Department of Animal Nutrition

Our department is responsible for teaching Animal Nutrition to 3rd DVM and, 3rd B.A.Sc students, food processing to 3rd B.A.Sc students. These two subjects are basic for the core subjects of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science. These two subjects are as foundation for other subjects and linked with other subjects. If someone cannot understand normal functions and processes, undernutrition for animal, it is impossible to know abnormal functions and condition and these results cannot get improvement of animal performance. Therefore, Animal Nutrition gives the basic concepts and advanced concepts for both Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science.
As Department norms, the seniors always train new generations. Till now, we continuously train junior staff to become well qualified persons in teaching, research and development. Our department is working closely with Department of Physiology and Biochemistry. Moreover, our department collaborates with IAEA and ACIAR for research developments in livestock farmers.
Currently one Ph.D candidate and 14 MVSc candidates are doing their research in our Department. Our department tries to produce for postgraduates who are interesting nutrition in University of Veterinary Science. We also want to collaborate with INGOs and international universities. We also would like to help to postgraduate student with partial financial support and technical knowledge in their research works. Our researches are also published both nationally and internationally (See in list of publication).

Welcome to all from our department. Main objective of our department is to do research for production of safe food that is human consumption in the form of animal production product.We would like to invite to researchers and commercial producers for livestock production development. We bring happy to them through the production of hygienic food of animal origin, animal performance and undernutrition related to animal health that impact on human health as well. Researchers from our department involve in the issue of climate change and global warming that have had a critical impact on food production environments and animal performance. With the research and education programme of our department will effect as the resolution of global issues on food, health and the environment as a part. We also welcome to everyone to work together for the contribution to the animal welfare and sustainable prosperity of human being.