The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) was engaged in developing a vaccine for swine fever among pigs, its Vice Chancellor S.Thilagar said here on Friday.
“Field trials of the vaccine are to be held soon,” he said addressing a press conference here. Dr.Thilagar clarified that swine fever was entirely different from swine flu affecting human beings and the incidence of the former was confined to pigs alone.
The TANUVAS, he said, had already brought out vaccines such as the oral pellet vaccine for Ranikhet disease and vaccines against mastitis and blue tongue.
The State government through the Animal Husbandry Department grants passed recently in the Assembly had announced the setting up of a DNA Molecular Analysis Centre at the Madras Veterinary College at a cost of Rs.2 crore and sanctioned Rs.6 crore for additional infrastructure at the Orathanadu and Tirunelveli veterinary colleges.
The university’s Madurai Training and Research Centre would be upgraded as a disease diagnostic centre at a cost of Rs.1 crore.
All these projects would be taken up soon and completed over the next six to nine months, he said.
The Bargur Cattle Research Station has been set up for taking up research towards protecting and preserving the traditional cattle species.
A smaller level research project on preserving local dog breeds such as Rajapalayam and Kombai species has been taken up at the Tirunelveli Veterinary College.
The university has brought out e-learning modules for under graduate veterinary courses with the assistance of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, he said
The university would celebrate its Foundation Day and Livestock and Poultry Farmers Day with a meet in Tiruchi on Saturday and Sunday.
A knowledge sharing session between farmers and scientists would be held on Saturday.
Experts would brief farmers on low cost feed formulation, small scale fodder production, organic waste management, infertility management in cattle, pet animal vaccination, emerging diseases in livestock and poultry.
A session for students on educational opportunities in TANUVAS would also be held.
An exhibition would be organised as part of the event covering various aspects of livestock and poultry rearing such as dairy farming, goat, sheep, desi bird, Japanese quail and pig rearing, fodder production, live exhibits of different species of livestock and poultry, and demonstration on various topics such as de-worming, azolla cultivation and machine milking of cows, he said.
The two-day event would be held at the Kalaiarangam Marriage Hall in the city.
Source : The Hindu
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