The Department of Veterinary Parasitology at VC & RI, Namakkal was established in the year 1985. On staff are one Professor, three Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors and two attendants. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Veterinary Parasitology. Undergraduate courses are offered in the second year of B.V.Sc course. During 1993, this department was recognized as a post graduate department for the award of M.V.Sc. degree and in 2006, this department started offering Ph.D., degree courses.
Some of the major research programmes in the department include house fly control, anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants, chicken coccidiosis and control of poultry ectoparasites. Nine research projects were completed and the details are given below.
Title of the project / Scheme | Funding Agency | Year |
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Use of low cost technology for control of parasitic gastroenteritis in small ruminants | Govt. of Tamil Nadu | 2001-03 |
Studies on the coccidia of fowls in Tamil Nadu” | Govt. of Tamil Nadu | 2001-03 |
Efficacy of Diflubenzuron as an insect growth regulator in the control of muscids in poultry manure | Private agency sponsored (Crompton Uniroyal Chemicals, Mumbai) | 2002-04 |
Evaluation of herbal product Dharsini as an ectoparasiticide | S.K.A. Marketing division, Salem | 2004 |
Anticoccidial efficacy of Herbal product AV/CPP/12 and AV/CPP/22 in broilers | Ayurvet (Dabur) Limited, Uttar Pradesh | 2004-05 |
Biological control of flies in poultry farms | Govt. of Tamil Nadu | 2004-08 |
Efficacy of recombinant tick vaccine (Bm95) against ticks infesting cattle | Indian Immunologicals Ltd, Hyderabad | 2008-09 |
Evaluation of INDISPRON–D110 against ectoparasites in commercial birds | PNP Associates Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, Haryana | 2008-10 |
Effect of INDISPRON–D110 on ticks infesting sheep | PNP Associates Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, Haryana | 2008-10 |
Epizootiology and control of goat coccidiosis in Namakkal | Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology Student Projects | 1998-99 |
Use of Cyromazine and neem as insect growth regulator in the control of Muscids | -do- | 2000-01 |
Biological control of flies in poultry farms using entomopathogenic fungal baits | -do- | 2006-07 |
Novel usage of karanj (Pungal pongamia glabra) as an acaricide in the control of sheep ticks | -do- | 2008-09 |
In addition to teaching and research, the department provides clinical diagnostic services for the Teaching Veterinary Hospital, University Research and Training Centres, Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries located in Western Tamil Nadu.
Faculty from the department also give guest lectures regularly to academicians attending trainer’s training programme at Centre for faculty training in poultry at VC & RI, Namakkal, field veterinarians and to farmers during training Programmes organized by KVK and NSS unit of the College.
The department has published a Colour Atlas on Veterinary Protozoology for circulation among Parasitologists working in various Veterinary Colleges and a “Digital atlas of Veterinary Protozoology’ for the benefit of students.
The department has organized an ICAR sponsored Summer School in 2004 and a National Seminar on “Integrated Management of arthropod pests of livestock and poultry in the aftermath of global warming and climate change on 21st and 22nd, April 2004. The department has also organized training programmes to field veterinarians in 2002.