Veterinary Microbiology

Infrastructure:
 
The department is well equipped with some state of the art facilities viz. PCR, Real time PCR, Refrigerated high speed centrifuge, UV-Vis double beam spectrophotometer, electrophoresis systems with gel-documentation system, Sterile work bench with BSL-II, etc.

Teaching Activities:

  • B.V.Sc. & A.H. Programme: AS per MSVE Regulations-2008 (10 Credit Hrs.) + VLD
  • M.V.Sc.  Programme: As per ICAR Revised Postgraduate Course Curricula-2009 (60 Credit Hrs.)
  • Ph.D. Programme: As per ICAR Revised Postgraduate Course Curricula-2009

Research Priorities:

  • Epidemiology and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Enteric Bacteria in Pigs, Poultry & Human in North East India
  • Development of Suitable Diagnostics and Vaccine Against Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis in Pigs
  • Epidemiology of Porcine Enteric Viruses and Enteric Bacterial Infections in North Eastern India
  • Sero-Epidemiology of Sheep Pox, Goat Pox and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Sheep and Goats in North Eastern India

Research activities:

  • Institutional BIOTECH HUB (PI: Dr. T. K. Dutta; DBT/Ongoing)
  • DBT Twinning Project on Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacteriaceae group of bacteria isolated from swine in NER (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura) and swine & poultry in West Bengal.(PI: Dr. T. K. Dutta; DBT/Ongoing)
  • DBT Twinning Project on Development of Improved Diagnostics with Monitoring and Characterization of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Piglet Diarrhoea in North Eastern Region of India.(PI: Dr. T. K. Dutta; DBT/Ongoing)
  • DBT Twinning Project on Serosurveillance and Molecular Epidemiology of peste des petits (PPR), Sheep Pox and Goat Pox in Sheep and Goats of Tripura and Mizoram.(PI: Dr. T. K. Dutta; DBT/Ongoing)