Faculty

 MVSc

External Projects as principal investigator
1) Title : Dry cow therapy for controlof mastitis among dairy cows of three panchayaths in Thrissur district.

• Outlay : Rs 10, 00, 000/
• Funding Agency:Deoartment of Animal Husbandry, Kerala
• Duration : One year

2) Title : Evaluation of a Milk Based ELISA for Detection of Brucellosis in Dairy Cattle-

• Outlay : Rs. 8, 50, 000/
• Funding Agency: BRGF, Govt. of India
• Duration : One year

3) Title : Serosurveillance of BVD in Kerala through molecular methods-

• Outlay- Rs. 9, 96, 000/
• Funding Agency Dept. of Animal Husbandryu, Kerala
• Duration- One year

• 20 years as field practitioner
• 10 years as faculty

• Best Veterinarian – 2005
• Best Teacher – 2014
• Dr G Nirmalan Award for the best research article- 2018

Research Papers

• Articles in high -impact factor international journals as first author
• Vinodkumar K., et al. (2018). Genotypic and phenotypic beta lactam resistance and presence of pvl gene in the dry bovine udder. PLosONE. 12(11): e0187277. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0187277
• Vinodkumar, Kulangara1., et al. (2015) Fatal T. orientalis N2 Genotype infection among Asian Water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in a commercial dairy farm in Kerala. Parasitology. 143 (2) 1-6
• Vinodkumar, Kulangara, et al (2015) Determination of prevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea among tropical small holder dairy units by competitive and antigen capture ELISA techniques. Trop Anim health Prod, 47: 575-579