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Veterinary College and Research Institute, Udumalpet

RESEARCH

Faculty in Ongoing Research Projects

  • Development of Poultry entrepreneurship in hatchery management, poultry meat processing and value addition among two hundred native chicken farmers for food safety and security (One year) with budget outlay of Rs. 87.0 lakhs
  • The GCRF – One Health Poultry Hub (Five years) with budget outlay of Rs. 5.79 crores (GBP 667306)
  • Institutional Plan of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Three years) with budget outlay of Rs. 2495.13 lakhs
  • An appraisal of Multipurpose Evacuation shelters and Animal Risk reduction through capacity building of probable stakeholders for disaster resilient Animal Husbandry in Tamil Nadu (One year) with budget outlay of Rs. 24.747 lakhs
  • Conservation of donkeys through technological empowerment of donkey rearers in Tamil nadu (Two years) with budget outlay of Rs. 21.88 lakhs
  • “Development of poultry entrepreneurship in hatchery management, poultry meat processing and value addition among two hundred native chicken farmers for food safety and security. Co- Principal Investigator, funded by Government of Tamil Nadu with budget outlay of Rs.87.00 lakhs
  • “Impact of cultured low fat symbiotic buttermilk supplementation on production performance of broiler chicken” Co- Principal Investigator funded by DST, GOV, New Delhi (Collaborative project) with out lay of Rs. 41.41lakhs
  • Establishment of Aseel chicken unit at department of Poultry science co Cordinator funded by Gov. of Tamil Nadu with out lay of Rs.35.00 lakhs
  • External funded scheme on Validation of antimycoplasmal agents against pathogenic mycoplasmas of chicken sponsored by M/s. Timo Eva Wellness Private Limited, No11, Sneha Nagar First Cross, Amruthahalli, Bangalore – 560092 at a total budget of Rs. 3,52,820/-
  • TANUVAS-GOI-NADP/RKVY Scheme on Augmenting reproductive and production potential through adoption of assisted reproductive techniques using sexed semen in dairy cattle (2019-2020) at atotal cost of Rs. 208.90 lakhs
  • TANUVAS-ICAR, NAINP scheme on Estimation of methane emission under different feeding systems and development of mitigation strategies (SC: 21118). An outreach projet on Tribal Sub Plan for the year 2020-2021 at a cost of 3.5 lakhs
  • Occurrence of aflatoxin B1 in feed stuffs and its impact on the incidence of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk Sponsored by Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai for the period of two years at a total cost of Rs 3,80,000/- (Scheme Code: 23289)
  • External funded scheme sponsored by M/s. Timo Eva Wellness Private Limited, No11, Sneha Nagar First Cross, Amruthahalli, Bangalore – 560092 on “Validation of antimycoplasmal agents against pathogenic mycoplasmas of chicken” at a total budget of Rs. 3,52,820/- (2020-2021)
  • TNSCST scheme on “Natal and neonatal dietary interventions to produce nutrient fortified-antibiotic free chicken meat” at a total budget of Rs. 4,30,000/- for two years (2020-2022)
  • GoI-NPBB-TNLDA project entitled on “National Facility for Molecular Screening of Cattle for Inherited Disorders and Parentage Verification” (from 17/04/2016) with a budget outlay of Rs.200.00 lakh.
  • Gov. of Tamil Nadu funded scheme on “Genetic Improvement of Kanni Adu, Kodi Adu and Salem Black Indigenous Goat Breeds through Production of Goat Semen Straws for Artificial Insemination in 1000 Goats for Doubling Farmers Income” with a budget outlay of Rs.149.00 lakh
  • DBT funded project on “Establishment of a consortium for One Health to address Zoonotic and Transboundary Diseases in India, including Northeast Region” at a budget of Rs. 126.4512 lakhs for the period 2021- 2023
  • DBT funded project on “Bovine tuberculosis control: Mycobacterial diseases in animal network (MyDAN)” at a total budget: of Rs. 848.242 lakhs for the period 2018- 2022
  • DBT funded project on “Genetic Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance in Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficile of food animal origin and its Public Health Significance” for a budget of Rs. 35.92992 lakhs for the period 2018- 2022
  • NUTRECO Nederland funded Project on "Effect of supplementing IntelliBond trace minerals (Cu, Zn and Mn) on egg quality and performance of layers"
  • AICRP Scheme on “Nutritional and Physiological interventions to enhance Reproductive performance in animals” (SC.No.24014)” with a budget 132.24 Lakhs
  • NADP Scheme on NADP Scheme on Augmenting reproductive and production potential through adoption of assisted reproductive techniques using sexed semen in dairy cattle with a budget outlay of Rs. 208.90 lakhs
  • Project on “Efficacy study, residual activity and toxicity of Nano meter particle size (NMPS) colloidal Minerals and PUFA in Indian poultry breeder birds” Funded by Biotechnology industrial Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) through SPARSH BT/SPARSHO538/08/19 with a budget outlay of Rs.71,600/-
  • AYUSH funded project on “Therapeutic efficacy of Rasaganthi Mezhugu (RGM) in 7-12 dimethyl Benzanthracene (DMBA) induced mammary tumours in rats” with a budget outlay of Rs.27 lakhs
  • AYUSH funded project on “Validation of the safety and therapeutic efficacy of Poorana Chandirodayam in Dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride induced colon cancer in rats” with a budget outlay of Rs.66.86 lakhs
  • AYUSH funded project on “ Evaluation of Ashtangahridayokta Brihatyadigana for their efficacy in precilinical models of acute renal failure in rats” with a budget outlay of Rs.65.47 lakhs