Faculty

• BVSc. & AH, COVAS Mannuthy, Kerala Agricultural Unversity, Kerala 
• MVSc. Animal Nutrition, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Ph.D. Animal Nutrition, ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Ongoing

1. Title: Synergistic effect of supplementation of live yeast and Psidiumguajava herbal extract mixture in complete diets on growth and production performance of crossbred heifers

• Outlay :Rs. 3.0 lakhs
• Funding Agency: State Plan 2019-2020
• Duration : 2019-2020

2.Title: Nutritive evaluation of the supplementation of synergistic feed additives at varied levels in Total Mixed Rations on rumen fermentation by in vitro gas production technique

• Master’s Student: Dr. NeenuOuseph (18-MVP-04)
• Outlay :Rs. 10,000/-
• Funding Agency: KSCSTE Student project 2020
• Duration : 6 months

3. Title: Effect of supplementation of Aspergillusoryzae and leaf extract of Psidiumguajava on growth and nutrient utilization in crossbred female calves

• Master’s Student: Dr. NeenuOuseph (18-MVP-04)
• Outlay : Rs. 25,000/-
• Funding Agency: Institutional MVSc. Research 2018-2020
• Duration : Four Semesters

4. Title: Effect of supplementation of Chlorella vulgaris extract as feed additive on growth performance and nutrient utilization in broilers

• Master’s Student: Dr. MerinSneha C.T. (19-MVP-19)
• Outlay : Rs. 25,000/-
• Funding Agency: Institutional MVSc. Research 2019-2021
• Duration : Four Semesters

• Senior Research Fellow, ICAR-NAIP Network Project, Dept. of Animal Nutrition, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 14-10-2009 to 20-8-2010
• Veterinary Surgeon (Regular), AHD Kerala from 28-11-2010 to 10-03-2015
• Assistant Professor (on Deputation), Base farm Kolahalamedu, KVASU Idukki Kerala from 23-12-2013 to 10-03-2015
• Assistant Professor (Regular), Dept. of Animal Nutrition, CVAS Mannuthy, KVASU Kerala from 11-03-2015 to 31-05-2018
• Assistant Professor (On working arrangement), SANFT, Mannuthy, KVASU, Kerala from 11-05-2015 to 13-02-2016
• Assistant Professor (On working arrangement), ULF & FRDS Mannuthy, KVASU, Kerala from 14-02-2016 to 31-05-2018
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Animal Nutrition, CVAS Pookode, KVASU, Wayanad, Kerala from 01-06-2018 to current (2020-)
   

• Chancellor of TANUVAS Dr. M. Channa Reddy Gold Medal for the best M.V.Sc. student in the subject of Animal Nutrition, TANUVAS 2009.
• Dr. Sivaramakrishnien Ramachandran and Dr. SakkubaiPaturi Ramachandran Gold Medal for the best and outstanding boy student in MV.Sc. programme in TANUVAS 2009.
• Dr. A. L. Mudaliar Gold Medal for the highest OGPA/marks in the M.V.Sc. courses, TANUVAS, 2009.
• TANUVAS Alumni Association Gold Medal for the best M.V.Sc. student, TANUVAS, 2009.
• ICAR- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF AIR 01) 2011 for pursuing Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition.
• ICAR- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF AIR 29) 2007 for pursuing M.V.Sc. in Animal Nutrition.
• Certificate of qualification of National Eligibility Test (for Lecturer/Assistant Professor) by ASRB-ICAR 2011.
• Awarded Early Career Researcher Fellowship at School of Veterinary Sciences, Langford, University of Bristol 2015-16
• Awarded First prize in World Veterinary Day 2011 Quiz Competition, IVRI-ICAR.
• Awarded Second prize in World Veterinary Day 2012 Quiz Competition, IVRI-ICAR.
• Awarded Second prize in World Veterinary Day 2013 Quiz Competition, IVRI-ICAR.
• Awarded First prize in XXVII KAU Inter College Arts Festival General Quiz Competition, 2005-06.
• Awarded First prize in XXVIII KAU Inter College Arts Festival General Quiz Competition, 2006-07.
• Awarded First prize in Inter College General Quiz Competition , Central Library, KAU, 2005.
• Awarded First prize in General Quiz competition Aarshiya 2008 at Madras Veterinary College.
• Awarded First prize in General Quiz competition Saturnalia 2007 at Madras Veterinary College.
• Awarded Second Prize in Kerala State Zonal level in National General Quiz Competition on Awakening Indians to India, ChinmayaYuva Kendra, Mumbai 2003.
• Awarded First prize in Youth Training Programme 2003 on Oil Conservation by Petroleum Conservation Research Association, (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas), Government of India.
• Awarded First prize in Quiz competition Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2005.
• Awarded second prize in Inter College level Quiz competition at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, 2008.

