VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UDUMALPET

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

The Department of Veterinary Pathology was established at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet in the year 2020 with the objective to offer quality education to B.V.Sc. & A.H. undergraduate students.

Objectives

To impart quality undergraduate education to B.V.Sc.& A.H. Students.
To undertake research activities on livestock and poultry diseases.
To create awareness on animal diseases for field veterinarians and farmers.
To provide diagnostic services on livestock and poultry diseases through Post-mortem and Histopathological examinations.To provide diagnostic services on livestock and poultry diseases through Post-mortem and Histopathological examinations.

Education

Courses offered

As per the Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education – 2016 regulations prescribed by Veterinary Council of India, the following courses are offered to the undergraduate students.

Second Professional Year – B.V.Sc. & A.H.

Veterinary Pathology (Paper I and II) – 4+2 credit hours
Veterinary Pathology (Paper I)

Unit I - General Veterinary Pathology
Unit II - Systemic Veterinary Pathology
Unit III - Animal Oncology, Veterinary Clonical Pathology and Necropsy

Veterinary Pathology (Paper II)

Unit IV - Pathology of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals
Unit V - Avian Pathology
Unit VI - Pathology of Diseases of Laboratory and Wild Animals

Fourth Professional Year – B.V.Sc. & A.H.

Veterinary Clinical Practices II – 0+6 credit hours

will be taught at Veterinary Clinical Complex in collaboration with the Departments of Veterinary Pathology and Veterinary Physiology & Biochemistry

Laboratory facilities and Museums

Clinical Pathology unit
Necropsy unit
Histopathology unit
Two Museums

The department is having well established infrastructure facilities in clinical pathology, histopathology and necropsy to cater to the needs of the students, farmers and researchers.

Department activities

Diagnosis of diseases by Post-mortem examination in farm and pet animals, laboratory animals, poultry birds, wild life, etc.
Investigation of livestock and poultry disease outbreaks in and around Tirupur District in collaboration with other TANUVAS units and line departments.
Awareness programme to farmers on livestock and poultry diseases.

Vision

Establishment of a zonal level disease diagnostic Laboratory comprising of immunohistochemistry, molecular Pathology, wild life and zoonotic disease diagnosing units

Faculty

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
GOWTHAMAN,V	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD	vetgowth@yahoo.co.uk	9488764261
DINESH,M	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SHIYAMALA,S	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	shiyamsingh5@gmail.com	8610152054

Head of the Department,
Department of Veterinary Pathology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet – 642 205.
E-mail: vpp-vcri-udp@tanuvas.org.in