IVRI Uttarakhand

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The objective of Mukteswar Campus in Uttarakhand of ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute is research on animal viruses and viral diseases of livestock and poultry; preparation and production of antigens, diagnostic sera, vaccines, nucleic acid probe/s, etc.; epi-zootiological and pathological studies on viral diseases; monitoring, surveillance and diagnosis of economically important diseases in India.


It also aims at research on various health aspects of animals of temperate region; study the physiology of animals of temperate region and also to study the nutritional requirement for optimum health and production; study the reproductive behaviour of animals of temperate region
Conserve genetic resources/ germplasm of animals and to improve their genetic potential; postgraduate teaching, research and training and extension activities.


Services Offered

Diagnostic and prophylactic services for PPR, sheep pox, goat pox, buffalo pox, camel pox and Orf

Diagnostic services for bluetongue and classical swine fever

Referral Services

Post- graduate education & training

Human Resource Development

Planning & Policies

Disease diagnosis and treatment of livestock diseases in and around Mukteswar

Consultancy to livestock owners on livestock rearing practices in temperate climatic conditions.

Extension activities of the campus include:
Organization of animal health camps and kishan gosthies
Knowledge dissemination in farmers through radio talk
Linkage development with Non Government organizations working in this area for restoring animal health and production


Major Activities

Production and supply of diagnostic kits for diagnosis and sero-surveillance of PPR

Production and supply of PPR vaccine for field use

Development of thermostable, deuterated and combined (PPR and Goat pox) vaccines for PPR

Molecular epidemiology of peste des petits ruminant virus, poxviruses and bluetongue virus

Development of SYBR Green and TaqMan based real time PCR and multiplex PCR for rapid and specific diagnosis of PPR

Molecular pathogenesis of PPR virus: (i) SLAM characterization, (ii) cytokine profiling and (iii) virus tropism

Development of DIVA strategy for differentiation of PPR infection from vaccination

Development of live attenuated vaccines for goat pox, sheep pox, camel pox, buffalo pox and Orf

Development of combined vaccines (i) goat pox and PPR, (ii) sheep pox and PPR and, (iii) goat pox, Orf and PPR

Evaluation of goat pox, sheep pox, Orf, buffalo pox and camel pox live attenuated vaccines in terms of (i) thermo-stability, (ii) TaqMan real time PCR based potency estimation, (iii) large-scale field trials, (iv) long-term potency trials for sheep pox and goat pox vaccines and (v) comparative evaluation of sheep pox vaccines

Development of TaqMan real time PCR for rapid and specific diagnosis of sheep pox, goat pox, Orf, buffalo pox and camel pox

Detection and differentiation of sheep pox, goat pox and Orf by multiplex PCR
Taxonomy capacity building of animal poxviruses

Characterization of “Toll-like Receptors (TLRs)” in farm animals: Evolutionary lineages and application in diseases resistance

Prevalence, characterization and development of diagnostics for animal rotaviruses

Production and supply of recombinant VP7 protein based indirect ELISA for serosurveillance of bluetongue in the country and development of PAb based sandwich ELISA for bluetongue virus detection from clinical samples

Maintenance of repositories (virus, serum, virus isolates) of Rinderpest (only vaccine strain), PPR, pox (sheep pox, goat pox, buffalo pox, camel pox and orf), bluetongue and classical swine fever (CSF)

Providing diagnostic services for selected animal viral diseases viz. PPR, pox and bluetongue

Postgraduate teaching in Veterinary Virology

Extension activities: (i) Diagnostic (ii) Prophylactic (iii) Therapeutic services
Animal production and health management of different experimental livestock species and laboratory animals

Technology dissemination, inter-linkages with the user agencies and farmers in the region

Diagnosis and treatment facilities to livestock reared in and around Mukteswar and consultancy to farmers including distribution of lab to land literature in vernacular

Monitoring of service projects:
Maintenance and enhancement of animal productivity
Disease diagnosis, treatment and maintenance of health of animals
Breeding of laboratory animals and maintenance of equines

Explorative investigations into livestock feeding problems at high altitude Himalayan region and study on strategic manipulation for increased production

Analysis of milk components in cattle and buffaloes in Uttarakhand

Study on nutritional physiology of local hill cattle of Kumaon region vis-à-vis crossbred cattle.


Contact Detail:
ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Mukteswar 263 138, Nainital (Distt.), Uttarakhand
Email Address: sic_ivri[at]hotmail[dot]com
Telephone: +91 5942 286346(Off.)
Fax No.: +91 5942 286347