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INAUGURATION OF GIRLS HOSTEL

A new Girls Hostel was constructed at Instituteof Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli at a total costof Rs. 94.7 lakhs with the support from the ICARDevelopment Grant. The inauguration of the new hostelwas held at IFDT, Koduvalli on 03.03.2012.Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director General, ICAR and Secretary,DARE, Government of India declared open the hosteland delivered the Chief Guest address. In his speech,he requested the students to be ready to meet thefarmers requirements through “Farmers First; StudentReady” initiatives of ICAR. Dr. R. Prabakaran,Vice-chancellor, TANUVAS delivered the presidentialaddress. Dr. B. Meenakumari, DDG (Fisheries), ICARfelicitated the University and the students.Dr. D. Thyagarajan, Dean, IFDT, Koduvalli explainedabout the activities of IFDT. Dr. D. Ramasamy,Professor proposed the vote of thanks.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

An International workshop on “Strategies invalue addition and safety aspects pertaining to dairyand food industry” under NAIP scheme on “A milkvalue chain for the unorganized sector” was organizedby the Department of Dairy Science, MVC on15.03.2012 and 16.03.2012. Thiru. Gagandeep SinghBedi, I.A.S., Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairyingand Fisheries Department, Government of Tamil Naduinaugurated the workshop, released the compendiumon various scientific findings pertaining to food safetyand value addition and a compact disc on the successstory on the use of milking machine at Perandoorvillage under the NAIP Scheme and delivered theinaugural address. Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor,TANUVAS presided over the function and delivered thepresidential address. Dr. D. Thyagarajan, Director ofResearch, TANUVAS felicitated. Dr. C. Naresh Kumar,Professor and Head welcomed the gathering andDr. B. Dhanalakshmi, Professor proposed the vote ofthanks. A total of 150 delegates including internationaldelegates participated. There were 70 entries for theposter session. Dr. B. Murali Manohar, Dean, MVCpresided over the valedictory function and distributedcertificates to the participants and prizes for the bestposters.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

A two day International Conference on “Holisticapproaches for combating anthelmintic resistance –An update in Parasitology” was organized by theDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, MVC on26.03.2012 and 27.03.2012. Dr. Sanjay Mehendale,Director, National Institute of Epidemiology, the ChiefGuest of the occasion inaugurated the conference,released the compendium and delivered the ChiefGuest address. Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor,TANUVAS presided, released the manual on“Endoparasitic diseases of sheep and goats” anddelivered the presidential address. Prof. David P. Knox,Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, UKparticipated, released the pamphlet on “Dewormingand anthelmintic resistance” and delivered the specialaddress. Dr. Jan Van Wyk, Extraordinary Lecturer,University of Pretoria, South Africa who standardizedthe colour index card-”FAMACHA” released thepamphlets on “FAMACHA”. Dr. B. Murali Manohar,Dean, MVC and Dr. V. Purushothaman, Director, CAHSfelicitated. Dr. M. Raman, Organizing Secretary andProfessor welcomed the gathering andDr. S. Gomathinayagam, Professor, CUL, TANUVASproposed the vote of thanks. A total of 150 delegatesfrom all over the country participated. An interactivesession with the participation of 50 VASs, 20 AssistantManagers of Tiruchirapalli Milk Producers FederationLtd. and 15 progressive farmers of Karur atTiruchirapalli on 28.03.2012 and demonstrations onthe usage of FAMACHA colour charts to fieldveterinarians and the faculty at SBRS, Sandynallah on29.03.2012 and 30.03.2012 were organized.

MVC HOSTEL DAY 2012

The MVC Hostel Day 2012 “Thoorigai 2012”was celebrated on 03.03.2012 at the MVC Hostelcampus. Thiru. Saidai Duraisamy, Worshipful Mayor,Corporation of Chennai graced as the Chief Guest ofthe occasion, distributed the prizes and delivered the

Chief Guest address. In his address, the WorshipfulMayor called upon the students to look beyond therole of a professional as administrators and motivatedthe students to prepare for Civil Services Examination.The Mayor interacted with the students for a longtime and tested their ability in general knowledge.Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor, TANUVAS was theSpecial Guest of the occasion and in his special addresshe wished the students for peaceful and happy hostellife and announced the sanction of a generator.Dr. B. Murali Manohar, Dean, MVC presided anddelivered the presidential address. Dr. C. Balachandran,Registrar, TANUVAS, Dr. M. Babu, Director, CAPS andThiru. K. Kandasamy, MD, M/s Selvi Feeds, Namakkalfelicitated. The Student's Representative SelvanG. Sriram of final year welcomed the gathering,Dr. B. Justin William, Warden, MVC Hostel presentedthe annual report and Selvan S. Muthukumar of finalyear and Secretary, Kalaimgal Kazhagam presentedthe Kalaimagal Kazhagam report. Selvi. AgnathaP.V. Rose of final year offered vote of thanks. TheHostel day later concluded with magic show by studentsof final year, light music and a grand dinner.

