VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ORATHANADU

Objectives

• To teach anatomy of domestic animals to undergraduate students of veterinary science
• To impart training programmes for field veterinarians/ clinicians to refresh their anatomical knowledge and provide hands on training which can be applied in clinical diagnosis, physical examination and surgical procedures
• To undertake research programmes on basic sciences and applied anatomy

Infrastructure

• Semi-automatic Leica Microtome
• Binocular microscopes
• Monocular microscopes
• LCD projection TV
• LCD projector
• Autoclave
• Hot air oven
• Microscopic histology and embryology slides
• Refrigerator
• Computer with Laser printer
• Bench grinder
• Maceration tanks
• Storage room for splanchnology specimens
• Pig Skeleton

Undergraduate Courses Offered

Well established laboratory facilities and complete teaching aids like mounted skeletons (Ox, Buffalo, Horse, Goat, Dog, Pig, Fowl, Emu, Camel, Duck, Pigeon, Crocodile), Bones, Viscera of various domestic animals and birds, Microscopic slides on general and special histology and embryology and Histology flex boards are available. The following courses have been offered to the undergraduate students at this Department under VCI pattern in the first and second year of the B.V.Sc. & A.H.

• 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)

Extension

TAMILNADU STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (TNSCST) Supported Training Programme on “INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF MUSEUM SPECIMEN IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS” During 26 to 28 July 2017

Faculty

• Dr. S.Paramasivan, Professor and Head
• Dr. S.Sivagnanam, Assistant Professor
• Dr. R.Nithiaselvi, Assistant Professor