Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

1. About the Department :

The department is dedicated for undergraduate and post graduate teaching and diagnosis and research in the field of Veterinary Medicine. Department has guided so many P.G. students which are serving the nation in various capacity. Department is actively engaged in treating sick animals in Clinical Complex, Peripheral Veterinary Hospital Danapur and arranging Health camps at village level.

2. Mandate / Objectives :

To impart quality education in Clinical Veterinary Medicine.
To strengthen research in Clinical Veterinary Medicine.
To participate in the programmes of extension education and help in transfer of technology from lab. to land.
To provide treatment facilities to animals in clinics.

3. Faculty Position :

Dr. Pallav Shekhar
Asstt. Professor

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shekhar.pallav@rediffmail.com

Dr. Ranveer Kumar Sinha

Asstt. Professor

08987384101

ranveervet@rediffmail.com

4. Teaching :

(i) U.G. Courses (VCI Syllabus) :

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credit hrs.	Semester
1.	VEP 411	Veterinary Epidemiology	1+1=2	VII
2.	VEP 421	Preventive Veterinary Medicine-I	2+0=2	VIII
3.	VEP 511	Preventive Veterinary Medicine-II	2+0=2	IX
4.	VEP 422	Preventive Veterinary Medicine-I (Rural clinical work-surveillance, health tests, vaccination)	0+2=2	VIII
5.	VEP 512	Preventive Veterinary Medicine-II (Rural clinical work-surveillance, health tests, vaccination)	0+2=2	IX
6.	VAC 421	Veterinary Ambulatory Clinics-I	0+2=2	VIII
7.	VAC 511	Veterinary Ambulatory Clinics-II	0+2=2	IX

(ii) P.G. Courses (As per ICAR Syllabus):
M.V.Sc. Courses :

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credit hrs.
1	VEP 601	Principles of Epidemiology	2+0
2	VEP 602	Applied Epidemiology	1+1
3	VEP 603	Livestock and Poultry Disease Investigation	0+2
4	VEP 604	Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology	1+1
5	VEP 605	Biosecurity practices in Diseases Prevention	1+1
6	VEP 606	Infectious Diseases of Ruminants-I	2+1
7	VEP 607	Infectious Diseases of Ruminants-II	2+1
8	VEP 608	Infectious Diseases of Equines	1+1
9	VEP 609	Infectious Diseases of Canines and Felines	2+1
10	VEP 610	Infectious Diseases of Poultry	2+1
11	VEP 611	Infectious Diseases of Animal Species of Regional Importance	2+1
12	VEP 612	Infectious Diseases of Laboratory and Zoo Animals	1+0
13	VEP 691	Master’s Seminar	1+0
14	VEP 699	Master’s Research	20

Ph.D. Courses :

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credit hrs.
1	VEP 701	Recent concepts in Epidemiology and Disease Forecasting	2+1
2	VEP 702	Herd Health Management	2+1
3	VEP 703	Data Collection, Management and Presentation	2+1
4	VEP 704	Survey and Surveillance	2+1
5	VEP 705	Emerging and Re-emerging Animal Diseases	2+0
6	VEP 706	Ecology of Diseases	2+0
7	VEP 707	Molecular Approaches in Epidemiology	2+1
8	VEP 708	Advances in Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of Ruminants	2+1
9	VEP 709	Advances in Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Equines	2+1
10	VEP 710	Advances in Prevention and Control of Diseases in Pet Animals	2+1
11	VEP 711	Advances in Prevention and Control of Diseases in Poultry	2+1
12	VEP 712	Advances in Infectious Diseases of Laboratory and Zoo Animals	1+0
13	VEP 713	Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Toxicological Conditions	1+1
14	VEP 790	Special Problems	0+2
15	VEP 791	Doctoral Seminar – I	1+0
16	VEP 792	Doctoral Seminar – II	1+0
17	VEP 799	Doctoral Research	45

N.B. : A Ph.D. student may also take 600 series courses of M.V.Sc. if not studied during Master’s programme.

