MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY SCIENCE

HISTORY

To meet the manpower requirement of the poultry industry, the Department of Poultry Science was started in the Madras Veterinary College in the year 1970.

EDUCATION

M.V.Sc. Programme was started in 1972, while Ph.D. in 1977. Undergraduate courses were started to be offered from 1978. So far, 59 students have completed their M.VSc. degree and 32 their Ph.D. degree from this department.

RESEARCH

In association with Poultry Research Station, this department has completed 67 research projects, including:

• Transfer of Technology on Layers funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
• Transfer of Technology on Broilers funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
• Private Sector Partnerships in Poultry Production and Marketing in India funded by F.A.O.
• Agroforestry products in livestock and poultry feeds funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Broiler housing and management funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• A.I.C.R.P. on poultry for meat funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Duck breeding scheme funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Lighting Requirement of Poultry funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Tendarisation of spent chicken meat funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

EXTENSION

• This department has offered 95 training programmes for employed and unemployed persons in poultry farming and trained 1460 entrepreneurs so far, of whom many had started their own poultry farms and many had secured jobs within and outside the country.
• Giving technical advises to poultry farmers on various aspects of poultry farm management.

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP/ TRAINING CONDUCTED

1. 1983 - Indian Poultry Science Association Conference
2. 1996 - National Poultry Symposium
3. 2000 - Indian Poultry Science Association Conference

FACULTY

Dr. N.Ramamurthy, Professor and Head
Dr. R.Asha Rajini, Professor
Dr. R.Richurd Churchil. Associate Professor (working at Dept. of Animal Biotechnology)
Dr. G.Raj Manohar Assistant Professor
Dr. K.Sangilimadan, Assistant Professor