TANUVAS LAUNCHES NEW POLYTECHNIC COURSES

TANUVAS commenced Polytechnic Courses inAnimal Sciences, the first of its kind in Animal andVeterinary Sciences in India. The courses will be offered

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by the Centre for Polytechnic Courses in Animal Sciencesstarted at the TANUVAS RRC, Pudukkottai under NADPScheme on “Centre for Polytechnic courses in AnimalSciences” sanctioned during 2011 with a total outlayof Rs. 102.36 lakhs. The Centre will also offer 12 SkillDevelopment Courses. Dr. R. Prabakaran,Vice-chancellor, TANUVAS launched the four coursesviz. “Breeder flock management in turkey”, “Cleanmilk production and value added milk productspreparation”, “Scientific goat farming” and“Reproductive management in dairy cattle” atTANUVAS RRC, Pudukkottai on 24.03.2012. The Vice-chancellor also released the training books on “Breederflock management in turkey” and “Clean milkproduction and value added milk products preparation”and delivered the inaugural address. Dr. M. Babu,Director, CAPS, presided over the function, releasedthe ATMA farm school training manual on “Turkeyrearing and delivered the presidential address.Dr. A. Kamal Raj, Deputy Director andDr. V.K. Vasudevan, Assistant Director, CBFD,Pudukkottai, Dr. V.A. Tirupathy, ADAH, Dr. J.H. Daniel,DD, DLF, Pudukkottai, Tmt. R. Jagatheeshwari, AO(Central Scheme), Pudukkottai, and Thiru.R. Rajkumar, Poject Coordinator, MSSRF, Pudukkottaiwere present. Dr. P.N. Richard Jagatheesan, AssociateProfessor and Head welcomed the gathering andDr. M. Anna Anandh, Assistant Professor proposed voteof thanks. More than 300 farmers and trainees attended.

AWARENESS PROGRAMMES

• The Department of Livestock BusinessManagement, MVC along with Indian Institute ofCrop Processing Technology, Thanjavur organizeda one day awareness programme on “Processingand preservation technology for rural prosperity”with the objective of focusing on the importanceof food processing and preservation to farmersand students at MVC on 01.03.2012. Thiru. RakeshKacker, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing

Industries, Government of India inaugurated theprogramme and delivered the inaugural address.Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor, TANUVAS, theChief Guest, delivered the Chief Guest address.Dr. K. Alagusundaram, Director, IICPT, Thanjavurexplained about the purpose of the event. Shri.A.D. Padmasingh Isaac, Founder Chairman, AachiMasala, Chennai participated and shared hisexperience. Dr. B. Suresh Subramonian, AssociateProfessor and Head, Department of LivestockBusiness Management, MVC welcomed thegathering and Thiru. A. Amudhasurabi, Head,Department of Technology Dissemination, IICPT,Thanjavur proposed the vote of thanks. A totalof 120 students from MVC, IFDT, Koduvalli, LoyolaCollege, Ethiraj College for Women, and QueenMarys College, Chennai and 430 farmers fromdifferent parts of Tamil Nadu were benefitted.

• FREC, Madhavaram organized an awarenessprogramme funded by the Tamil Nadu StateCouncil for Science and Technology on “Popularisingmodified method of smoke curing of fish amongfisherwomen of Chennai as an income generatingenterprise” at Royapuram from 28.03.2012 to30.03.2012. Tmt. Padmavathy, Assistant Director(Fisheries), Fishing Harbour Management,Royapuram, State Fisheries Department,inaugurated the programme.Dr. V. Purushothaman, Director, CAHS participatedin the valedictory function and distributed thecertificates to the participants. A total of 26fisherwomen were benefited. Dr. Cheryl Antony,Associate Professor, FREC, Madhavaram,Dr. K. Ravaneswaran, Associate Professor, RRC,Pudukkotai and Dr. P. Chidambaram, AssistantProfessor, VUTRC, Dharmapuri co-ordinated theprogramme.

