The Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding was established during the year 1963. Besides teaching undergraduate (B.V.Sc.&A.H.) and post-graduate students(M.V.Sc.)the Faculty and Post-Graduate students take up research work in frontiers of Animal Biometrical Genetics, Population genetics,Quantitative Genetics, Cytogenetics, Molecular genetics and Conservation genetics. The post-graduate (M.V.Sc.) degree programme was introduced in the year 1978.Since last 45 years,total 74 M.V.Sc. & two Ph. D. Students (By Research) students have completed their Masters Degree Programme till date. In the year 2007-08, University has started post-graduate academic programme in the discipline of Animal Biotechnology, wherein this department is identified as one of the core departmentsfor teaching few of the courses of Animal Biotechnology. The main objectives of the department are:

• To teach the subject of Animal Genetics & Breeding to Undergraduate (UG) & Postgraduate (PG) students.
• To conduct research in the field of Animal Genetics such as Biometrical Genetics, Population Genetics, Quantitative Genetics, Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, and Conservation Genetics.
• To provide extension services to stakeholders in the area of Animal Genetics and Breeding.