Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology (VPE)
The Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology (VPE) is well developed and fully functioning as per MSVE 2016. It has the mandate to provide for water and milk testing facilities as also to provide diagnostic services to Veterinary Clinical Complex (VCC).The Department is well-equipped with (i) Zoonosses-cum-Epidemiology Laboratory, (ii) Milk/ Meat Hygiene Laboratory and (iii) Preventive Medicine Lab.
Credit Hours:
- Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology (3+1 = 4)
| Details of Teaching Staff | ||||||
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| S. No. |
Designation | Name of Staff | Qualification | Date of Joining | Experience | Photo |
| 1 | Professor | Prof. Dr. Rakesh Rao (RSVC-344) |
M.V.Sc. 1987 Ph.D. 1997 |
01.01.2021 to continue | 37 Years | |
| 2 | Assistant Professor | Dr. Ananya Choudhury (TVC-477) |
M.V.Sc. 2025 | 06.05.2025 to continue |  |
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| List of Equipments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. No. |
Name of Equipments | |||
| 1 | Binocular microscope | |||
| 2 | Serologic water baths | |||
| 3 | pH meter | |||
| 4 | Spectrophotometer | |||
| 5 | Centrifuge | |||
| 6 | Lovibond or equivalent comparator with phosphatase and resazurin disc | |||
| 7 | Colony counter | |||
| 8 | Burners | |||
| 9 | Balance | |||
| 10 | Electronic balance | |||
| 11 | Autoclave | |||
| 12 | Hot-air oven | |||
| 13 | B.O.D. incubator | |||
| 14 | Incubators | |||
| 15 | Micropipettes (and tips as required) | |||
| 16 | Deep freeze -20 oC | |||
| 17 | Laminar flow | |||
| 18 | Air sampler | |||
| 19 | Data processing and programming units with networking | |||
| 20 | Laboratory Refrigerators 500 L | |||
| 21 | Sample Bag Mixer | |||
| 22 | Water analysis system | |||
| 23 | Microplate/ ELISA reader | |||
| 24 | Tissue homogenizer | |||
| 25 | High performance liquid chromatography with accessories | |||
| 26 | Gas chromatography unit complete with all accessories | |||
| 27 | Atomic absorption spectrophotometry with all accessories | |||
| 28 | Rotary shaker | |||
| 29 | Somatic cell counter | |||
| 30 | Vortex shaker | |||
| 31 | Magnetic stirrer | |||
| 32 | Biosafety cabinet level II | |||
| 33 | *These facilities may be shared with other departments or central instrumentation/central laboratories. | |||