Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University


Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College,Vepery, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur and the Institute of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli, Chennai-52. Research farms are for leprosy bacteria, for prawn and edible fish culture, and for animal feed safety.

History

The institution now operating as a university was established in 1876 and became a college in 1903, with 20 students at Dobbin Hall, Chennai. The three-year diploma course, Graduate of Madras Veterinary College, was then offered.
The Government of Tamil Nadu established the university on 20 September 1989 through the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences formed the nucleus of university and the institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university.

Constituent colleges

The university has the following constituent colleges.
No.College NameLocationDistrictEstd
1Madras Veterinary CollegeVepery, ChennaiChennai district1903
2Veterinary College and Research Institute, NamakkalLaddivadiNamakkal district1985
3Veterinary College and Research Institute, TirunelveliRamayanpatti, Palayamkottai TalukTirunelveli district2011
4Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, ThanjavurOrathanaduThanjavur district2011
5Fisheries College and Research Institute, ThoothukudiChidambara Nagar, ThoothukudiThoothukudi district1977
6College of Food and Dairy Technology, KoduvalliKoduvalliChennai district1972
7Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, KattupakkamKattupakkamTiruvallur district1972