TANUVAS route to vet training in U.S.
P. OPPILI
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Students pursuing veterinary science now stand to gain more, thanks to TANUVAS’ MoU with universities in U.S.
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Collaboration: Clinical training of DVM students from Virginia Tech at Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, Department of Clinics, TANUVAS.
Does the world of animals fascinate you? Are you interested in studying veterinary science? Then the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) could be the right place for you.
Joining the TANUVAS for a undergraduate or postgraduate programme will not only help equipping yourself professionally but will also allow you to undergo training in a few universities in the U.S.
Vice-chancellor P. Thangaraju said the TANUVAS had signed up memoranda of understanding with three American universities — Michigan State University, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) and University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Five years ago, the first MoU was signed with the Michigan State University. Under this programme, students of BV.Sc. and BF.Sc. and postgraduate students could undergo training on clinical sciences for a period of six weeks. So far, 25 students from both the Madras Veterinary College and Namakkal Government Veterinary College had undergone training in the Michigan State University, the vice-chancellor said.
On their return, the students were appointed as ‘Graduate Assistants’ with a stipend of Rs 5,000 a month. “This we are doing mainly to utilise the expertise of those who gained some knowledge during the six week stay abroad,” Dr. Thangaraju said.
Last year, TANUVAS signed the second MoU with the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
The focus is mainly on health side. ‘Infectious diseases of animals and Poultry’ would be the topic on which information would be exchanged and international workshop and training programmes would be organised, the vice-chancellor said.
Four postgraduate students and a professor went to the VMRCVM in February this year under an exchange programme and now a group of students from there have come to Chennai to undergo six weeks training. As part of the programme, a two-day international conference was conducted recently at the Madras Veterinary College.
Apart from this, TANUVAS is identifying certain areas to take up collaborative research programmes with the VMRCVM.
As of now, it has been decided to take up research on Avian Influenza and Brucella diseases. Producing vaccines to combat these diseases would help the cattle/poultry owners to a great extent, the vice-chancellor said.
The third MoU was signed with Nebraska University, Lincoln, last month to take up research and training on food processing technology. TANUVAS would utilise the expertise of dairy and meat sciences experts of the university. Under the programme, the selected students would undergo a three to six-week ‘in plant’ training programme.
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