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Name of the Unit: Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science

About :

Origin & History: Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science was established in 1985 as recognition for its contribution in various fields of activities. The centre has successfully completed 12 External Aided Projects. Release of crossbred chicken for backyard- Gramasree & Gramalakshmi, release of high yielding ILM-90, Establishment of ICAR Revolving Fund Poultry Project, implementation of NATP on productivity enhancement of Ducks and successful conduct of IV World Water Fowl conference, IPSACON 2015, RKVY project etc. are the significant milestones of the Centre.

Mandate

  • Academic programmes of the Poultry Science and Veterinary faculty.
  • Research on advanced areas in Poultry Science
  • Implementation of Externally aided projects.
  • Transfer of Technology (ToT) programmes.

Funding: KVASU

General functioning (RF…)
The Revolving Fund Poultry Project presently operating under CAS in Poultry Science was sanctioned by ICAR in 1996 and project started functioning w.e.f. 03.03.1998 with the name ‘Establishment of a Commercial hatchery’ under Kerala Agricultural University with Rs. 25 lakhs as the corpus amount. The corpus fund was fully repaid in five installments and the project was carried out successfully under Kerala Agricultural University and transferred to Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University with name as ‘Revolving Fund Poultry Project’. This project is the largest RF project operating in autonomous mode under CASPS without any financial support from KVASU.

Staff structure in the centre

Dr. P.Anitha-Director
Akhila C.K-Assistant
Staff structure in RF project:
Dr. P.Anitha- Principal investigator
Dr. Binoj Chacko, Dr. Harikrishnan S, Dr. S. Sankaralingam- Co-PIs
Seven temporary posts on daily wage basis are being filled for every 1 year period through selection process

Details of livestock/ facilities available

  • A feed mill unit consisting of a grinder and mixer unit with a capacity of 4 tonnes/hr
  • Avian Biotechnology Lab
  • Advanced Mycotoxin testing facility
  • Hatchery waste processing unit
  • A 5KW model solar power plant with Grid tied Invertor
  • Production and supply of good quality poultry feeds to all farms and research units under KVASU and KAU and poultry/pig feeds to farms under AHD in 50 kg bags
  • Retail sale of poultry feeds to farmers in 5 kg and 50 kg packs
     
Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Mannuthy
Name Designation Telephone Mobile Email
Dr. P Anitha Director 0487 2370117 944700663 casps@kvasu.ac.in anitha@kvasu.ac.in 

 

Projects (EAPs, State Plan)
On-going Projects:

 

Title of the Project Name of Principal investigator Funding Agency Fund Allocated Duration of Project
Conservation and popularization of native chicken varieties in Kerala  Dr. P. Anitha  Govt. of Kerala  57.875 lakhs  Continuing since 2015
 Hatchery waste disposal and its effective utilization  Dr. Harikrishnan S  Govt. of Kerala  24.0 lakhs  Continuing since 2015
 Advanced Mycotoxin testing facility centre  Dr. P. Anitha  Govt. of Kerala  24.0 lakhs  Continuing since 2015

 

Completed Projects:

 

Title of the Project Name of Principal investigator Funding Agency Fund Allocated Duration of Project
Integrated rural poultry production centre-Establishing Kukud Vigyan Kendra at Mannuthy Dr. K. Narayanankutty  Govt. of Kerala 5.0 lakhs   2013
 Establishing a new poultry feeding farm for Backyard chicken production at Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad Dr. Leo Joseph  Govt. of Kerala 501.0 lakhs 2014-15
 Conservation of Native Chicken in Kerala  Dr. P. Anitha  Govt. of Kerala 5.0 lakhs 2012
 Production performance of Athulya Layers in Urban Households Under Cage System of Management Dr. Ajith Babu  Govt. of Kerala 31.21 lakhs 2012
 Sustainable Poultry Production through Women Self Help Group of Kerala Dr. K. Narayanankutty &
Dr. Leo Joseph		  Govt. of Kerala 25.0 lakhs
 		 2015
 Establishing a Centre for Meat Type Duck Production centre at LRS, Thiruvazhamkunnu Dr. Leo Joseph  Govt. of Kerala 195.0 lakhs 2015
 Pullet production to support Self Help Groups in Backyard Poultry rearing Dr. Leo Joseph &
Dr. P. Anitha		  Govt. of Kerala 25.0 lakhs 2014-2017
 

 

Accomplishments – (Technology/product developed, patents, awards,NABL/ ISO certification, production/service turnouts …… Substantiate with charts or photos if required)

Salient Achievements of the Revolving fund Poultry project from inception to the year 2020

  • Repaid the corpus amount to ICAR in five installments : 25 lakhs
  • Total number of chicks produced and sold : 39.14 lakhs
  • Total quantity of feed produced and supplied : 21171.50 MT
  • Generated a total net profit: Rs 781.52 lakhs
  • Profit share remitted to KAU : Rs. 30 lakhs
  • Profit share remitted to KVASU : Rs 304.83 lakhs
  • The VAT amount paid to Govt. of Kerala : Rs. 60.47 lakhs
  • Provided direct employment of more than 1.50 lakh man-days
  • Assets/infrastructure facilities developed for Rs. 97.53 lakhs

Technology developed in the centre

  • Duck starter and breeder feed
  • Duck Pasteurella vaccine
  • Release of backyard birds Gramalakshmi and Gramasree
  • Release of ILM 90, a hybrid layer
  • Aiswarya homestead layer cages for urban households
  • Anaswara homestead layer quail cages for urban households
  • Developed technology to convert hatchery waste in to fertilizer

Research activities

  • Conservation of poultry germplasm
  • Selection and breeding for egg production
  • Evolving of birds for backyard rearing
  • Nutritional requirement studies of poultry species
  • Management studies on chicken, duck, quails and turkeys

Academic activities (Course/trainings offered etc…Details of cources will be collected through another format)
Conducted 30 farmers training programmes in the last 10 years

Extension activities

  • Conduct of farmer’s seminars and exhibitions,
  • Training programmes for farmers/entrepreneurs
  • Farmer’s counseling

Publications

  • Annual report of the centre and Revolving Fund Poultry project
  • Research publications of the scientists involved

 

Name, Designation and passport size photo of faculty (Profile will be added from the recently given format)

Dr. P. Anitha, Director

Contact Us: (Address, Phone No., e-mail ID….)

  • Address : Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651
  • Phone No: 0487 2370117
  • e- mail ID : casps@kvasu.ac.in

RTI: Name, address and contact details of the person responsible :

Dr.P.Anitha, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Poultry Science, KVASU, Mannuthy-680651. Phone No: 9447006663

 

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