LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY

About the Department

Department of Livestock Products Technology is comprehensively mandated to teaching and training Undergraduate veterinary students (as per VCI, MSVE-2016) w.r.t. varied aspects of livestock products including milk and meat products/by-products, making graduates competent enough to meet the needs of the dairy/meat industry and make it sustainable as an important component of livestock economics. In brief, the departmental activities aim at:

• Imparting knowledge on various aspects of dairy science, viz., milk technology, enabling veterinary graduates to assist the poor farmer or animal owners in enhancing their income.
• Training students in the elements of meat science viz. nutritive value of meat, muscle, meat microbiology, biochemistry, and meat technology, thus making them conversant with quality of meat, preservation, and product processing.
• Utilization of Products and by-products of Livestock origin including basics of wool processing.
• Motivating students to carry out future research and facilitate hands-on training.

Facilities available

• Meat Technology Laboratory
• Dairy Technology Laboratory
• Slaughter house for 5 to 10 animals (sheep and goat) and 50 poultry birds.

Courses Offered

Livestock Products Technology Credit Hours: 2 + 1 = 3

Theory:

Unit 1 - Milk and Milk Products Technology

Unit 2 - Wool Science

Unit 3 - Abattoir Practices and Animal Byproducts Technology

Unit 4 - Meat Science

Practicals:

Unit 1 - Milk and Milk Products Technology

Unit 2 - Wool Science

Unit 3 - Abattoir Practices and Animal Byproducts Technology

Unit 4 - Meat Science

Departmental Co-curricular activities

(as per course requirements):

• Visit to Verka milk plant, Amritsar
• Visit to poultry processing plant, GADVASU, Ludhiana
• Visit to Govt. Sheep / Goat slaughterhouse, Amritsar
• All India Tour
• Visit to Amul Dairy Plant, Anand, Gujarat

Laboratory Staff

• Jaswinder Singh (Laboratory Technician)

Extra-curricular Activities

Preparation of different milk products

• Lassi
• Flavoured milks (Elaichi, Strawberry, Vanilla flavour)
• Indigenous milk product- Kalari, Paneer
• Dahi, Shrikhand, Rassgulla

Preparation of different meat and egg products

• Chicken nuggets
• Chicken patties
• Meat pickle
• Egg pickle

Preparation from By-Products

• RapidoHeal@ wound healing ointment composed of Neat foot oil, zinc oxide and soft paraffin. The commercial products has antiseptic, astringent and demulcent property for treating cracked teats, hoofs and other skin wounds.

Publication

• Undergraduate Practical Manual