ANIMAL NUTRITION

The Department of animal Nutrition is one of the core departments of veterinary curriculum as per the Veterinary Council of India. The Department has been established at Veterinary College, Hassan and involved in both undergraduate and post graduate teaching. The Department is functioning with well furnished class room, staff room, seminar hall, research laboratory with feed analysis facilities for estimation of proximate constituents and fiber fractions in feed and fodder.  The labs are equipped with advanced instruments such as gas chromatography and facility to perform in vitro rumen fermentation technique.

Major area of research to ensure quantity and quality of feed and fodder for livestock and poultry in Hassan region is the major focus of the Department. In this context the thrust areas are identification and evaluation of unconventional feedstuffs for livestock and poultry; application of various feed additives to improve efficiency of feed utilization; feed and fodder enrichment studies; Low cost feed formulations. Our department do involve in organizing training programmes, workshops and technology demonstrations to field veterinarians and interested livestock farmers