VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Infrastructure and activities of the department: The department has four Under-Graduate  and 2 post graduate laboratories and is reasonably well equipped to handle the curriculum of the Under-Graduate and Post Graduate programmes. Fully furnished UG labs, research lab and data processing unit for epidemiological studies with all facilities for UG and PG programmes.

The Department had completed three extra mural research projects one funded by DBT-SERB Government of India on “ Application of polyclonal hen egg yolk antibodies for prevention of food bone salmonellae in poultry” and the second funded by ITRA – “E-Varaha information systems for safe pork production in North Eastern India. GoI” and the third extra mural project on “Livestock support and extension activities SUJALA III component funded by Government of Karnataka water shed department. The faculty of the department under took these projects as Principal Investigator or as Co principal investigator of the project.

Three ongoing research projects under SCSP/TSP grants, Government of Karnataka are undertaken by the department in the food safety area of foods of animal origin.

Upto 2019 four students have completed their Masters degree programme (M.V.Sc) in the discipline of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology  and one doctoral student is doing his research work in the department for Ph.D  programme under sandwitch mode (MOU with Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati and KVAFSU Bidar)