• VUTRC, Madurai participated in the awarenessprogramme on “Conservation of Pulikulam – Anative breed of cattle’’ organized by SEVA, anNGO at U. Vadipatti village of Madurai district on06.03.2012. Thiru. Sakayam, I.A.S., DistrictCollector, Madurai district participated, honouredthe farmers who are having 250 Pulikulam animalsand gave his approval to utilize the hilly slopes forgrazing. Dr. B. Muruganandan, Professor and Heademphasized about the importance of conservationof Pulikulam breed of cattle and demonstratedthe ethno veterinary medicines for the farmers.A total of 28 farmers participated.

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WORKSHOP

The Department of Animal Nutrition, VC&RI,Namakkal organized a one day workshop cum poultryIndustry stakeholder’s consultative group meet on“Alleviation of heat stress in commercial and backyardpoultry” on 02.03.2012 under the research projecton “Development of climate resilient practices throughnutritional, genetic and physiological strategies toenhance tolerance to heat stress in commercial andbackyard poultry” sanctioned under NICRA of ICARwith a budget outlay of Rs. 200.00 lakhs for a periodof three years. A total of 50 participants includingscientists, farmers and veterinary surgeons workingin poultry industry attended.

NATIONAL TRAINING

A national level training programme on “Invitrofertilization and embryo co-culture” was conductedat the Centralized Embryo Biotechnology Unit,Department of Animal Biotechnology, MVC for threeweeks from 01.03.2012 to 21.03.2012.Dr. S.A. Asokan, Dean, Faculty of Basic Sciences, MVCinaugurated the training programme. A total of 17trainees from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and TamilNadu participated. The valedictory function was heldon 21.03.2012. Dr. B. Murali Manohar, Dean, MVCpresided, distributed the certificates to theparticipants and delivered the presidential address.Dr. A. Palanisammi, Professor and the Course Directorbriefed about the training. Dr. K. Kumanan, Professorand Head, Department of Animal Biotechnologyproposed the vote of thanks.

MVC ANNUAL SPORTS DAY 2012

The Annual Sports Day of the MVC was held on27.02.2012. The sports meet was declared open byDr. C. Balachandran, Registrar, TANUVAS in thepresence of Dr. B. Murali Manohar, Dean, MVC. Aglittering March Past by the students was followed by

a number of major field events for the students andstaff. In the Prize distribution ceremony,Dr. N. Kannan, IPS, Foreigners Regional RegistrationOfficer, Government of India participated as the ChiefGuest and Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor,TANUVAS delivered the Special Address.Dr. C. Balachandran, Registrar, TANVUAS,Dr. B. MuraliManohar, Dean, MVC, Dr. V. Purushothaman, Director,CAHS, Dr. D. Kathiresan, Director of ExtensionEducation and Dr. S.R. Srinivasan, DDE felicitated.The guest of honour Dr. Kannan, IPS distributed theprizes and delivered the Chief Guest’s address. TheSports Secretary, Dr. L. Gunaseelan, welcomed thedignitaries and the august gathering which includedstudents, faculty, retired teachers and former Deansof the College. Dr. K. Shanthi, Deputy Director ofPhysical Education proposed the vote of thanks.

NSS SPECIAL CAMP

The NSS unit of FC&RI, Thoothukudi conductedthe Annual Special Camp at Nattathi village ofThoothukudi district from 23.03.2012 to 29.03.2012.Thiru. S.V.P.S. Pandaram, President, NattathiPanchayath inaugurated the camp in the presence ofThiru. S.V.P.S. Sundarapandian, President, PeikulamFarmers Association. Cleaning of Integrated ChildDevelopment Home Complex, bus stop, villagechannel, Primary Health Centre Complex etc., plantingof Mahagony tree saplings raised under ‘Project GreenHand’ with the support of Isha Foundation, Coimbatoreand demonstration of preparation of value added fishproducts were carried out. The NSS volunteers alsovisited the Mentally Retarded Children Home atSawyerpuram and donated money for one day lunchfor the inmates. Dr. D. Sukumar, NSS ProgrammeOfficer made necessary arrangements.

