IVRI Palampur HP

Can you tell me about the services offered by Regional Station Palampur - Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI)? Also tell me about the Infrastructure & Facilities offered by it?

[Kiran Chandar]

The Palampur Regional Station of IVRI was established in 1959 to cater to the research needs in livestock rearing in North-West Humid Himalayan Region (NWHHR) of India.

Its major focus is the development of animal feeding systems using locally available feed resources and investigation of various health problems including the diseases prevalent in the region.

Services Offered
Referral laboratory for animal disease diagnosis
Feed evaluation and formulation.
Interlinkages with the user agencies and farmers in the region
Consultancy to farmers including lab to land literature in vernacular

Infrastructure & Facilities

The Regional Station at Palampur, H.P. infrastructure includes:

 Central instrumentation Facility
 Metabolic stall for cattle, sheep and goats
 Unit for laboratory animals
 Library
 Computer centre: PCs with latest configurations, VSAT/ERNET facility with full electronic connectivity and online access of journals, plus other facilities (FAX, photocopier).

Central Instrumentation Facility
 HPLC Unit – with computer and Millenium Software (WATERS – USA)
 Kjeltech (Tecator, Sweden)
 GLC system (Nucon, India)
 Microtome
 Fluorescent Microscope with photographic attachments (Carl Zeiss)
 Unit for in vitro gas production (Hohenheim) studies
 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (Spectronic Genesis 5)
 Freeze Drier (Edwards-Modulyo, UK)
 Ultracentrifuge – OTD-65 (Sorvall, USA)
 High Speed Centrifuge T-21 (Sorvall, USA)
 Cryostat (IEC, USA)
 Fibretec (Tecator, Sweden)
 Ultrafreeze (Remi, India)
 Orbital Shaker (Orbitek, Scigenics, India)
 Grinding Mill (Tecator, Sweden)
 Analytical Balance (Mettler, Ohaus, Swiss)
 Elisa reader (SLT, Austria)
 LCD projector (Mitsubushi, Japan)
 Ultra Low Freezer (Remi)
 Ultrasonic homogenizer (Labsonic, B. Braun Biotech International)
 CO2 incubator (Dual Chamber, Model MCo175, Sanyo)
 Laminar flow (Klenzaids)
 PCR (Applied Biosystems, USA)
 Gel Electrophoresis Unit (Bio-Rad, USA)

Contact Detail:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Regional Station,
Palampur, Kangra, Palampur-176 061. H.P.
Telephone: +91-0184-230526 (O),
Mobile : +91-9418030526 (M)

[arpitkakkar1]

there are so many equipments used in a institute in labs for research work for students so the institution should have to provide good quality products or equipments to them like ultra low freezer and lab centrifuge, bod incubator these are very important for experiments.