Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology

The department has very old glory, it was established in year 1930 under the supervision of first professor of the Department Dr. G. N. Roy Choudhary. Dr. G.B Singh was professor between 1943 to 46 during his tenure he added practical and clinical aspect of surgery, further the chair taken by Professor Col. Dr. S. M. Ishaque in 1946 during his period the department further extended by including course of soundness, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In year 1963, first time M.V. Sc programme was started and first M.V. Sc degree was awarded in 1965 to Dr. S. C. Ojha under the supervision of Dr. S. A. Ahmed. During the tenure of Dr. Ahmed diagnostic facility like X-ray, Inhalation anaesthesia machine and sophisticated instruments further improve the quality of diagnosis and surgical operation. Dr. A. A. Khan was the first Ph.D. scholar of this Department, he did his research work on long bone grafting in bovine in collaboration with Royal veterinary college, Denmark in 1972. A good number of veterinary students completed M.V.Sc. and medical students did collaborative research to get M.S. degree in this department and some of them occupying high positions in India and abroad. Dr. B. Prasad alumni of this department hold the post Head of Department Surgery and Radiology PAU, now GADVASU Ludhiana. The department published many research articles in different foreign and Indian journal of repute and handled good number of research project. The faculty of the Department actively taking part in UG, PG teaching to impart quality veterinary surgery teaching with the help of various teaching aids and practical facilities (with the help of different modern diagnostic tools and surgical technique), research and extension activities and also support as resource person to nearby Patna Zoo and Forest Department of Bihar in rescue and heath management of wild and captive animals. As a future projection, the endeavours to open up Ph.D. programme in the subject in near future. Besides, a modern fully equipped operation theatre the Department would upgrade the existing facility by developing competence in specialty/ super specialty and building infrastructure of an ultra-modern clinical facility. The focus in this subjects would be on strengthening diagnostic imaging, laparoscopy, endoscopy, CT scan, MRI, anaesthesia and newer surgical techniques; development of facilities and expertise in specialty areas like ophthalmology, orthopaedics, neurology, cardiovascular diseases, dentistry, geriatrics and sports medicine; search for newer healing promoters, biomaterials and implants for managing surgical disorders; modern therapeutics like stem cell therapy and modern diagnostic biomarkers. is also to be established.