VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THENI

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology was started during the year 2023 as a constituent of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Veerapandi, Theni District, with an aim to offer Under Graduate courses in B.V.Sc. and A.H. Apart from undergraduate teaching, the department involves in research and public health awareness activities on zoonotic and infectious diseases of livestock, poultry, pet animals and humans along with disease investigation and clinical samples analysis.

Objectives

To offer value-added UG education in the discipline of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
To prioritise strategies and impart skills to undertake epidemiological investigations, surveillance and monitoring on zoonotic diseases.
To devise plans for control and eradication programmes, for economically important and zoonotic diseases of major public health importance.
To offer an effective, outreach-enhanced veterinary public health service.

Education

Undergraduate courses offered as per MSVE 2016 VPE (3+1) credit hours

Unit I - Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety
Unit II - Veterinary Epidemiology
Unit III - Zoonotic Diseases
Unit IV - Environmental Hygiene

LABORATORY FACILITIES

Milk & Meat Hygiene laboratory: Assessment of microbial quality of milk, meat, egg, milk products, meat products and environmental samples
Environmental Hygiene laboratory: Assessment of water quality viz. physical, metallic and non-metallic impurities and microbial quality.
Zoonoses laboratory: Molecular detection of zoonotic pathogens.
Epidemiology laboratory: Data processing unit for surveillance, monitoring and forecasting of zoonotic and infectious diseases.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Water Analysis system
Spectrophotometer
Microplate or ELISA reader
Colony counters
Tissue homogeniser
Sample Bag Mixer
Air sampler
Biosafety cabinet level II
Atomic absorption spectrophotometry
High-performance liquid chromatography
Somatic cell counter
Gas chromatography unit
Lovibond Apparatus
Data programming and processing unit
Other equipments are available as per MSVE 2016

Faculty

Name of the Faculty	Designation	E-mail	Mobile#
PORTEEN,K	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD	porteen.k@tanuvas.ac.in rajavet2002@gmail.com	8220201724
MURUGAN,M.S	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	drmsmurugan@gmail.com	9489950555
MARIA ANTO DANI NISHANTH,J	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	daninishanth@gmail.com	9659512841

The Head of the Department,
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,
Veerapandi, Theni – 625 534.
Phone: +91-04546-235400
E-mail: vph-vcri-thn@tanuvas.org.in