VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TIRUNELVELI

Objectives

• To impart Undergraduate education
• To provide medical treatment to sick animals and to train Undergraduates in the management of clinical cases
• To offer guidance to research students
• To provide information to the animal owners in prevention and management of sick animals by way of extension activities
• To function as a referral unit for Southern districts of Tamil Nadu
  

Units

The Following Units Function under the Department Of Veterinary Medicine.

• Large animal Out Patient Unit
• Small animal Out Patient Unit
• Ultra Sound Unit
• ECG Unit
• Large animal In Patient Unit

Infrastructure

• Microscopes (monocular binocular)
• Dark field microscope
• Centrifuges
• Electronic Monopan balance
• Distillation Unit
• Digital PH meter
• Spectrophotometers (Digital )
• Incubators with accessories
• Hot-air Ovens with accessories
• Water bath with accessories
• Autoclave with accessories
• Deep freezer (-20ºC)
• Microscope with attachment for microphotographs
• Laminar air flow

Education

UG Courses offered

• VMD-411 Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)2+1
• VMD-412 Veterinary Preventive Medicine-I (Bacterial, Fungal & Rickettsial Diseases)2+0
• VMD-421 Veterinary Clinical Medicine-II (Metabolic and Defeciancy Diseases) 2+0
• VMD-422 Veterinary Preventive Medicine-II (Viral and Parasitic Diseases) 2+0
• VMD-511 Animal welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)
• VMD-511 Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Healthcare (1+1)
• VMD-513 Pet Animal Breeding, Management Nutrition and Healthcare (1+1)

Faculty

• Dr. K.K.Ponnuswamy, Professor and Head | ponnuswamy.k.k@tanuvas.ac.in
• Dr. S.Saravanan, Associate Professor | saravanan.s.pmd@tanuvas.ac.in
• Dr. P.A.Enbavelan, Assistant Professor | enbavelan.p.a@tanuvas.ac.in
• Dr. R.C.Sundararajan, Assitant professor | sundararajan.r.c@tanuvas.ac.in

Contact

The Professor and Head,

Department of Veterinary Medicine,

Veterinary College and Research Institute,

Tirunelveli - 627358.

Phone: +91-462 -2330675