GUEST LECTURE

Dr. C. Sreekumar, Associate Professor, SBRS,Sandynallah delivered a lecture on ‘Snakeenvenomation inanimals’ for the finalyear B.V.Sc. & A.H.students of VC&RI,Namakkal on20.02.2012. Thestudents were alsobriefed about theessentials of snakeconservation and given hands on training on handlingand sexing of snakes.

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VISIT OF GATES FOUNDATION TEAM

Dr. Gregg Be Vier, Senior Programme Officer,Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Joy Sun,McKinsey & Company visited TANUVAS on 20.03.2012to discuss about possible collaborations. Afterpreliminary discussion with Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-Chancellor, TANUVAS they held discussions with theTANUVAS scientists. The discussion was initiated byDr. V. Purushothaman, Director, CAHS, TANUVAS bypresenting an overview of ‘Veterinary Vaccines’. Thediscussion was attended by Dr. B. Murali Manohar,Dean, MVC, Dr. S.A. Asokan, Dean, FBS, MVC andDr. M. Babu, Director, CAPS. Brief presentations weremade by TANUVAS scientists on PPR, Sheep pox,Newcastle disease, Anthrax, Brucellosis and parasiticvaccines. After the discussions, Gates foundationmembers visited Animal Biotechnology, VeterinaryMicrobiology and Veterinary Parasitology departmentsat MVC campus and Vaccine Research Centres atMadavaram campus. Dr. K. Kumanan, Professor andHead, Department of Animal Biotechnology, MVC andDr. S. Gomathinayagam, Professor, CUL, TANUVAScoordinated the programme.

VISIT OF NETHERLANDS COUNSELLOR

Mr. Henk van Duijn, Counsellor for Agriculture,Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Indiaand Sri Lanka & Ms. P.R. Meenakshi, DeputyRepresentative, Netherland Business Support Office,Chennai visited PGRIS, Kattupakkam on 24.03.2012

and visited the various units. The visit opened up anew relationship to take up collaborative research andtraining activities in piggery, sheep, goat, and otherlivestock related sectors.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

• FC&RI, Thoothukudi celebrated the InternationalWomen’s Day on 08.03.2012. Dr. T.S. Rajeswari,Associate Professor and Head, Department ofHistory, A.P.C. Mahalakshmi College for Women,the Chief Guest of the occasion, delivered the ChiefGuest address and distributed prizes to the winnersof the essay writing, poetry and elocutioncompetitions conducted for students in Tamil andEnglish on women empowerment. Dr. R. Jayaraman,Dean i/c, FC&RI, Thoothukudi presided over thefunction. Dr. V.K. Venkataramani, DREF felicitated.Dr. R. Santhakumar, Associate Professor gave thewelcome address and Dr. N.V. Sujathkumar,Associate Professor proposed vote of thanks.

• KVK, Kattupakkam celebrated the InternationalWomen’s Day at Ninnakarai village on 19.03.2012.A total of 56 SHG women, members ofMaramalainagar SHG Federation, Konathi KVK - VetriFarmers Club and Chenglepet Women Associationand farmers of Ninnakarai village participated.Dr. P. Kumaravel, Associate Professor and Head,KVK, Tmt. Anupriya, Secretary, MaramalainagarSHG Federation, Tmt. Ponnammal, President,Ninnakarai Women’s Association and Tmt. Gowri,President, KVK - Vetri Farmers Club addressed thegathering.

FARMERS MELA

KVK, Kundrakudi in collaboration withDepartment of Agriculture, Sivagangai and Dry LandAgricultural Research Station (DARS), Chettinadorganized a “Farmers Mela” at DARS, Chettinad on22.03.2012. Thiru. Rajaraman, I.A.S., DistrictCollector, Sivagangai district inaugurated theprogramme. Farm machinery and equipment such as

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direct paddy seeder, cono weeder, marker, milkingmachine were exhibited. Pamphlets on animal andcrop enterprises were distributed. More than 2000farmers participated.

TRAINING FOR FOREST OFFICIALS

FC&RI, Thoothukudi organized two day trainingprogramme on “Marine biodiversity and identification”sponsored by Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park,Ramanathapuram in two batches for a total of 38forest officials of Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar andSivagangai districts. Dr. C.B.T. Rajagopalsamy, Deani/c, FC&RI, Thoothukudi inaugurated the programmeon 21.03.2012. Dr. M. Venkatasamy, Professor andHead, Department of Fisheries Biology and ResourceManagement, FC&RI and Course Coordinatorfelicitated. Dr. T. Francis, Associate Professorwelcomed the gathering and Dr. P. Jawahar, AssociateProfessor and Course Co-director proposed vote ofthanks.

