Pakistan - Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

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Introduction

UAAR has experienced remarkable growth and is offering undergraduate as well as post graduate degree programs in variety of disciplines. The University includes a Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife, Directorate of Advance Studies and Research, the University Institute of Management Sciences (UIMS), University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT) and Division of Continuing Education, Home Economics and Women Development. The University building contains an auditorium, multi-storied administrative block, a library, a museum, and four multi-stories academic blocks.

Pursuit of excellence on the University campus is a function of competent and dedicated university faculty. The University of Arid Agriculture has, therefore, made constant efforts at staff development with the result that nearly 46% of the faculty possesses Ph.D. degrees, while the others have M.Sc. (Hons) and M.Phil degrees.

Furthermore, UAAR is committed to delivering an outstanding student experience; as well as to enjoy a reputation for excellence in teaching and learning alongside research. Students actively participate in extracurricular and co-curricular life on campus which includes speech events, seminars and activities related to entrepreneurial skill development. Together with a research-informed curriculum, and extracurricular activities UAAR strive to provide a well-diversified environment to students so that they can effectively contribute towards the development of this country.

History

Pakistan is predominantly an agricultural country. However, since its independence in 1947, emphasis has been on irrigated agriculture, while the dryland / arid agriculture remained neglected. With rapid increase in population the irrigated areas failed to provide food requirements and it became imperative to find out ways to make use of the huge part of culturable land in the rainfed region. In the 1970s, the Government of Pakistan constituted a Barani Commission to review and recommend measures for the development of rainfed agriculture and uplift of the poor masses through education, research, and development of technology and manpower. Pursuant to the recommendations of the Barani Commission, the Government of Punjab established Barani Agricultural College, Rawalpindi which was later upgraded to the level of the University in 1994. The mandate of the University is to produce high-quality agricultural scientists and to form an organized scientific infrastructure for teaching and research for the development of dryland regions of the country, thus minimizing the income gap between the rich and poor and irrigated & arid areas. The FV&AS was established At the time of establishment in 2006, FV&AS offered five years Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree program and M.Phil & Ph.D degree in Poultry Science.in 2006 under HEC funded project of Rs.468 millions.The FV&AS is accredited by the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) Pakistan in 2012

Education

The faculty offers various courses in different disciplines of veterinary & animal science and to conduct research on all aspects of production and veterinary sciences particularly associated with the arid regions of the Punjab. The faculty is comprised of five departments viz., Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (comprising Sections of Anatomy and Histology, Physiology, Pharmacology),Department of Pathobiology (Microbiology , Parasitology , Pathology), Department of Clinical Studies (Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Theriogenology), Department of Poultry Science, Department of Livestock Production and Management (Livestock Management, Animal Nutrition, Animal Breeding & Genetics) were established at FV&AS.FV&AS offered five years Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree program and M.Phil & Ph.D degree in Poultry Science. In near future the FV&AS is going to start post-graduate degree programs in various disciplines of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Research

The state of the art equipments are installed in the laboratories of different departments. In addition to all facilities, FV&AS have signed number of MoUs with national and international organizations incl Our well qualified faculty members are training the future scientists and creating new knowledge for the uplift and welfare of the society. The FV&AS is accredited by the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) Pakistan in 2012. This program continues to excel in providing educational, research and training opportunities to future veterinarians and animal scientists. The qualified individuals will lead future efforts in public health, animal production, disease control, veterinary care, food safety, biotechnology, higher education, and research.uding, NRSP, ILRI, Dairy and Rural Development Foundation.

Clinical

The faculty has one on campus Pet Clinic/Veterinary Animal Teaching Hospital. Of course, the FV&AS Pet’s Clinic is probably best known in the twin cities (Islamabad, Rawalpindi) and gaining popularity as indicated by increase in the number of daily outdoor cases. One large animals Veterinary Hospital and a small Livestock Farm is located at Rawat (20 kilometer away from the main campus). The on campus operation theatre and X-ray facilities are also available.

School name

Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Established

The FV&AS was established in 2006

Student Ambassador

Muhammad ikram sarwar mughal

Facebook page

Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Location

Rawalpindi Pakistan

Principal's name

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Safdar Anjum

Total number of Students

2000

Contact details

Phone #: +92-51-9292144 Mobile #: +92-331-4975140 Fax #: +9251-9292144 Email: safdaranjum@uaar.edu.pk