Courses offered

Under Graduation

The department offers Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology course comprising of Unit I, Unit II, Unit III, Unit IV, Unit Vand Unit VI to 3rd year B.V.Sc. & A.H. students as per MSVE 2016 guidelines. The course is of 4+1 credit hours.

Post Graduate Degree Courses

The department offers M.V.Sc., and Ph.D., in the field of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. The department is offering Master of Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. The postgraduate programmes in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology focuses on study of the neuropharmacological profiles of newer drugs and agrochemicals and to study the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics/Toxicodynamics of newer drugs and agrochemicals. The department also focuses on study of the pharmacological and toxicological investigation of important indigenous plant/herbal agents and their therapeutics efficacy.
Currently four students are persuing M.V.Sc. and one student is enrolled in Ph.D. programme of department.

DVLT Diploma

The department offers two courses i.e. Management and Diagnostic sampling of Laboratory Animals (1+1) and Techniques in Pharmacology (0+1) to the first year students of two year Diploma in Veterinary Laboratory Technology (DVLT) course.
In Management and Diagnostic sampling of Laboratory Animals, the various aspects of management of laboratory animals i.e. feeding, watering, animal behavior, capture and restraint of laboratory animals, collection of blood, urine, faeces and other body fluid samples in different laboratory animals. etc. are taught to the diploma students.

In Techniques in Pharmacology introduction and classification of drugs and posions. metrology, pharmaceutical calculations and calculation of doses, route of drug administration, drug, and dosage forms. safe storage of different class of drugs, pharmaceutical processes, physicochemical properties of commonly used drugs, drug hazards and safety are taught to the diploma students.