Diagnostic services offered by the department:

• Diagnostic services offered by the department:
• Regularly participating and treating the cases surgically for various surgical affections in the Animal Health Camps organized by the State Department, Z.P., NGOs and N.S.S. activity of the college.
• Regularly rendering services in Composite Clinical Facility and Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex of the college
• The faculty members of this department rendering the services at TVCC even during night hours on emergency call basis and holidays as well.
• Regularly participating in State and National level exhibitions and guiding the livestock owners.
• Regularly rendering the services for captive zoo and free range animals of the forest department.
• The faculties of this department are providing expertise services at Wildlife Research & Training Centre, Gorewada, Nagpur for rescue, treatment and rehabilitation of wildlife.

Achievements of the Department

• Various laparoscopic procedures in dogs have been standardized
• Canine oncology: The etiology of canine transmissible venereal tumour has been established through karyotyping and immunological studies and standard treatment protocol has been validated. Besides surgical treatment, vast work has been done on various therapeutic modalities such as chemotherapy using vincristine, doxorubicin, methotrexate, anti-oxidants, adjunct chemotherapy, nano-particulate conjugated targeted drug delivery using zinc and iron particles, electro-chemotherapy. Use of LASER as a therapeutic modality for excision of tumours in canines has been established.
• Bovine and canine urinary affections especially urolithiasis and protocol for its surgico-therapeutic management including use of peritoneal dialysis in small animals, urethrocystoscopic basket removal of calculi, and use of herbal products has been established through a series of doctoral and master’s research.
• Canine hind quarter weakness and paraparesis is one of the frustrating conditions. The department developed surgico-therapeutic protocols for various spinal affections including spinal fixation.
• Research on large and small animal fracture management has been successfully conducted and a cheaper implant in the form of horn pegs has been devised.
• Surgical protocols for management of long bone fractures in canines has been established. Various external fixation devices have been successfully used in long bone fractures in large animals
• Skin grafting, use of herbal drugs and validation of Indian Traditional Knowledge for extensive and chronic wounds has been successfully validated.
• A jugular phlebotomy device has been developed for large animal venipuncture that has helped the procedure of intravenous infusions easier

Achievements by the Faculty

• Three faculty of the department received the Fellowship of the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery
• Dr. S. B. Akhare received the Best University NSS Programme Co-ordinator amongst all Universities of Maharashtra for 2017-18 (State award)
• The faculty received more than 15 gold medals/awards of the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery for best research papaers in the national symposium

Achievements by the Student

• The post graduate students received more than 10 gold medals/awards by the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery for best research papers in the national symposium.
• Two post graduate students of the department received the fellowship for their doctoral degree programme.
• More than 30 students of the department joined as the Livestock Development Officer in the State Animal Husbandry Department through Maharashtra Public Service Commission examination.

Academic:

• Degree Offered: UG, PG, Ph.D
• Title of degree: M.V.Sc. & Ph.D
• Duration: 2 years for M.V.Sc. and 3 years for Ph.D
• Eligibility Criteria: B.V.Sc. & A.H. for M.V.Sc. and M.V.Sc. for Ph.D

Achievements:

• No. of PG students graduated: Approx. 90
• Research Publications: More than 200
• Books/Chapters: 05
• No. of research schemes and agency funded projects completed: 05
• No. of awards: More than 25
• Radio talks: 15
• TV Talks: 3
• Marathi and Popular publications: Approx. 100
• Any other achievement by the faculty and students