• BBSRC, UK sponsored Early Career Researcher Exchange Training Programme(WUN-KVASU- University of Bristol) on Health and welfare consequences of maladaptation of high producing cross-bred dairy cattle to environmental stressors in India January 12th – February 12th 2016 at School of Veterinary Sciences, Langford, University of Bristol, UK
• Orientation programme on "Innovative Pedagogical strategies", at Academic Staff college, CVAS Mannuthy, KVASU , Kerala from 03-01-2018 to 30-01-2018
• ICAR sponsored winter school on "Climate Change Led Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Farm Animals and Amelioration with Nutritional and Physiological Approaches" at ICAR- NIANP, Adugodi, Bengaluru from 01-11-2018 to 21-11-2018
• Skill Development Training on Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Tools for Advanced Life Science Research from 15-10-2019to 28-10-2019 at SAAPBT, CVAS Mannuthy
   

Books / Book chapters

• Co-authored a chapter “Minerals and their supplementation strategies for optimizing the health of farm animals” in Clinical Nutrition, Approaches for Health and Productivity of Farm Animals, ICAR-IVRI publication, 2013.
• Co-authored a chapter “Estimation of phosphorus in feeds and fodders by colorimetric method” in Environmental Pollution and Livestock Production, ICAR-IVRI- publication, 2012.
• Published a book on “Effect of Feeding Herbal Extracts on Methanogenesis in Ruminants”, 2011, ISBN 9783847320593.
• Published a book on “Use of Enzymes as Feed Additives in Livestock and Poultry Nutrition”, 2014 ISBN 9783659548994.
• Published a book on “Common Feeds and Fodder Crops of Farm Animals in India” 2014, ISBN 9783659562303
• Authored a chapter NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT HEAT STRESS IN DAIRY CATTLE, Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan in Compendium of Lectures of Training programme for Assistant Directors of Animal Husbandry Department – Volume 2 2019.Direcorate of Entrepreneurship, KVASU.

Research Papers

• Bunglavan, S.J,Valli, C., Ramachandran, M. and Balakrishnan, V. 2010. Effect of supplementation of herbal extracts on methanogenesis in ruminants. Livestock Research for Rural Development 22(11): 216.
• Bunglavan, S.J., Garg, A.K., Dass, R.S., and Shrivastava, S. 2014. Use of nanoparticles as feed additives to improve digestion and absorption in livestock. Livestock Research International 2 (3): 36-47.
• Bunglavan S.J.,Garg, A.K., Dass, R.S., Shrivastava, S. and Chaturvedi, V.K. 2013. Effect of supplementation of different sources of selenium on humoral immunity in guinea pigs. Journal of Immunology and Immunopathology 15(2): 169-174.
• Bunglavan, S.J.,Garg, A.K., Dass, R.S. and Shrivastava, S. 2014. Effect of supplementation of different levels of selenium as nanoparticles/ sodium selenite on blood biochemical profile and humoral immunity in male Wistar rats. Veterinary World 7(12): 1075-1081.
• Effect of Dietary Incorporation of Nutraceutical Residue (Alfalfa Pellet) on Growth Performance and Haematological Parameters in Cross Bred Calves, 2016. K.Jasmine Rani, C.R.ChithrimaSeethal, Surej Joseph Bunglavan, K.Ally and K.Shyama. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences (35: 10841-10846.
• Effect of Dietary Incorporation Of Ksheerabala Residue On Dry Matter Intake And Nutrient Digestibility In Crossbred Calves, 2016. ChithrimaSeethal C. R ., Jasmine Rani K., Surej Joseph Bunglavan and Ally K. International Journal of Agriculture Food Science & Technology 7: 2249-3050.
• Dietary Incorporation of Ksheerabala Residue and Its Effect on Nutrient Utilisation, Growth Performance and Blood Biochemical Parameters in Crossbred Calves. K. Jasmine Rani*, K. Ally, C.R. ChithrimaSeethal, Surej Joseph Bunglavan, P. Gangadevi and K. Shyama, Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 2016. 33 (4): 383-387.
• S.J. Bunglavan, A.KGarg, R.S, Dass and Sameer Shrivastava (2018). Effect of varied levels of selenium supplementation in nano form on growth, nutrient intake and digestibiliy in wistar albino rats, Indian Journal of Animal Research 52: 248-253.
• Mullan, S., Bunglavan, S.J., Rowe, E., Barrett, D.C., Lee, M.R., Ananth, D. and Tarlton, J., 2020. Welfare Challenges of Dairy Cows in India Identified Through On-Farm Observations. Animals, 10(4), p.586.
• Anjali, C.B., Sathian, C.T., Geetha, R., Radha, K., Bunglavan, S.J. and Mercy, K.A., 2019. Impact of stage of lactation on milk constituents of crossbred cow milk in different category of SNF in Thrissur district, Kerala.
• Niyas, E., Kumar, R.H.N., Surej,J., Shibu, S., Suprith, D.S. and Reshma, S., 2018. Successful management of post-partum eversion of uterus in a murrah buffalo. Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA), 16(1), pp.57-59.
• Niyas E, Shibu Simon, Surej Joseph Bunglavan, Jith John Mathew, Ani S. Das, Reni John, S. Reshma Successful Management of Nitrite Poisoning in Crossbred Dairy Calves Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition 2019.Vol 36, No 4.
• Purushothaman, S., Bunglavan, S.J., Rani, J.K, &Gangadevi, P., 2019. Effect of feeding betel leaves and nutmeg pods on feed intake, gut health and blood biochemical parameters in Japanese Quail (Coturnixcoturnix japonica) Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA), 17: 32-40
• Anugna R, Biju Chacko, Sunanda C, SenthilMurugan S, Surej Joseph Bunglavan,Ranjith D and Mahesh Kajagar2020.Effect of dietary incorporation of ayurvedicPanchagavyagrithamresidue on blood parameters in Malabari goats”. The Pharma Innovation Journal 9(1): 34-38.