5. Research

(i) Post Graduate Research (curricular) :

Sl. No.	Name of the Student	Year	Thesis title
1.	Dr. B.P. Singh	1968	Application of agar gel diffusion test for diagnosis of rinderpest.
2.	Dr. Ram Sharan Prasad	1973	Studies on certain aspects of the etiology , clinicopathology and therapeutic measures of enteritis in calves.
3.	Dr. Shyam Kishore Bhakt.	1973	Studies on the toxicity of Ipomoea carnea in goats.with special reference to symptomatology, pathological changes and therapeutic measures.
4.	Dr.S.P.Verma	1973	Studies on The comparative merits of common diagnostic tests of bovine mastitis and evaluation of treatment with different chemotherapeutic agents.
5.	Dr.Kameshwar Prasad Mallick.	1973	Studies on on haemonchosis in goats with special reference to incidence, sympatomatology and chemotherapy.
6.	Dr.Nityanand Pandey	1974	Studies on the incidence, symptomatology, haematological changes , effect on the blood glucose level, post mortem changes and trial of drugs in natural and experimental bovine Babesiosis.
7.	Dr.Umesh Lala Das	1975	Studies on the clinicopathological aspects and therapeutic measures in clinical and experimental canine dermatosis.
8.	Dr.Abdur Razzaque	1976	Studies on Experimental trypanosomiasis (surra) in buffalo calves.
9.	Dr.Raghunandan Prasad Singh	1976	Studies on conglutinating compliment absorption test for the diagnosis and detection of immune status of cattle against rinderpest.
10.	Dr.Surendra Prasad	1977	Toxicity of Amprolium as coccidiostat in poultry.
11.	Dr. Murli Dhar Pandey	1978	Studies on experimental benzene hexachloride poisoning in buffalo calves.
12.	Dr. Paresh Prasad Singh	1978	Studies on experimental organophosphorus compound (Malathion) poisoning in goats.
13.	Dr. Amar Prasad Singh	1978	Studies on the clinico biochemical, histopathological changes and drugs trial in experimental hook worms infection in dogs.
14.	Dr.Janaki Prasad Datta	1978	Studies on the diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases of endometritis in cows.
15.	Dr. Hari Shankar Prasad	1979	Studies on some of the serological tests for the diagnosis of brucellosis in bovine.
16.	Dr. Jai Narayan Singh	1981	Studies on the comparative efficacy of anthelmintics against ascaridiasis in poultry
17.	Dr. Bimal Prasad Giri	1985	Studies on dermatophytoses of animals with reference to diagnosis and chemotherapy.
18.	Dr.Nazir Ahmad Sudhan	1985	Studies on clinical-pathology, biochemistry and chemotherapy of natural and experimental bovine tropical theleriosis.
19.	Dr. Pinaki Ghosh	1985	Studies on clinico-biochemical changes and chemotherapy of canine Babesiosis.
20.	Dr. Surinder Kumar Gupta	1987	Clinico-biochemical changes and chemotherapy of bovine Babesiosis.
21.	Dr. Anup Kumar Roy	1987	Studies on clinico-biochemical changes and chemo therapy of bovine trypanosomiasis.
22.	Dr. Prithwish Guha	1988	Clinico- therapeutic studies on ruminal indigestion with special reference to alkalosis in cattle.
23.	Dr. Naresh Chandra Mandal	1990	Studies on clinical cases of skin-diseases and its therapy in dog.
24.	Dr. Rajeev Ranjan Prasad Sinha	1992	Studies on clinico therapeutic aspect of urinary tract infection in canine.
25.	Dr. Sudhir Kumar	1994	Studies on clinico biochemical aspects and therapy of ruminal alkalosis in dairy cows and buffaloes.
26.	Dr. Sheo Shankar Prasad Singh	1997	Studies on clinico-biochemical changes and therapy of parturient paresis (Milk Fever) in cross- bred cows.
27.	Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kaushik	1998	Studies on clinical gangrenous syndrome in cattle and buffaloes.
28.	Dr. Mukesh Sahay	1999	Biochemical analysis of some of the trace minerals in gangrenous syndrome of cattle and buffaloes.
29.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Ram	2000	Clinico-biochemical and therapeutic studies on acidosis in goats.
30.	Dr. Manoj Kumar Kashyap	2000	Epidemiological studies of otitis externa in dogs.
31.	Dr.Vijay Prasad Mandal	2000	Studies on certain biochemical constituents of blood serum and urine for the treatment of clinical gangrenous syndrome in cattle and buffaloes.
32.	Dr. Arvind Kumar Das	2000	Studies on clinico-biochemical changes with special reference to liver function and therapy of gangrenous syndrome in cattle and buffaloes.
33.	Dr. Abhisek Kumar	2002	Clinicobiochemical and therapeutic studies of experimental ruminal acidosis in goats
34.	Dr. Mukesh Kumar	2002	Studies on experimentally induced coccidiosis in broiler chicken with special reference to pathology, haematology and its therapy.
35.	Dr. Sriniwas Kumar Sharma	2002	Studies on haematology clinicobiochemical changes and therapy of dehydrated diarrhoeic calf
36.	Dr. Prakash Singh Badal	2003	Studies on clinicobiochemical changes and therapy of post parturient haemoglobinuria in bovine.
37.	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mahtha	2003	Clinicobiochemical, haematological and therapeutic studies on Colibacillosis in calf
38.	Dr. Bipin Kumar	2004	Epidemiological clinico-pathological and therapeutic aspects of bovine Babesiosis.
39.	Dr. Bidya Shankar Sinha	2004	Epidemiological, Clinico-pathological and therapeutic aspects of bovine trypanosomiasis.
40.	Dr. Ranveer Kumar Sinha	2004	Epidemiological, clinico-pathological and therapeutic aspects of bovine fascioliasis and amphistomiasis.
41.	Dr. Sunil Manohar Kushwaha	2004	Studies on clinico-pathological and therapeutic aspects of gastrointestinal nematodiasis in sheep and goat.
42.	Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar	2004	Clinico biochemical, hematological and therapeutic studies on bacterial calf diarrhea.
43.	Dr.Raj Kumar Koiri	2005	Clinico- biochemical & therapeutic studies on sub clinical ketosis in cow.
44.	Dr.Navin Kumar	2007	Studies on clinico-haematological aspects and chemotherapy of tropical bovine theleriosis.
45.	Dr. Shantanu Kumar	2007	Studies on sub clinical & clinical mastitis in goats.
46.	Dr. Rajeev Bharti	2008	Studies on prevalence, haemato-biochemical changes and therapeutic measures on scabies and demodecosis in canine.
47.	Dr. Vinita Kumari	2008	Studies on Epidemiological and Haematological aspects of Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle.
48.	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar	2009	Studies on prevalence,etiology & haematobiochemical alterations in canine dermatoses.
49.	Dr. Jiwan Kumar	2010	Studies on Clinico- Biochemical Alterations and Theraputics measures in Gangrenous syndrome of cattle and Buffalo
50.	Dr. M.K Dwivedi	2010	Studies on calf anaemia with special reference to etiology hematobiochemical alteration blood transfusion and immunological response

