Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
29 MSc
Students Passed
14
Awards & Fellowships Conferred by our Faculty
Miscellaneous 04
Research Projects
National Fellowships: 03
RVC: 03
NET: 06
Administrative
Services: 01
Student’s Achievements
Who Are we
The discipline of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology came into existence as one of the constituents of the erstwhile Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the time of the inception of the College in July, 1986. The discipline gained the status of an independent Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology w.e.f. July 1st, 1991 becoming one of the core subjects in the Veterinary profession. The Department attained the status of Postgraduate Department with the start of PG program leading to M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology w.e.f. July 1996–97. Since then 29 students have been passed out with M.V.Sc. degree. The thrust areas of the Department are:
- Studies on the efficacy of medicinal plants of Himachal Pradesh for animal disease control
- Studies on the poisonous plants of Himachal Pradesh and their antidotal therapy
Our Strengths
- Well-equipped UG and PG Laboratories
- Toxicological analysis of samples from field cases
- Attend disease/toxicity outbreaks
- Technical/expert lectures to the farmers/livestock owners
- Radio talks on important topics of interest to farmers
- Linkages with farmers in Kisan mela, vet-fair and kisan sangosthi
Our Research projects
Phytobiotics: an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters to combat antimicrobial resistance menace and its effect on antioxidant, biochemical status and meat quality in broiler chickens - On Going
Outreach Programme on Ethno Veterinary Medicine - completed
Identification and evaluation of medicinal plants for control of parasitic diseases in livestock-Completed
Studies on anti-oxidative effects on indigenous plants -Completed
Biochemical and Pharmacological studies on anti-oxidative effects of indigenous medicinal plants. -Completed
Utilization of Seabuckthorn byproducts for the development of poultry nutraceuticals .-Completed
Our Faculty
At Main Campus
Technical & Office Staff
Sh. Joginder Kumar Chand | Sr. Technical Astt. (GradeII) |
Sh. Karam Chand | Beldar |
Courses & Training Modules
UG Courses
| POFESSIONAL YEAR | Course Title | Credits |
| Third | Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology | 4+1 = 5 |
| Fourth | Veterinary Clinical Practice (Along with faculty of other Departments) | 0+6 |
| Compulsory Internship programme | 1 year | |
| Tutorial Class | 1+0 |
PG Courses
| Course No | Course Title | Credits |
| VPT 601 | Concepts of Pharmacology, Drug Design and Development * | 2+0 |
| VPT 602 | Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology* | 2+1 |
| VPT 603 | CNS Pharmacology | 2+1 |
| VPT 604 | Digestive and Respiratory Pharmacology | 2+1 |
| VPT 605 | Cardiovascular and Urinary System Pharmacology | 2+0 |
| VPT 606 | Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacology | 2+1 |
| VPT 607 | Chemotherapy* | 2+1 |
| VPT 608 | Toxicology of Xenobiotics* | 2+1 |
| VPT 609 | Toxinology | 2+1 |
| VPT 610 | Pharmacological Techniques* | 0+2 |
| VPT 611 | Techniques in Toxicology* | 0+2 |
| VPT 612 | Ethnopharmacology | 1+1 |
| VPT 613 | Fundamentals of Pharmacokinetics | 1+1 |
| VPT 691 | Master’s Seminar* | 1+0 |
| VPT 699 | Master’s Research | 30 |
*Core courses
Photogallery
