With the inception of the College of Veterinary Science in November 1969 under Punjab Agricultural
University, the Department of Veterinary Physiology was created with one Assistant Professor and
one Professor. Gradually the facilities in terms of Laboratory space, equipment, etc. were procured
and other infrastructure was developed, for teaching, research and extension programmes. After the
establishment of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal sciences University, the Department of
Veterinary Biochemistry was merged with this department in 2009 as per the guidelines of Minimum
Standards of Veterinary Education of VCI and is now exist as Department of Veterinary Physiology
and Biochemistry.
Presently, the department has well-qualified four Physiologists and three Biochemists to
impart high standards of education to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Veterinary
Physiology and Biochemistry under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Digvijay Singh, Professor & Head of
the Department. The department offers a 4+1 credit hour course of Veterinary Physiology to the
First Professional B.V.Sc. & A.H. students and 2+1 credit course of Veterinary Biochemistry to the
Second Professional B.V.Sc. & A.H. students. Apart from this, the faculty of the department is also
involved in teaching the Diagnostic Laboratory practices of Veterinary Clinical Practices (VCP-II)
course (0+6 credit hours) offered to the Fourth Professional B.V.Sc. & A.H. students.
The prime mandate of the Department is to train the undergraduate students in the field of
Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry for subsequently making them competent Veterinarians and
to provide advance training/education to the postgraduate students in various aspects of Veterinary
Physiology and Biochemistry. The Department is equipped with Fully Automatic Wet Biochemistry
Analyzer, Semi-automatic Biochemistry Analyzer, PCR, Gel Documentation System etc. for carrying
out the research on the physiological and biochemical aspects of animal health and production, and
is extending these facilities to other departments of the University. The major thrust areas of the
department is to work on physiological/biochemical markers in relation to animal health and
production, physiology of rumen ecosystem & clinical applications of stem cells.
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