The Govt. of Kerala sanctioned the new department of Veterinary Public Health in the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in July 1969. The subject of meat hygiene was delinked from the Department of Pathology and Meat Hygiene in 1972. Dr.R.Padmanabha Iyer was the first Professor and Head of the Department. Masters degree programme (M.V.Sc) in Veterinary Public Health was started in the year 1976 and Ph.D programme in 2007. The Meat Plant was established by the department and the slaughter and sale of meat was managed by the department of Veterinary Public Health till the formation of Department of Livestock Products Technology
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