Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University is a

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

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ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

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. It was a part of

Punjab Agricultural University The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a public funded agricultural university located in Ludhiana district of Punjab. It is a state agricultural university in India. It was established in 1962 and is the nation's third-oldest agricultur ...

and was established on 9 August 2005 to serve the society by promoting the

livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals ...

production, health and prevention of diseases through integrated teaching and extension programs. The mission of the college is to produce veterinary graduates, scientists and extension workers for promoting better livestock health, by prevention of disease, increasing production and reproduction of livestock, thus improving the quality of rural life in Punjab.

Facilities

The university has a veterinary teaching hospital to cater the demands of large and small animal health and provide specialized treatment for the referred livestock patients and also provide clinical training to the students. In addition the college also has dairy and poultry farms which provide facilities for teaching and research. There are boys and girls hostels for students as well an auditorium and sports centre within the campus.

Academics and courses

The university conducts research and academic initiatives at national and international levels and in collaboration with institutions such as such as

National Dairy Research Institute The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indi ...

, Karnal and

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, Canada. Various Training and Conferences are organized for different disciplines in collaboration with ICAR, ASCI and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana More than 20 courses are offered in various stream including B.V.Sc. and A.H. All these courses include undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses. It also awards post graduate diplomas in many fields. It also offers B.F.Sc. (Bachelor of Fisheries Science), B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) and B.Tech. (Biotechnology Engg.). It offers Ph.D. in many subjects including Veterinary Science, Animal Biotechnology, Fisheries and Dairy Science and Technology.

University library

The university library has facility to collect, evaluate and organize information resources that support the curricula of the colleges, the research programmes and the general informational needs of the university.

Faculties

* Animal Biotechnology *

Animal Breeding Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior EB ...

Genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

Animal Nutrition Animal nutrition focuses on the dietary nutrients needs of animals, primarily those in agriculture and food production, but also in zoos, aquariums, and wildlife management. Constituents of diet Macronutrients (excluding fiber and water) provide ...

*Animal Reproduction,

Gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

and

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

*Livestock Production and Management *Veterinary

Anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

and Histology *Veterinary and

Animal Husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

Extension *Veterinary Biochemistry *Veterinary Clinical Services *Veterinary Physiology *Veterinary Microbiology *Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine *Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology *Veterinary Parasitology *Veterinary Medicine, Jurisprudence and Ethics *Veterinary Public Health *Livestock Products Technology *Veterinary Surgery and Radiology *Veterinary Pathology *Dairy Microbiology *Dairy Engineering *Dairy Chemistry *Dairy Technology *Livestock Economics

External links

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Veterinary schools in India Universities in Punjab, India Education in Ludhiana Science and technology in Ludhiana Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in Punjab, India {{PunjabIN-university-stub