The Madras Veterinary College, the college affiliated with Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, is a
veterinary college
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 ...
in
Vepery
Vepery is a suburb in the north of Chennai, India. Abutting the transportation hub of Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road.
History
Vepery is among those oldest neighbourhoods developed duri ...
, a suburb of
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of t ...
, India. The college was established on 1 October 1903 in a small building known as Doblin Hall.
The college became affiliated with the
University of Madras
The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...
in 1936 and became the first college to offer the
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in
Veterinary Medicine
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 ...
in India. In 1989, the first veterinary university in India,
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) 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 Inst ...
(TANUVAS), was formed, and the college became affiliated with it.
Courses offered
#B.VSc & AH
#M.VSc
#Ph.D
#PG Diploma in Companion Animal Practice
MVC Teaching Hospital
The MVC Teaching Hospital is the largest, in the country with extensive facilities. The animal hospital is equipped with
radiology
Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiati ...
, ultrasonography, doppler ultrasound, CT Scan, echocardiogram, video
endoscopy
An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are inse ...
,
laparoscopy
Laparoscopy () is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis or therapeutic interventions with a few small cuts in the abdomen.Medl ...
and small animal surgery. Additionally, the hospital has a
haemodialysis
Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine ...
facility for small animals and a special
rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, vio ...
ward.
The veterinary hospital receives referral cases from all over India, including horses, domestic
ruminant
Ruminants ( suborder Ruminantia) are hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions. Th ...
s, and small animals. there was mobile clinic facilities also available
Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital website
TANUVAS University Website, accessed December 18, 2013.
See also
* Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University
* Kerala Veterinary College, Mannuthy
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is a veterinary college located at Mannuthy, Thrissur city of the Indian state of Kerala. The college is part of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
History
The college came into existe ...
* Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
* West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences
References
External links
Madras Veterinary College
Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Veterinary schools in India
Universities and colleges in Chennai
Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras
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