The Department of Veterinary, Gynaecology & Obstetrics came into existence in the
month of September 2001. The department is actively involved in teaching, research
and extension activities. The department has the mandate for teaching and research
in various disciplines of the subject viz Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Andrology,
apart from providing clinical services to the livestock owners in the Veterinary
Clinical Complex of the College. The teaching programme of the department has been
planned to impart effective practical training to the undergraduate and postgraduate
students. Undergraduate teaching was started in June 2002 while Postgraduate studies
have been started from the year 2011. As of now, 13 students have obtained their
MVSc degrees in the Discipline of Veterinary Gynaecology& Obstetrics and 8 scholars
on rolls. Ph.D. programme was started in the academic year 2016-17 onwards with
2 Ph.D. in-service scholars on rolls.
The faculty members of the department actively participate in the clinical and infertility
camps being organized in rural areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh for the benefit of
farmers. These camps also help in providing practical training to students and internees.
Training is also organized on different aspects of animal reproduction for the field
veterinarians of AP Animal husbandry and farmers of Krishna District.
Radio and TV talks on the common reproductive problems and their managements are
delivered by the faculty members from time to time for the benefit of farmers. Popular
articles in Telugu are also published for creating awareness amongst the livestock
owners.
The department has a well established Ultrasonography unit and Automated analyzer
for providing diagnostic services for small and large animals. This facility is
routinely used by the postgraduate students of the department as well as other departments
for the research work. Educational visits are undertaken to LRS, Lam Farm, Guntur
and Buffalo Research Station Venkatramanagudem to utilize the facilities available
at these satellite farms to impart clinical/practical skills to the students. Further,
the department has diagnostic facilities, clinical material and a musuem with rare
collection of specimens for imparting training to the field Veterinarians and farmers.
Major Achievements:
- Anoestrum was found to
be the major cause of infertility in cows and buffaloes. The most common cause of
anoestrum was smooth inactive ovaries due to nutritional deficiency.
- Therapeutic regimen by
use of Immuno-modulators was evolved to treat clinical and sub-clinical endometritis
under field conditions.
- Ovsynch protocol (GnRH-PGF2α-GnRH) was successfully
applied under field conditions for augmenting the fertility in post-partum buffaloes.
- Estrus was induced in
lactating antd true anestrus buffaloes using Crestar along with PGF2α.
- Incidence of uterine torsion
was found to be 90 per cent of the dystocia cases in buffaloes and the success rate
of relieving uterine torsion was nearly 100% at this institute.
Activities in the department:
- UG, PG and PhD teaching
- Research
- Extension services
- Fertility camps
- Clinical practice