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FACULTY OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION
INTRODUCTION
The department of Animal Nutrition started as Animal Nutrition Section as it was
established at College of Animal Husbandry in 1954 under the inter- college exchange program
between the Punjab University (College of Animal Husbandry) and Washington State University
USA. Later on, the section was transferred to the Directorate of Livestock Farms in 1962. After
integration with College of Veterinary Science, Lahore the department was designated as
“DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION”. Since its inception, the department has significantly
contributed a lot in solving field problems.
With the establishment of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), the
Department has been shifted to the Ravi Campus Pattoki in the building of “Faculty of Animal
Production & Technology”. The department includes offices, modern state of the art Amino
Acid Analysis Lab and Nutrition Research Laboratory for undergraduate and post graduate
students. Along with the academic activities of postgraduate classes (M.Phil & Ph.D) and post
graduate research activities, the department of Food and Nutrition is also involved in the
commercial activities at Ravi campus Pattoki like; mineral mixture production, guidelines for
farmers formulation and commercial lab analysis. The Department is equipping nutritional
professionals with thorough understanding of the science of dietary nutrition and enabling
them to serve in this very important field in the country.
At present, the department is offering various courses for DVM and poultry science
students at under graduate level and offering M.Phil and PhD degrees at post graduate level.
The department is working with the mission of educational commitments with updated
professional knowledge
,
and multidisciplinary collaboration in research, teaching and services
Moreover, it has played a pivotal role in providing the
Trained Man Power
in the field of Animal
Nutrition and to meet the demand of poultry and livestock feed industry.