VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
TIRUCHIRAPALLI

Objectives and Mandate

1. To ensure immediate and thorough diagnosis of poultry diseases to avert the disease incidence.
2. To provide for regular monitoring of poultry diseases to avert the disease incidence
3. To survey the incidence of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases in this area to formulate suitable vaccination and deworming schedule.
4. To impart training on livestock and poultry farming and allied subjects.
5. To act as interface of Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in dissemination of knowledge and proven technologies to the farmers, farm women, entrepreneurs and line departments through various extension programmes involving mass media.

Details of the Centre

This center was started as Poultry Research and Development Centre on 13-11-1980. From 01 April 1994 it was renamed as University Training and Research Centre. From 08 April 1999, it was again renamed as Veterinary University Training and Research Centre.

Major activities

• Transfer of technology through various extension education programmes including training using various mass media on livestock and poultry farming.
• Village awareness campaign to motivate farming community
• Exhibitions, mass contact programs and interaction with farmers/entrepreneurs
• Establishing linkage with line departments/NGOs for promoting community development

Analysing specimen in the lab and communicating the results for treatment/prevention

Current and recent activities

• Distribution of desi chicks, feed, birds cage, fodder seeds, Co 4 slips to beneficiaries of ATMA in Manapparrai and Vaiyampatti. Shri.Chandrasekar, MLA, Dr.D.Kathiresan, DEE, TANUVAS, JD (Agri.) participated in a function at Kalkothanur on 23-06-2011.

• Six students from College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, USA visited turkey, goat and fodder farm in Tiruchirapalli district during June 2011.

• VUTRC, Tiruchirapalli conducted training to 30 women SHG members on Dairy farming, fodder production and value addition of milk in Sengattupatti during June 2011

• Sensitization of field veterinarians of Ariyalur district to implement NADP scheme on Genetic upgradation of cattle and buffaloes in Tamilnadu: Adoption of estrous synchronization technique to improve productive and reproductive potential.

• Bird cage designed at this Centre

 

Faculty

1. Dr. M. Babu, Professor and Head
2. Dr. T. Lurthu Reetha, Assistant Professor
3. Dr. K.  Shibi Thomas, Assistant Professor
4. Dr. A. Clement Ebenezer Henry, Veterinary Graduate - NADP scheme

 

Contact Details
The Professor and Head
Veterinary University Training and Research Centre
6/7 first main road, Ramalinganagar
Tiruchirapalli-620 003.
Phone: 0431 2770715
email: trichyvutrc@tanuvas.org.in