Department of Veterinary Anatomy

Department of Veterinary Anatomy was established in the very beginning i.e. in the year 1930 when Bihar Veterinary College Patna was opened as the 4th Veterinary College of India. As the college was awarding diploma to the graduates at the completion of three years, the subject of veterinary anatomy was limited primarily to the gross anatomy of domestic animals viz., Ox, Horse, Dog, Pig Sheep Goat and Fowl. Even then, this subject was taught for two consecutive years. Later on the subject of veterinary anatomy was taught with the emphasis of Histology and Developmental Anatomy
with the conversion of courses to the degree courses of four years’ duration science 1949. The Department acquired the distinction of starting post graduates courses in early sixties. The PG level was first started up to Master level there soon followed by Ph.D. courses. With the evident of Rajendra Agricultural University in the year of 1971, later on Bihar Agricultural University in the year of 2010, the department of veterinary anatomy its credit has produced six (6) Ph.D. and seventeen (17) M.V.Sc. Candidates.
The Department is adequately equipped with the precision instrument and highly qualified teachers. The department has more than one hundred seventy-five research publications. The department has prepared appreciable number of teaching aids such as Skeletons, Charts, Models, Plaster Casts and Color Transparency film to cater to needs of U.G.& P.G students.
The department is known for pioneering work in virtual dissection of different Animal in India along with fundamental as well as applied veterinary anatomy. The faculty is taking keen interest in training livestock farmers, unemployed youth, and veterinary surgeons on normal structures of different organs of animals.