VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAMAKKAL

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

BACKGROUND
          On 14.06.1985 Department of Veterinary Pathology was started as a constituent of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal.
           
OBJECTIVES

• Offering U.G. courses for B.V.Sc., students and P.G. course for M.V.Sc. and Ph.D., students
•  Providing laboratory facilities and guidance to M.V.Sc., and Ph.D. students.
• Conducting post mortem examination on Livestock and Poultry for academic and diagnostic purposes.
• Screening the clinical   materials and histopathological sections to aid in confirmation of diseases.

COURSES OFFERED

Post – Graduate Programme – Ph.D.
VPP 801 Molecular pathology of cell injury 2+1
VPP 802 Oncology concepts 2+1
VPP 803 Toxicopathology 2+1
VPP 804 Advances in pathology of nutritional and metabolic diseases 2+1
VPP 810 Avian Pathology 2+1

Post – Graduate Programme –M.V.Sc.
VPP 601 Tissue reaction to injury 2+1
VPP 602 Clinical Pathology 1+2
VPP 603 General Oncology 2+1
VPP 604 Histopathological Techniques and Autopsy Diagnosis 1+2
VPP 605 Systemic Pathology I  2+1
VPP 607  Oncology specific tumours  2+1
VPP 608 Toxicopathology  2+1
VPP 610 Special Pathology I 2+1

Under – Graduate Programme

VPP 211 General Pathology 2+1
VPP 221 Systemic Pathology 2+1
VPP 311 Special Pathology – I 2+1
VPP 321 Special Pathology – II 2+1
VLD 421 Veterinary  Laboratory Diagnosis–I Clinics 0+2
VLD 511 Veterinary  Laboratory Diagnosis-II Clinics 0+2

INFRASTRUCTURE

• LCD projector in the lecture hall
• Binocular  research microscopes
• Trinocular microscope with photomicrographic unit
• Histopathological instruments (histotap, histoblock, histobath and microtome)
• Computers 

ACHIEVEMENTS / EXCELLENCE

Education

• Practical manuals have been prepared for various U.G. courses
• Transparency slides depicting the lesions of various animal and poultry diseases have been prepared
• A  museum consisting of formalin preserved  diseased tissues/organs is being maintained
• A repository of microscopic slides pertaining to almost all diseases and neoplasms is maintained  

Research

• Twenty four M.V.Sc., and two Ph.D., researches have been completed
• Ph.D., research on “Pathology of gastro-intestinal diseases in layer chicken” and M.V.Sc., research on “Pathology of necrotic enteritis in broiler chicken” are currently undertaken
• University subproject on “ Ameliorative effect of Panchakavya on aflatoxicosis in broiler chicken“ has been completed
• University subproject on “Hepatoprotective effect of Amirthakaraisal on aflatoxicosis in broiler chicken”   is being carried out

Outreach

• This department is serving as a hub for postmortem diagnosis of animals and birds brought from various districts of Tamil Nadu
• Histopathological evaluation of various researches are being undertaken

CURRENT FOCUS
Avian diseases and animal neoplasms

FACULTY MEMBERS

Name	Designation	Email & Tel No.
Dr.G.A.Balasubramaniam	Professor & Head	gabalasubramaniam@gmail.com 94423 34612
Dr. S. Sivaseelan	Associate Professor	pathologysiva@yahoo.co.in 94429 37227
Dr.P.Balachandran	Assistant Professor	balaavg@yahoo.co.in 94437 38452
Dr.A.Arulmozhi	Assistant Professor	arulvinod2000@yahoo.co.in 9751270540