VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TIRUNELVELI

• To offer Animal Genetics and Breeding courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• To formulate and carryout research in the field of Animal Genetics and Breeding for livestock improvement.
• To disseminate the research findings of this department for the benefit of the farming community and
• To cater to the needs of stakeholders through training and advisory services

• Unit 1: Biostatistics and Computer Application
• Unit 2: Principles of Animal and Population Genetics
• Unit 3: Principles of Animal Breeding

• Computer Laboratory is equipped with 40 computers as well as audio-visual aids for U.G. teaching.
• Undergraduate Laboratory is equipped with teaching aids and infrastructure facilities to for U.G. teaching.

• Conservation of native breeds of small ruminants
• Genetics of disease resistance in livestock
• Candidate gene analysis for production traits in livestock

• Molecular characterization of native breeds of Southern Tamil Nadu
• Analysis of mastitis resistant genes in crossbred cows of Southern Tamil Nadu
• Analysis of Growth Hormone genes in association with production traits in small ruminants

Sl. No.	Name of the Project	Name of the scientist and position	Duration	Funding agency
1	Evaluation of Genetic Resistance against Parasitic Infection (Haemonchus Contortus) in Indigenous Goat Breeds of Tamil Nadu through Candidate Gene Approach.	Dr. P. Gopu Professor and Principal Investigator	3 Years	NLM

Sl. No.	Name of the Project	Name of the scientist and position	Duration	Funding agency
1	Establishment of a small ruminant research centre for in situ conservation of the native germplasm of Chevaadu, Ramnad White, Katchaikatty black sheep breeds at Southern Tamil Nadu in VCRI, Tirunelveli.	Dr.T.Ravimurugan Professor and Head Co-principal investigator	2 years	Government of Tamil Nadu
2	Implementation of scheduled caste sub plan for the year 2020-21 e for	Dr.T.Ravimurugan Professor and Head Co-ordinator	One Year	ICAR-VTC SCSP
3	Establishment of Goat Research Centre at Chinnakovilankulam Village, Sankarankovil Taluk in Tenkasi District	Dr.T.Ravimurugan Professor and Head Co-ordinator	2 Years	Government of Tamil Nadu
4	Regional Centre for Conservation of Native Dogs (Rajapalayam, Kanni, Chippiparai and Kombai) of Tamil Nadu at Tenkasi District	Dr.T.Ravimurugan Professor and Head Co-ordinator	One Year	Government of Tamil Nadu

• This department actively involves in popularization of indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry to the farmers through events like exhibitions, camps, radio and television programmes, etc.
• This department has prepared breed charts, pamphlets on livestock and poultry and it has been displayed and distributed to the farmers
• This department renders the consultancy services to government farms on conservation and breeding of indigenous livestock.
• Conducted a training programme cum distribution of farm inputs at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli on 10/08/2019 under ICAR-Scheduled Caste Sub Plan. About 100 livestock farmers of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts benefited by the programme.
• Organized the Regional Level Seminar cum Exhibition for “Increasing the productivity through scientific technologies in sheep and goat” for the benefit of livestock farmers at VCRI, Tirunelveli on 03/01/2020 and 04/01/2020.
• Organized an awareness programme on “Vaccination against bluetongue disease in sheep” in association with Vaccine Research Centre – Viral Vaccines (VRC-VV), Chennai at Lakshmiammalpuram village, Tirunelveli district on 12.08.2019.

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
RAVIMURUGAN,T	PROFESSOR AND HEAD	agbravi@gmail.com	9488107766
GOPU,P	PROFESSOR	gopu76@yahoo.co.in	9025530450
SEEVAGAN,M	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	seevaganmm@gmail.com	7402243332

Head of the Department,
Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli - 627 358.
Phone: +91-462-2335075
E-mail: agbvcritni@tanuvas.org.in