VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ORATHANADU

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTENSION

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education was started in April 2013 with an objective to teach under graduate students in the aspects of sociology, dissemination of various livestock farming technologies from the research station to the field by using various audio-visual teaching aids, demonstrations of scientific livestock and poultry farm activities, rural development, adoption and diffusion of innovation on various extension programmes, importance of livestock in livelihood of the farmers, technical know-how to prepare livestock projects, transfer of farmers problems to the research station, etc.,. This department serves as a remarkable link between the research wing of the college and farming community through organizing various extension activities and programmes. The department also carries out timely need based extension research and organizes extension programmes for the benefit of the livestock farmers.

Objectives

To offer undergraduate courses in Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education
To undertake research on various aspects of livestock farming in Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education
To organize various extension programmes on livestock and poultry production and to disseminate the scientific farming technologies by using various media for the betterment of farming community.

Education

As per the VCI Regulation, the department is offering the following under graduate courses

Semester	Course No.	Title of the Course	Credit hours
V	VAE 311	Principles and techniques of veterinary and animal husbandry extension	2+1
VI	VAE 321	Livestock economics , marketing and business management	2+1
VIII	TVC 421	Veterinarian in society	1+0
IX	VAE 511	Livestock entrepreneurship	1+0
	Study Circle	Livestock and livelihood

Infrastructure

Projection unit

Mini Seminar hall

Livestock Advisory Centre

Audio visual lab

Exhibition hall

Research

The thrust areas of research in Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education and Economics is being undertaken by the department like evaluation and adoption of farming technologies, identification of constraints faced by the farmers, transfer of various scientific technologies, information need assessment, effectiveness of teaching methods, evaluation of development programmes, use of Information and Communication Technology tools in animal husbandry , human resource management, training and development , indigenous technical knowledge, budget and project analysis of livelihood schemes, marketing of livestock and products, production related economic studies etc.,

Extension

The department organizes various extension programmes on livestock and poultry production as per the details furnished below
Tracking programme – Livestock and Livelihood analysis
Farm advisory services
Arrangements for radio talk
Organizing exhibition
This department works as a linkage unit for the arrangement of skill development courses/self employment programmes.
This department acts as coordinating unit for conducting various mass contact programmes like Veterinary Health Camps, Pongal Vizha,
Vaccination camps for FMD etc.
Publications
Delivery of Guest lecture
The department serves as the coordinating unit/Nodal office for VCRI, Orathanadu with regards to TANUVAS and VCI Newsletters.
Arrangement of press meet, photo and video coverage for various events of the college.

Health camp

Exhibition

Faculty

Dr. A.Manivannan, Professor and Head
Dr. K.P.Saravanan, Assistant Professor
Dr. V.Sasikala, Assistant Professor

Conatct

The Professor and Head,

Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education,

Veterinary College and Research Institute,

Orathanadu, Thanjavur - 614 625.

E-mail: extvcriond@tanuvas.org.in