Purpose:
To manufacture various biologics against infectious and contagious diseases
of livestock and poultry.- to undertake problem oriented research.- to
extend research and diagnostic facilities to the field veterinarians and
target group.- to extend technical services to farmers.- to carry out
research in the area of livestock biotechnology centre of animal biotechnology.-
production of biologics and diagnostics reagents- provision of advisory
services to live stock /poultry farm
Expertise Project No: 1
Area of Expertise
Animal production
Title: Several Projects Pertaining To Animal Productivity
Description:
These projects include enhancement of sheep productivity through appropriate
bio-tech., incidence taxonomy, enhancement of sheep productivity etc.
Language(s) Used: English, Urdu
Implemented in: Pakistan
Type of Exp/Trg: Feasibility Studies/Problem Analysis/Surveys
Area of Training
Veterinary laboratory technology
Vaccines, sera and antibiotics industry
Title: Bacterial and Viral Vaccine Production Techniques
Description:
The course contents are introduction to prophyloxis and vaccionology,
preparation of media for vaccine production, standardissation/quality
control of vaccine, general instructions regarding storage, transportation
supply and use of vaccines etc.
Language(s) Used: English, Urdu
Times per year: TWICE A YEAR
Type of Exp/Trg: In-service Training
Duration/Cost : 6 week
Area of Training
Animal disease control
Veterinary laboratory technology
Title: Laboratory Disease Diagnostic Techniques
Description:
the course include introduction to veterinary bacteriology lab. diagnostic
procedures /techniques for the diagnoses of contagious /infections, veterinary
parasitology and lab. diagnostic techniques for diagonosis of parasitic
diseases, poultry diseases.
Language(s) Used: ENGLISH
Times per year: TWICE A YEAR
Type of Exp/Trg: In-service Training
Duration/Cost : 6 WEEKS
Description of Staff
Parasitology -- 3
Microbiology -- 3
Medicine -- 1
Animal reproduction and livestock -- 6
Biotechnology. -- 0
Nutrition and animal husbandry -- 1
Animal science -- 7
Equipment:
Altra sound- computers- freeze drying unit- embryo transfer technology
equipment's- all the basic essential equipment's needed for biotechnological
research are available.- microscopes- incubators- hot air ovens- amino-acid
analyser
Affiliations:
Pakistan agriculture research council, agriculture university (n.w.f.p),
centre of advanced molecular biology (camb) (Lahore, Pakistan), and free
university Amsterdam, the Netherlands.