Dr. Sandeep Kaswan, Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Production Management, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University was awarded Professor Tielen Foundation (PTE) fellowship. It was awarded to participate in the XVIth International Congress on Animal Hygiene recently held at Nanjing, China to present (oral) his research work on Effect of different floor space allowance on carcass characteristics of crossbred (Landrace X Desi) pigs. Congress witnessed about 160 participants from 34 countries presenting about 150 oral and 60 posters on scientific theme “Animal hygiene, health and welfare as corner stones of sustainable animal production”. As a part of PTE scholarship, he was awarded membership of International Society for Animal hygiene (ISAH) along with the entire financial assistance towards participation of the congress. ISAH has members in more than 57 countries across the world. Attending this congress helped the scientist to get updated with recent advancements in the field of animal hygiene, health and welfare. Earlier, Dr. Kaswan, did his MVSc NDRI, Karnal and Phd from IVRI, Izatnagar in the field of Livestock Production Management.
