Address: Tamilnadu Veterinary Animal Sciences University, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai - 600 051, Tamil Nadu, India
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu and the Institute of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli, Chennai-52. Research farms are for leprosy bacteria, for prawn and edible fish culture, and for animal feed safety.
History :
The Government of Tamil Nadu established the university on 20 September 1989 through the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989 (Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 1989). Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e., Madras Veterinary College, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal and Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi) formed the nucleus of university and the institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university.
Constituent colleges :
The university has the following constituent colleges.
1. Madras Veterinary College Vepery, Chennai Chennai district 2. Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal Laddivadi Namakkal district
3. Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli Ramayanpatti, Palayamkottai Taluk Tirunelveli district
4. Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur Orathanadu Thanjavur district
5.Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi, Chidambara Nagar, Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district
6. College of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduvalli Koduvalli Chennai district
7. Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, Kattupakkam, Kattupakkam, Tiruvallur district
