Department of Livestock Products Technology

Department of Livestock Products Technology

Bihar Veterinary College, Patna – 14, Bihar, India

About the Department

The discipline started functioning as a separate Department of Food Technology from November, 1985. Previously it was tagged with Department of Livestock Production and Management of the college.

Dr J.N. Singh was the founder professor of this department and he superannuated in 2009. In 2007, Dr Sushma Kumari joined as Assistant Professor and served singly the department till 2019 after superannuation of Dr J.N. Singh. In November, 2019 two Assistant Professors Dr R. K. Jaiswal and Dr Gargi Mahapatra joined in the department.

Now this department has good strength of Assistant Professor. This department is serving in the field of livestock products processing after its establishment and till now it has educated the veterinary faculty students through UG and PG Teaching and trained farmers, rural women, entrepreneurs, etc. through organizing various training programmes.

Till the date, two university funded and four externally funded research projects have been completed in this department. From October 2019, BASU revolving fund has been started in this department whose aim is for production and marketing of milk and meat products.

This department actively participates in exhibitions, Kisan Mela, Kisan Goshti etc. organized at university and national level.

Department of Livestock Products Technology

Faculty Members

Dr. Sushma Kumari

Dr. Sushma Kumari

Professor & Head

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Dr. Rohit Kumar Jaiswal

Dr. Rohit Kumar Jaiswal

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Gargi Mahapatra

Dr. Gargi Mahapatra

Assistant Professor

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Facilities

01
Small Ruminant Slaughter Unit
02
Milk Products Processing Unit
03
Meat Products Processing Unit
04
Practical Lab for UG and PG Teaching

Academic Activities

U.G. Course — As per MSVE, 2016

Sl. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs.
1 LPT for 3rd Prof. Year Livestock Products Technology

Unit I: Milk and Milk Products Technology
Unit II: Wool Science
Unit III: Abattoir Practices and Animal By-products Technology
Unit IV: Meat Science
2+1

M.V.Sc. Courses — As per ICAR

Sl. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs.
1 LPT-601 Fresh Meat Technology 1+1
2 LPT-602 Meat Processing, Packaging, Quality Control and Marketing 2+1
3 LPT-603 Poultry and Fish Products Technology 2+1
4 LPT-604 Egg and Egg Products Technology 1+1
5 LPT-605 Abattoir and Poultry Processing Plant Practices 1+1
6 LPT-606 Slaughter House By-products Technology 2+1
7 LPT-607 Processing and Marketing of Wool 2+1
8 LPT-608 Market Milk Processing and Dairy Plant Practices 2+1
9 LPT-609 Quality Control of Milk and Milk Products 1+1
10 LPT-610 Technology of Milk Products 2+1
11 LPT-611 Biotechnology of Foods of Animal Origin 1+1
12 LPT-612 In Plant Training (NC) 0+2
13 LPT-691 Credit Seminar 1+0
14 LPT-699 Masters Research 0+20

Ph.D. Courses — As per ICAR

Sl. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs.
1 LPT-701 Advances in Abattoir Practices and Animal By-products Utilization 2+1
2 LPT-702 Advances in Fresh Meat and Processed Meat Products Technology 3+1
3 LPT-703 Advances in Poultry Products Technology 2+1
4 LPT-704 Advances in Milk and Milk Products Technology 3+1
5 LPT-705 Advances in Quality Control of Livestock Products 2+0
6 LPT-706 Biotechnological Techniques and Processes in Animal Products 1+1
7 LPT-790 Special Problem 0+2
8 LPT-791 Doctoral Seminar I 1+0
9 LPT-792 Doctoral Seminar II 1+0
10 LPT-799 Doctoral Research 45

Research Activities

The department has completed two university funded and four externally funded research projects.

Completed Research Projects

Sl. No. Title of the Project Duration Funding Agency
1 Preparation of quality animal casings and scum meal from goat intestine 2 Years
1986–88
RAU, PUSA
2 Utilization of ruminal content along with blood of slaughterhouse as feed. 2 Years
1986–88
RAU, PUSA
3 Standardization of technique for production of catgut, dialysis membrane and collagen sheet preparation from slaughterhouse waste. 2 Years
1991–93
ICAR
4 Development of products from goat meat. 5 Years
1992–97
MOFPI
5 Slaughterhouse by-products processing, packaging and shelf life evaluation for pet food. 5 Years
2001–05
MOFPI
6 Quality enhancement of buffalo meat and its unit packaging for export 2 Years
2003–05
ICAR
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