KVASU proposes setting up multi-specialty referral hospital

VC presents deficit budget with income of ₹192.91 cr. and expenditure of ₹253.55 cr.

The budget of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) gives major emphasis on setting up a multi-specialty referral veterinary hospital at Pookode in the district with the financial assistance of NABARD. It will be an advanced animal healthcare centre by upgrading the existing Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex by equipping it with state-of-the-art clinical, diagnostic, and surgical facilities. The centre will provide advanced clinical services, large animal medical and surgical facilities, training medical camps and support the livestock sector in the State. The technology for the synthesis of inactivated vaccine against “riemerellosis” disease among ducks, which has been developed by the Department of Veterinary Microbiology College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, will be handed over to State Animal Husbandry Department this year.