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Madras Veterinary College (MVC), Chennai, was established in the year 1903.
It acquired the recognition of the University of Chennai in 1935 to offer
B.V.Sc. degree course. The institution was upgraded into Southern Regional
Centre for Post Graduate Research and Education in 1958. M.V.Sc. programme
was started in 1960. The college was affiliated to Tamil  Nadu
Agricultural University during 1974-1976, and from 1976-1989, the college
was a constituent unit of the Agricultural University, Coimbatore. In 1989,
a separate Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Agricultural University (TANUVAS)
was set up and MVC was included as a constituent college of this university.
The college is presently offering Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees
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Bioinformatics Centre (BIC) at Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University (TNVASU), was established in 1990-91 as
part of Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) Network and funded by the
Department of Biotechnology. The main function of the centre is to act
as a member of BTIS Network for providing information to the interested
users on topics pertaining to the Veterinary Science, Animal Science and
Fisheries Science. The functions of the centre include, among others, acquisition,
creation and development of softwares and databases needed by the users.
The centre is well equipped with modern hardwares, softwares and network
computer and communication system. The hardware includes Pentium Pcs, LAN,
CDNET server with 8 CD-ROM drives, File server with LAN connectivity, VSAT
Micro Earth Station connected to NIC, New Delhi, for a direct link to NICNET,
NICMAIL and MEDLARS facilities, through INSAT-1D satellite. The softwares
include : Unix V 3.2, dBASE IV, Novel Netware 3.12, Windows for Workgroups,
Corel Ventura 4.2, CDS-ISIS 3.07, Windows 95, Chemeleon, LEAP 1, etc. Few
important databases developed by the centre are: Research findings on Poultry
at TANUVAS, etc. Several training programmes/workshops have been organised
successfully by the centre to train the researchers in the field of bioinformatics.
The centre has various facilities to cater to the needs of scientists of Veterinary Science, Animal Science and Fisheries Science. The centre has several CD-ROM databases in related fields and is making the required information available to the users, providing e-mail and Internet facilities. The databases available with the centre are : VETCD - Veterinary Science, BEASTCD - Animal Production and Dairy Technology, MEDLINE, ASFA - Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS - Biological Abstracts, Derwent’s Biotechnology Abstracts, CCOD - Current Contents on Life Sciences, and Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts and NUCSSI - National Union Catalogue on Scientific Serials in India. CONTACT FOR DETAILS Dr.
G. Thulasi
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