VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THENI

DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

The Department of Livestock Production Management was established in the year 2020, as a part of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni with the objective to offer B.V.Sc., & A.H undergraduate course in the discipline of Livestock Production Management as per MSVE, 2016 prescribed by VCI. The department imparts education on the grounds of scientific methods of livestock and poultry handling, breeding, feeding, housing, and general management to enhance production and productivity.

Objectives

Offering undergraduate courses for B.V.Sc., & A.H., students.
Carrying out research on livestock and poultry farming systems to improve the productivity.
Popularizing scientific livestock and poultry farming activities.

Courses offered

As per the MSVE 2016 regulations prescribed by VCI, the following course is being offered to the undergraduate students

First Professional Year B.V.Sc., & A.H.

Livestock Production Management – (4 + 2) credit hours

Infrastructural highlights

As per the MSVE 2016, the department is having a museum consisting of charts of Livestock and Poultry breeds, animal handling equipment, climatology equipment etc.,
Different livestock and poultry housing models - Cattle shed (Head to Head system and Tail to Tail System), Sheep pen, Goat Pen, Pig sty, Environmentally Controlled (EC) house in Poultry.
Under Graduate lab equipped with various equipment for UG teaching.
Judging pavilion cum handling area.

Research Initiatives

Theni Malaimadu cattle habitat, adaptation and characteristic studies in Southern India.
Polyherbal mixture feeding in transition period of crossbred cattle in Tamil Nadu.

Student Outreach Activities

Educational Tour

The first professional year students of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni are regularly taken to exposure visit to commercial livestock farms, stud farm, fodder bank and poultry farms as a part of MSVE 2016 syllabus.

Farmers Outreach Activities

Technical advises were given to the farmers on housing, feeding and disease management of livestock and poultry.

Faculty

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
USHA,S	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD	drushavet@gmail.com	9344165656
CHANDRASEKAR,T	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	chandrulpm1986@gmail.com	9566131433
SUKANDHIYA,K	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	drsukandhiyak@gmail.com	6385928855

The Head of the Department,
Department of Livestock Production Management,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,Veerapandi, Theni – 625 534.
Phone: +91-4546-235400
E-mail: lpm-vcri-thn@tanuvas.org.in