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Policy Notes - TNAU Agritech Portal

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healthy stock for optimum production. Protectiveand promotional activities of the Animal HusbandryDepartment are being conducted through variousinstitutions such as, Veterinary Poly Clinics,Veterinary Hospitals, Veterinary Dispensaries,Mobile Veterinary Units, Upgraded Sub Centres,Sub Centres etc.,(a) Veterinary InstitutionsVeterinary Institutions have expanded from ahumble beginning of around 120 institutions during1959-60 to 1,374 institutions during 2009-10. Atpresent, the veterinary institutions comprising 6Polyclinics manned by Assistant Directors,22 Clinician Centres manned by Clinicians(Assistant Directors), 139 Veterinary Hospitalsmanned by Veterinary Surgeons (AssistantDirectors) and 1,207 Veterinary Dispensariesmanned by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons provide awide spectrum of Veterinary services.Polyclinics are functioning in six MunicipalCorporations namely, Chennai (Saidapet), Madurai(Thallakulam), Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Salem andTiruchirapalli. These provide specialized services inGynaecology, Surgery and Medicine and haveX-ray and inpatient facilities. Besides these sixinstitutions, the institutions at Pollachi, Vellore,Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Thoothukudi arealso equipped with X-ray facilities. Apart fromregular treatment, these institutions are alsoconducting Artificial Insemination for improving thelocal cattle and buffaloes and are also providinghealth care through vaccination and deworming.The problems of infertility are also taken care of bythese institutions.During 2009-10, to expand the veterinaryhealth services, 444 Sub centres were upgraded asUpgraded Veterinary Sub centres manned by JuniorVeterinary Assistant Surgeons.(b) Mobile Veterinary Units55 Mobile Veterinary Units manned byVeterinary Assistant Surgeons provide veterinaryhealth services like vaccination, deworming and1011

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