VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
SALEM
The scheme for Control of Abortion in Cattle of University Training and Research Centre, Erode was redesignated as University Training and Research Centre and transferred to Salem on 25.11.1994. This center renders services to transfer viable technologies from the laboratory to the farming community and strives to suggest solutions to the location specific problems.
Conducting training programmes on dairying, sheep and goat farming, pig farming, rabbit farming, poultry farming, preparation of value added milk products in collaboration with Department of Animal Husbandry, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (TNAU), District Rural Development Agency, Aavin, Sona college of Technology, NGO's like IDEA INDIA, District Rural Social Welfare Sangam, India Gospel League and Shervarayan Hill Tribal Development Organization to encourage livestock based self-employment for rural women, school drop outs, graduates and unemployed rural youths.
Attending to disease outbreaks, examining clinical materials for proper diagnosis, apprising farmers on the latest technologies for profitable livestock farming through exhibition and video films during mass conduct programmes, infertility camps and farmers meet, suggesting low cost feed formulations and feeding pattern during drought seasons and preparing pamphlets on animal husbandry and distributing the same to the rural farming community are the other activities.
- Under the guidance of Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Salem M/s HATSUN Milk Products Ltd. has opened a Research and Development wing at Karumapuram Village of Salem District on 3.3.1998.
- So far 90 mini dairy farms comprising of 5 + 5 cows and 25 small dairy farms comprising of 1 + 1 cows had been started by the farmers who had undergone training at this Centre.
Dr. K.A.Doraisamy, Professor and Head
Dr. D.Jeyanthi, Assistant Professor
No.5/136-D, State Bank Officers Colony- II,
Salem- 636 004.
Phone: 0427- 2440408