Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr.T.Thirumalesh

College name : Veterinary College, Shivamogga

Department : Livestock Farm Complex

Designation and address:

Professor and Head,
Department of Livestock Farm Complex
Veterinary College, Vinobanagar,
Shivamogga-577204

Qualifications
M.V.Sc., Ph.D, DCE, PGDMCJ.

Contact
Office : 8904052397
Mobile: 8277153709
Email: thiruclk@gmail.com

Fields(s) of specialization

Animal Nutrition

Current Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Effect of maize top hay and silage on performance of lactating cross bred cows	PI	Rs. 1lakh	Dept. of Social Welfare, GoK
Effect of different levels of nutrients on Malenadu Gidda lactating cows.	PI	Rs. 1lakh	Dept. of Social Welfare, GoK

Completed Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Study on growth potentiality of kenguri strain-1 lambs	PI	Rs.0.8lakhs	KVAFSU, Bidar
Effect of polyherbal products on growth performance of Yorkshire pigs	PI	Rs.0.9lakhs	Ayurvet Ltd. HP
Evaluation of feeding value of sugarcane trash as a component of the diet in NariswarnaXKenguri strain-1 sheep	PI	Rs.0.8lakhs	KVAFSU, Bidar
Effect of banana plant silage based diet on rumen fermentation characteristics and performance of Osmanabadi goats	Co-PI	Rs.0.8lakhs	KVAFSU, Bidar
Study on growth potentiality of Malenadu Gidda calves	PI	Rs. 1lakh	Dept. of Social Welfare, GoK

Proposed research programmes

Effect of mixed flowers of ceremonial waste as a feed supplement on productive performance and egg quality parameters in commercial layers

Recent Research Publications

1	Roopa,k., Thirumalesh, T., Vijay Kumar, M., Ramachandra, B., Siddalinggswam Hiremath and Sunil Chandra, U. 2017. Evaluation of polyherbal feed additives on haematological and biochemical profiles in Yorkshire male pigs. J.Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 6(1):506-509.
2	Jaishankar, N., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh,T., Jag Jiwan Ram, Biradar, U.S, Jadhav, N.V. and Suranagi, M.D. 2017. Utilisation of unconventional sugarcane trash as feed in Narisuwarna X Kenguri sheep. Int.J.Applied and Pure Sci. and Agri. 3(6):52-55.
3	Jaishankar, N., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh,T., Jag Jiwan Ram, Biradar, U.S, and Suranagi, M.D. 2017. Validation of energy estimates of urea ammoniated sugarcane trash based diets obtained from RIVIGPT and In-vivo trial in Narisuvarna x Kenguri F1 lambs. Int.J. Innovative Research in Science.6(6):12014-12018.
4	Roopa,k., Thirumalesh, T., Vijay Kumar, M., Ramachandra, B., Siddalinggswamy Hiremath and Sunil Chandra, U. 2017. Effexct of polyherbal additives on intake, growth and nutrient digestibility in Yorkshire male pigs. J.Anim.Res. 7(4):711-716.
5	Jaishankar, N., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh,T., Jag Jiwan Ram, Biradar, U.S, and Suranagi, M.D. 2017. Comparision of energy estimates of mixed diets obtained from RIVIGPT and In-vivo digestibility trial in Narisuvarna x Kenguri F1 sheep. Int.J.Livest.Res.7(10):209-215.
6	Jaishankar, N., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh,T., Jag Jiwan Ram, Biradar, U.S, and Suranagi, M.D. 2018. In vitro rumen fermentation kinetics and microbial biomass synthesis of unconventional sugarcane trash and concentrates using cattle inoculums. Int.J.Agril. Sci.10(8):5859-5862.
7	Giridhar, K.S., Prabhu, T.M., Thirumalesh,T., Umashankar, B.C., Ajith, K.S. and Siddeswara, N.C. 2018. Prediction of intake and digestibility of some forest tree leaves using rumen in vitro production method. J.Exp.Zool. India. 21(2):1227-1234.
8	Giridhar, K.S., Prabhu, T.M., Chandrapal Singh, K., Nagabhushan, V., Thirumalesh,T., Rajeshwari, Y.B. and Umashankar, B.C. 2018. Nutritional potentialities of some tree leaves based on polyphenols and rumen in vitro gas production. Veterinay World. 11:1479-1485.
9	Thirumalesh,T., Patil, M.B., Suresh, B.N. and Ramesh, B.K. 2018. Nutritional evaluation of common weeds of Northern dry zone of Karnataka in Osmanbad goats. Frontier J.Vet. Anim.Sci. 7(1):32-37.
10	Fakeerappa, D.M., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh, T., Patil, N.A., Shantkumar and Naveen Kumar, G.S. 2018. Nutritional evaluation of urea treated sugarcane bagasse (SCB) on performance of Kenguri sheep. Frontier J.Vet. Anim.Sci. 7(1):44-49.
11	Giridhar, K.S., Prabhu, T.M., Chandrapal Singh, K., Nagabhushan, V., Thirumalesh,T., Rajeshwari, Y.B. and Umashankar, B.C. 2019. Chemical composition, tannins and in situ degradation characteristics of selected tree leaves. Int.J.Livest.Res. 9(01):174-186.
12	Anjaneya, S.N., Ramachandra, B., Thirumalesh,T., and Anup Kumar, P.K. 2019. Evaluation of banana plant waste and its silage based diet on performance of Osmanabadi goats. Indain J.Anim.Nutr. 36 (2): 153-157.

Honors & Awards:

Dr. S.P.Arora award for the paper published in Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition as best paper during 2007-08 titled “Effect of diets differing in partitioning factor on dry matter intake, organic matter digestibility and nitrogen metabolism in crossbred lactating cows”. Presented by Animal Nutrition Society of India on 17th December, 2009 in the Inaugural function of 13th Biennial ANSI conference held at NIANP, Bangalore.
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing has been awarded by Editorial Board of International Journal of Livestock Research for the year 2013-14.

Others achievement

Worked as Research Associate at Ralli’s India Ltd. Bangalore (1995), Veterinary Officer ; Dept. of AH &VS, Govt. of Karnataka (1999-2000), Assistant Professor (Animal Science); Agriculture College, Bijapur,UAS, Dharwad (2000-2009), Associate Professor (Animal Science); Agriculture College, Bijapur,UAS, Dharwad (2009-2011), Professor of Animal Nutrition ; Veterinary Colege, KVAFSU, Bidar (2011-2016) and Professor of ILFC; Veterinary Colege, Shivamogga (2016-Till date). Research projects on poultry, small ruminants, tree leaves utilization, sorghum crop residues utilization, weeds as animal feed had been carried out. Published 49 research papers, 1 booklet, 4 books, 16 leaflets, 4 English and 18 kannada popular articles. 5 training manuals. Presented 44 research papers in conferences/symposia/workshops.