9944692091; +91- 6381353070	rajathis9936@gmail.com

The Professor and Head,
Department of Veterinary Anatomy,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli - 627 358.
Phone: +91-462-2336345
E-mail: vanvcritni@tanuvas.org.in