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New Indian Express
27-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Portal on livestock prices on the anvil in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Animal Husbandry Secretary N Subbaiyan on Thursday announced the department is developing a new online portal to provide comprehensive information on prices of livestock, including cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, pigs, and other animals. Addressing reporters during an event at Madras Veterinary College, he said the portal will offer daily updates on livestock prices with an aim to help farmers improve their earnings. According to an official release, the Tamil Nadu Livestock Development Agency is building the portal, which will feature details of livestock available for sale in cattle markets and list animal prices across all districts. The initiative is expected to help farmers set competitive prices for animals sold in shandies (cattle fairs). Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, in collaboration with the Indian Veterinary Extension Forum, Puducherry, hosted a two-day conference titled 'Transforming Livestock and Rural Development: A Paradigm Shift in Teaching, Research and Extension' on Thursday. At the event which will conclude on Friday, Subbaiyan stressed on the importance of stakeholder collaboration for sustainable growth in the livestock sector.
The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
Application forms for veterinary science programmes to open today
The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has called for applications to its undergraduate veterinary programmes for the academic year 2025-26. The forms will be available on the university website from 10 a.m. on Monday till 5 p.m. on June 20, the admissions committee chairman has said. Candidates may log in to to apply. For online applications, guidelines, number of seats reserved for NRIs (Non-Resident Indians)/wards of NRIs/NRI sponsored and foreign nationals quota, candidates may visit There are 660 seats in seven colleges across the State. Admission to the programme is based on marks scored in Class 12. Aspirants must have taken biology, physics, and chemistry in Class 12. The marks scored in these subjects are used to calculate the cut-off for 200 marks. The university allocates 15% (60 seats) of the total seats to the Veterinary Council of India for students from other States. The university also sets aside 7.5% of the total seats for students who studied in government schools in the State. Students can opt for BVSc, Food Technology, Dairy Technology, and Poultry Technology. The duration of the course is five-and-half years for BVSc, including one year of internship, and four years for programmes. BVSc is offered in Madras Veterinary College (120 seats); Veterinary Colleges in Orathanadu, Namakkal, and Tirunelveli will admit 100 students each, The veterinary colleges in Salem, Theni and Tiruppur will each admit 80 seats, subject to approval by the Veterinary Council of India. A total of 100 seats are available in programmes of which 7.5% of seats are reserved for students from government schools. As much as 15% of the seats for (Food Technology - 40), Poultry Technology - 40) and (Dairy Technology 20) are reserved for candidates selected by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. To be eligible for B Tech programmes students must have stunned mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology.