TRAINING

• KVK, Kattupakkam conducted a two days trainingprogramme with financial assistance under theTribal Welfare Scheme on “Backyard poultry rearing”on 20.03.2012 and 21.03.2012. A total of 40 tribalwomen of Irular community from Sennari andOothur villages of Kancheepuram district werebenefitted. Besides lectures, a field visit to the

Poultry Farm of Animal Husbandry Department,Kattupakkam was arranged. Inputs such as desichicken chicks, feeding tray, water trough and feedwere distributed to the participants.

• SBRS, Sandynallah organized a training programmefor sheep farmers under the centrally sponsoredscheme on ‘Conservation of threatened breeds oflivestock - Nilagiri Sheep’ on 07.02.2012. A total of30 sheep farmers had registered for the training.Practical demonstrations on the silage making andcultivation of Macu lotus in marshy areas wascarried out and the farmers were also providedwith saplings of Macu lotus. A medical kit containingmedicines for first aid was also distributed.

MEGA AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION

Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor, TANUVASpresided over the valedictory function held on26.03.2012 of the “Mega Agricultural Exhibition”organized by Dinamalar, a Tamil National popular dailyat the National College Grounds, Tiruchirapalli from23.03.2012 to 26.03.2012. After presenting thesuccessful farmer and the best stall awards the Vice-chancellor in his presidential address called upon thefarmers to take up agriculture as enterprise and workout economics for profitability. The Government ofTamil Nadu with the foresight that the future ofagriculture depend on farm machinery and implementshas announced subsidies for various farm machineryand implements for the Second Green Revolution.Dr. T.N. Balamohan, Special Officer, Horticulture Collegeand Research Institute for Women, Tiruchirapalli,Thiru. P. Saravanan, Producer, Farm and Home Section,AIR, Tiruchirapalli, Thiru P. Sundar, AgriculturalEngineering Department, Tiruchirapalli and Thiru.Jayapal, Dean, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural Collegeand Research Institute, Tiruchirapalli participated.VUTRC, Tiruchirapalli put up a stall at the exhibitionand offered technical advice to the livestock farmers.

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TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED

DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMOSTABLE ORAL PELLET VACCINE AGAINST NEWCASTLE DISEASE

Newcastle Disease (ND) is a highly contagiousviral disease affecting poultry of all ages. In India thedisease is present in an enzootic form and frequentoutbreaks cause devastating losses not only tocommercial poultry but also to small scale farmerswho depend on backyard poultry for their nutritionalneeds and much needed cash income in times of need.The disease can be controlled by the use of vaccinesand most of the available vaccines are unsuitable foruse in villages as they require maintenance of coldchain for transportation to long distances and areavailable in large doses. A project initially funded bythe Indian Council of Agriculture and now funded bythe Global Agency for Livestock and VeterinaryMedicines (GALVMed) of the United Kingdom for

further research wasinitiated at theDepartment of VeterinaryMicrobiology, MVC todevelop a thermostableoral pellet vaccine againstND. A total of 160 local samples from village chickens which were never vaccinated

were collected in the year 2000 and 16 ND virus isolates were obtained. All the isolates were screened forvirulence by Intra-cerebral pathogenic index (ICPI) and one of the isolates, D58 of low virulence with an ICPIvalue of 0.14 has been used for further study and vaccine production. The isolate was thermostabilised byexposure to 250C for 36 days, 370C for 29 days and 560C for 30 minutes. Based on amino acid sequence of thefusion protein cleavage site (FPCS), HN and F gene sequence analysis and phylogenetic studies, the isolate wasfound to be of low pathogenic type and was positioned in groups with other low pathogenic and apathogenicviruses. The master (MSV) and working seed viruses (WSV) were prepared and standardized as per thespecifications of the OIE (2000). From the WSV, an oral pellet vaccine was prepared. Extensive laboratory andfield trials were conducted with the oral pellet vaccine. The vaccine is regularly supplied to the KVKs for onfarm trials. A little more than 75,000 doses have been tested at the field. The oral pellet vaccine was found tobe safe and potent as per the norms prescribed by FAO (1991) and OIE (2000). The vaccine producedprotective serum antibody titre of 26 at laboratory and field trials which is above the value of 23 suggested byFAO and OIE. The vaccine also produced satisfactory immunity for a period of three months. No post-vaccination complications like respiratory distress or dullness or off-feed and no occurrence of ND in any ofthe vaccinated flock despite the fact that still ND is prevalent in this part of the country have been reported.The vaccine has been found to produce humoral, cell mediated and mucosal immune responses in laboratorytrials and found to give protective immune response in virulent virus challenge. Dr. J. John Kirubaharan,Professor the Principal Investigator of the scheme developed the vaccine.

