VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAMAKKAL

Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
BACKGROUND
            Constituent unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal
OBJECTIVES

• To impart education to the under graduate and postgraduate students in the subject of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
• To adopt suitable research programmes and provide facilities to the postgraduate and doctoral degree students for doing their research work.
• Carrying out research projects funded by the university / external sources.

COURSES OFFERED
Under graduate course 
VEP 411 Veterinary Epidemiology - (1+1)
VEP 421 Preventive Veterinary Medicine –I (2+0)
VEP 422 Preventive Veterinary Medicine –I (0+2)
VEP 511 Preventive Veterinary Medicine –II (2+0)
VEP 512 Preventive Veterinary Medicine –II (0+2)
VPH 411 Zoonosis and Human Health – (1+1) 
Post graduate course
M.V.Sc.
Major           : 7 courses (17+3)
Specialised :  2 courses (3+1)

Ph.D
Major           : 6 courses (8+6)
Specialised :  6 courses (14+4)

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Thermocycler - PCR
• Gel documentation system - PCR
• Dark field Microscope
• FAT microscope
• Jenco- Inverted  microscope
• Trinoccular microscope with photographic facility
• Electronic digital balance

ACHIEVEMENTS/ EXCELLENCE

Education

• Developing e-content for Veterinary Epidemiology and Zoonosis and Preventive Veterinary Medicine - II for undergraduate education

 Research

• Screening of leptospirosis by DFM & MAT
• Developed and standardised a technique for Cryopreservation of leptospires
• Developed IHA kit for screening of leptospirosis
• Developed and assessed the efficacy of egg yolk immunoglobulin for enteric pathogen of chickens
• Standardized techniques for screening Livestock and poultry diseases
• Developed coupled complex vaccine for IBD
• Weather based forecasting of diseases of small ruminants
• Isolation and molecular characterization of  IBRV and fowl pox virus 
• Molecular characterization of Marek’s disease virus and Infectious bronchitis virus

CURRENT FOCUS

• Development of live sporozoites vaccines for chicken coccidiosis

• Molecular epidemiology of bovine viral diarrhoea and paratuberculosis in bovines

FACULTY MEMBERS

Name	Designation	Email & Tel No.
Dr. A.Manicavasaka Dinakaran	Professor and Head	drdinakaran@gmail.com 9443515264
Dr. K.Karunakaran	Associate Professor	nilkaruna@rediffmail.com
Dr. S.Saravanan	Assistant Professor	Sarvet_25@yahoo.com 9444219316
Dr. M.Geetha	Assistant Professor	drmgeetha@gmail.com 9442288400