II. List of research Project:
List of research project undertaken :

Sl. No.	Name of the Research Project	Funding Agency
1	Studies on Epidemiology, treatment and prevention of gangrenous syndrome in rural buffaloes and cattle in Bihar	ICAR

III. Research achievement :

Various aspects of epidemiological, etiological, clinicopathological, haematological, biochemical, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive and control measures of several diseases like rinderpest, mastitis, babesiosis, theileriosis, trypanosomiosis, coccidiosis, hook worm infections, brucellosis, haemonchosis, colibacillosis, fasciolosis, amphistomosis etc. have been studied by different researchers in the department.
Several clinical diseases like enteritis, acidiosis, alkalosis, milk fever, ketosis, otitis, gangrenous syndrome, dehydration, post parturient, haemoglobinuria, diarrohea etc. have been studied and preventive, therapeutic and control measures have been suggested.
Toxicity studies of insecticides, plant positioning etc. as well as their preventive and therapeutic measures have been suggested.

6. Extension :

Department is actively engaged in treating sick animals in Clinical Complex, Peripheral Veterinary Hospital Danapur and arranging Health camps at village level. Advanced Training to the field Veterinary Officers and training to the farmers are given regularly in collaboration with BAMETI and other Govt. and other organization. Farmers are regularly advised through Radio and Television talk.

7. No. of Publications :

Research: 50, Extension : 10, Book Manuals : 01, Abstract : 15

8. Facilities :

Multiple parameter monitor – Helps in monitoring of different parameters like ECG, Temperature, Blood Pressure, Respiration rate, Heart rate etc. of sick animals.
Digital otoscspoe, ECG, Endoscope, Cardioscope, Ferroscope and Draminski Mastitis Detector are also available for diagnosis.
Advanced diagnostic equipment like Autohaemolyser and Electrolyte analyzer makes the department well equipped for diagnosis.

9. Seminar/Symposia organized :

N.A.

10. Any other information :

Department is fully engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of sick animal referred to the department with all critical care and preventive measures including immunization.