NEW SCHEMES

The Government of Tamil Nadu accordedsanction for the implementation of the componenton “Fodder seed production” under the StateFodder Development Scheme at two locations ofTANUVAS viz. IAN, Kattupakkam and TANUVAS

SRRC, Tirunelveli for a period of one year(2011-2012) at a total cost of Rs.123.20 lakhs(Rs. 61.60 each). The project will be implementedthrough the Director of Animal Husbandry andVeterinary Services.

Story of a beneficiary..........

Tmt. K. Kala of Palavankudivillage, Sivagangai districtstarted a small poultry farm infree range system in her fiveacre agriculture land. As herland falls under rain fedagricultural belt of Tamil Naduonly one cropping is possible. The small poultry farmprovides the extra income for her daily familylivelihood. But outbreak of diseases especially Newcastledisease have caused heavy losses to her income. Thoughshe is aware of vaccination, she is unable to protecther flock as she has to take them to a veterinaryhospital or get the help of a vaccinator. When shecame to know about the oral pellet Newcastle diseasevaccine through KVK, Kundrakudi, she adopted thenew technology and gave the vaccine to her flock.Now there is no mortality in her farm.

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MoU SIGNED

• A MoU was signed between TANUVAS and Agri-FoodBiosciences Institute (AFBI), a constituent ofAgricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK at MVC on 05.03.2012for collaborative research in molecular mapping ofemerging poultry diseases, avian nephritis, diagnosisand survey of avian viruses, diagnostics fortuberculosis, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, brucellosisand Johne’s disease, assessment of anthelminticresistance in Fasciola sp., studies on amphistomes,evolving area specific mineral mixtures andpharmaco-vigillance studies. Dr. D. Thyagarajan,Director of Research and Dr. Bob Hanna, AFBI signedthe MoU in the presence of Dr. R. Prabakaran,Vice-chancellor, TANUVAS, Dr. C. Balachandran,Registrar, TANUVAS, Dr. B. Murali Manohar, Dean,MVC and Dr. V. Purushothaman, Director, CAHS.

• TANUVAS and Auburn University, USA signed a MoUfor collaborative research in the areas of pignutrition, small ruminant research, poultry scienceand meat science and facilitate exchange of facultyand students. The MoU was signed at MVC on14.03.2012 by Dr. R. Prabakaran, Vice-chancellor,TANUVAS and Dr. William Batchelor, Dean, Collegeof Agriculture, Auburn University, USA. Dr. M. Babu,Director, CAPS, Dr. D. Thyagarajan, Director of

Research and senior faculty of TANUVAS andDr. Joseph Molnar, Coordinator of InternationalProgrammes, Dr. Michael L. Williams, Professor,Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology,Dr. Manpreet Singh, Department of Poultry Science,Dr. Kenneth S. Macklin, Associate Professor andExtension Scientist and Dr. Nanda K. Nadarajah,SRF of Auburn University were present.

SUPERANNUATION

Dr. P. Dhanapalan, ProjectCo-ordinator and Professor & Head, Bio-informatics and ARIS Cell, MVC retired onsuperannuation on 31.03.2012. Born on15.03.1952, he has put in a total serviceof 37 years and 4 months.

Tmt. S. Kuppammal, Prov. Mazdoor,Sanitary Section, MVC retired onsuperannuation on 31.03.2012. Bon on12.03.1952, she has put in a total serviceof 29 years and 3 months.

Thru. S. Ponnaiah, Prov. Mazdoor,Teachers Hostel, MVC retired onsuperannuation on 31.03.2012. Bon on10.03.1952, he has put in a total serviceof 19 years and 10 months.

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