COVAS (Akola) - Veterinary Pathology

About Veterinary Pathology

The Department of Pathology started functioning in the year 1971 under Punjanrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The Post Graduation (M.V.Sc.) was started in the year 1971 at Post Graduate Institute under the aegis of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola under semester pattern of education. Further Ph. D. by Course work was started in the year 2004. Since 2000 the Department is is working under Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagur, with a mandate of Teaching, Research and Extension.

The Department is extending services to livestock owners for disease diagnosis through laboratory examination of blood, urine & histopathological examination of tissue samples and also through necropsy examination to livestock owners, field Veterinarians and Technocrats. The faculty of Department also takes part in delivering extension services through radio talks, participating in cattle shows & Animal health camps and through publishing popular articles in local language.

Laboratory Facilities in the Department:

Molecular Pathology laboratory
Histopathology laboratory
Clinical Pathology laboratory
Microphotography
Museum
Necropsy facility
Mineral assay laboratory

Diagnostic services offered by the department:

Post mortem examination of birds and animals
Clinicopathological examination of blood, serum, urine, stool, tissue fluids etc.
Histopathology and cytological examination

Achievements:

No. of PG students graduated : M.V.Sc. : 116 Ph.D. : 08
Research Publications: 112
Books/ Chapters: 01 + 10
No. of research schemes and agency funded projects completed : 14
No. of awards : Students : 15, Faculty : 08
Radio talks : 27
TV Talks : 01
Marathi and Popular publications : 69
Any other achievement by the faculty and student :
- Dr. M. V. Joshi awarded with British poultry Science “Travel Grant Award” in the year 1998.
- Dr. M.V. Josh awarded with “Smt Ramani Ramchandra Memorial Award” of 1995 for Best article on Oncology during Sept. 1998 at IVA Conf. Madras.
- Dr. M. V. Josh awarded with “Award of Recognition” of Gayatri Health and Agri. Res. Foundation, Akola on 25th Aug. 2002
- Dr. M. V. Josh awarded with “Vet Care Award” of IAVP. for Excellence in Avian Pathology at JNKVV Jablpur in November, 2003
- Dr. R. S. Ingole bagged First Prize for oral research paper presentation in DBT sponsored National Conference on “Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Biodiversity (NCBB-2017) held at Department of Life Sciences, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati during 23-23 September 2017
- Best Thesis Award to Dr B. P. Kamdi by Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists in 2019
- Dr. R. S. Ingole, Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Pathology, PGIVAS, Akolam received MAFSU BEST RESARCHER AWARD- 2020
- Dr. B. P. Kamdi received DICVP in the year 2021

Contact

In charge Officer
Dr. B. P. Kamdi
Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathology
Contact : 9307389425
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Akola
Krishinagar, Murtijapur Road, Akola- 444104

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Faculty

Dr. R.S. Ingole
M.V.Sc., Ph. D., PGDAW
Professor
Contact : 9822866544
Email ID : ranjitingole@mafsu.ac.in
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Dr. B. P. Kamdi
M.V.Sc., Ph. D., DICVP
Assistant Professor
Contact : 9307389425
Email ID : bhupeshkamdi@mafsu.ac.in
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Shri Bhaskar Waghmare
Department of Veterinary Pathology
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Retired Faculty

Sr. No.	Name of the Staff	Designation	Duration
1	Dr. B. L. Purohit	Professor	1971 to 1981
2	Dr. S. S. Bhagwat	Professor	1981 to 1995
3	Dr. M.V. Joshi	Professor	1980 to 2016
4	Dr. A. G. Bhandarkar	Professor	1978 to 1996
5	Dr. V. P. Pathak	Professor	1987 to 2017

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