VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAMAKKAL

Objectives

Teaching and Research

Courses Offered

Undergraduate

• VAN 111 – Veterinary Gross Anatomy –I (1+2)
• VAN 121 – Veterinary Gross Anatomy –II (2+2)
• VAN 211 – Applied Anatomy and Splanchnology (1+1)
• VAN 221 – Histology and Embryology (2+2)

Postgraduate

• VAN 601 – Topographical Anatomy of domestic ruminants (2+1)
• VAN 602 – Developmental Anatomy (2+1)
• VAN 603 – General Histology& Techniques (2+1)
• VAN 604 – Special Veterinary Histology (2+1)
• VAN 605 – Equine Anatomy (1+1)
• VAN 606 – Anatomy of Dog and Pig (2+1)
• VAN 607 – Basic Histochemistry (2+1)
• VAN 608 – Anatomy and Histology of Blood and Myeloid tissue (2+1)
• VAN 609 – Anatomy and Histology of nervous system and sense organs (2+1)
• VAN 610 – Anatomy of Viscera of the Domestic Ruminants (1+1)
• VAN 611 – Avian Anatomy (1+1)
• VAN 612 – Anatomy of Nerve blocks (1+1)
• VAN 613 – Applied Veterinary Anatomy (2+1)
• VAN 614 – Anatomy of Integument in mammals (1+1)
• VAN 631 – Seminar (1+0)
• VAN 641 – Research (0+15)

Ph.D

• VAN 801 – Comparative Anatomy of the Locomotor system (2+1)
• VAN 802 – Comparative Angiology, Neurology and Aesthesiology (2+1)
• VAN 803 – Comparative Veterinary Histology (2+1)
• VAN 804 – Concepts and Developmental Process in Embryology (2+1)
• VAN 805 – General Histology (2+1)
• VAN 806 – Neuroanatomy (2+1)
• VAN 807 – Cytology and Histochemistry (2+1)
• VAN 808 – Comparative Anatomy of the Visceral Organs (2+1)
• VAN 809 – Anatomy of the Laboratory Animals (2+1)
• VAN 831 – Seminar (2+0)
• VAN 841 – Research (0+45)

Infrastructure

• Binocular microscope with CC TV attachment
• Binocular microscope with Digital camera and Image measurement module
• Leica semiautomatic microtome
• Histobath
• Histotap
• Autoclave
• Hot air oven
• Saber saw
• Monocular microscope
• Hot plate
• Tissue floatation bath
• Slide projector
• Over head projector
• Refrigerator
• Two computers
• Laser and Dot matrix printers
• Egg incubator
• Suction pump

Achievements / Excellence

Research

• Microanatomical studies of parathyroid gland in white leghorn birds by Dr.M.Mookkappan (1993)
• Microanatomical studies on the thyroid gland in the domestic fowl by Dr.K.Balasundaram (1995)
• Gross and Microanatomical studies on the Bursa of Fabricius in Turkeys by Dr.S.Jayachitra (2008)
• Gross and Microanatomical studies on the Thymus in Turkeys by Dr.C.Muthukumaran (2008)
• Gross and Microanatomyl of the Pituitary gland in Goats by Dr.M.Komalavalli (2009)

Current Focus

• Histochemical and Embryological studies

Faculty

• Dr. K.Balasundaram, Professor and Head
• Dr. N.Bharathy, Assistant Professor
• Dr. S.Jayachitra, Assistant Professor
• Dr. P.Dharani, Assistant Professor