25/04/2020
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
The Department of Parasitology came into existence in the year
1981 in the main campus of SDAU with an objective to facilitate the
teaching and research activities to under graduate and post graduate
students in the subject of Veterinary Parasitology under able
leadership of then Professor & Head, Dr. D. K. Pethkar. It has fully
equipped, modern laboratories for helminthology, Entomology and
Protozoology, Museum for graduate and postgraduate students. We
provide consultancy, diagnostic services and training for the field
Veterinarians and farmers. The department has an outshining history which it has marked by doing exhaustive labour and par excellence
quality research. The faculty has received three national awards and
five national fellowships. The faculties had reported some important findings in the field of veterinary science, naming some are like, diagnosis of trypanosomosis in different species of animals by
parasitological and serological methods, important parasites of
horses, donkeys and pigeons. The major areas of research in the
department include the detection of acaricide resistance and its level
by bioassays, detection of anthelminthic resistance against
gastrointestinal nematodes, formulation of strategies to control ticks using botanicals and by biological method. Department has
completed two plan schemes research project under SDAU, four
departmental schemes and currently three departmental projects are
in hand.
Congratulations to all on the occasion of World Veterinary Day - 2020. I am very happy that this year theme is "Environmental by protection for improving animal and human health". Veterinarians should take the responsibility to safeguard our environment for both animal and human health and welfare. As a parasitologist and acarologist in particular, I will urge all fellow veterinarians to use chemical drugs judiciously for the betterment of environment as well as animal and human health.
~ Words from the desk of Dr.
Shyma ma'am, dept of Veterinary parasitology, Veterinary college, SDAU .
&AH @ College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry