Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in

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. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Veterinary College and Research Institute,

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, Veterinary College and Research Institute,

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; 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

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established the university on 20 September 1989 through the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989 (Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 1989).

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's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e.,

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and

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) 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.

References

External links

TANUVAS Official website
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History

Constituent colleges

See also

References

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