Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, is a veterinary university

University

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 in Ludhiana, Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, India

India

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. It was a part of Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab Agricultural University

The Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Punjab is one of the State Agricultural Universities in India. It was established in 1962 and is the nation's oldest agricultural university in India, after Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. It has an...

 and was established on 9th August 2005 to serve the society by promoting the livestock

Livestock

Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...

 production, health and prevention of diseases through integrated teaching and extension programs. The mission of the College of Veterinary Science is to produce Veterinary graduates, scientists and extension workers for promoting better livestock health, by prevention of disease, increasing production and reproduction of livestock, thus improving the quality of rural life in Punjab.

Facilities

The university has a well equipped Veterinary Teaching Hospital to cater the demands of large and small animal health and provide specialized treatment for the referred livestock patients and also provide clinical training to the students. In addition the college also has dairy and poultry farms which provide adequate facilities for teaching and research.

Faculties

• Animal Breeding
  Animal breeding
  Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation of the genetic value of domestic livestock...
  
   & Genetics
  Genetics
  Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
  
  
• Animal Nutrition
  Animal nutrition
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• Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics
  Obstetrics
  Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
  
  
• Livestock Production and Management
• Veterinary Anatomy
  Anatomy
  Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
  
   and Histology
• Veterinary and Animal Husbandry
  Animal husbandry
  Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.- History :Animal husbandry has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals....
  
   Extension
• Veterinary Biochemistry
• Veterinary Clinical Services
• Veterinary Physiology
• Veterinary Microbiology
  Microbiology
  Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
  
  
• Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
• Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Veterinary Parasitology
• Veterinary Medicine, Jurisprudence and Ethics
• Veterinary Public Health
• Livestock Products Technology
• Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
• Veterinary Pathology