Review articles

• Valli, C., Bunglavan, S.J, Ramachandran, M. and Balakrishnan, V. 2015. Methane Emission from Ruminants and utility of plant extracts in reduction of methanogenesis. Indian Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Research 44: 78-88.
• Syam, R., Davis, J., Pratheesh, M.D., Anoopraj, R. and Surej Joseph, B. 2012. Biosensors: A novel approach for pathogen detection. Vetscan Journal 7(1): 14-18.
• Bunglavan, S.J. and Dutta, N. 2013. Use of Tannins as Organic Protectants of Proteins in Digestion of Ruminants. Journal of Livestock Science 4: 67-77.
• Bunglavan, S.J., 2014. Methanogenesis and recent techniques for mitigation of methanogenesis in ruminants. Journal of Livestock Science 5: 35-48.

Popular articles

• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Feeding Management of Periparturient Dairy Cows. Vetsinfo News Letter, 19th June 2016.
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Nutritive Enhancement of Poor Quality Forages for Feeding Dairy Cattle and Buffaloes. Vetsinfo News Letter, 23rd June 2016.
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Use of fermented liquid feeds for feeding swine. Vetsinfo News Letter, 2nd July 2016.
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Preparation of aStandard Mineral Mixture forCattle/Buffaloes. Vetsinfo News Letter , 21st July 2016.
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Potential use of de-oiled mahua seed cake as a moderate source of protein and secondary metabolites in ruminant feeding. Vetsinfo News Letter , 21st July 2016.
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan 2016. Chemical disinfection and commonly used disinfectants in livestock and poultry farming. Vetsinfo News Letter , 8th July 2016.
• കറവപ്പശുക്കളുടെവേനൽക്കാലതീറ്റക്രമത്തിൽവേണംപ്രായോഗികതന്ത്രങ്ങൾ.Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan in MalayalaManoramaKarshakasree April 18, 2020.
• Technical Article “Nutritional Management of Thermal Stress in Dairy Cattle”, May 13th 2020 https://epashupalan.com/
• പശുക്കൾക്ക് നൽകുന്ന ബിയർ വേസ്റ്റ് എന്താണ്? എന്തെങ്കിലും പോഷകമൂല്യം അതിനുണ്ടോ?...
• Dr. Surej Joseph Bunglavan in MalayalaManoramaKarshakasreeSeptember 17, 2020.
• https://www.manoramaonline.com/karshakasree/pets-world/2020/09/17/beer-waste-cattle-feed.html