Indian Veterinary Research Institute
भारतीय पशुचिकित्सा अनुसंधान संस्थान

Division of Animal Nutrition

Research Projects

External Project
S.No. TitleProject InvestigatorAssociatesFunding AgencyFund Alloted (in Lacs)
1 Improvement of feed resources and nutrient utilization for raising animal productionN. Dutta A.K. Pattanaik S.K. Singh AICRP57.30 lakhs
2 Assessment of digestibility of prepared pet foods for dogs Dr. A.K. Pattanaik Dr. K. Sharma Dr. A. Pawde Mars International India Pvt. Ltd. PEDIGREE 
3 Effect of tannin containing feeds on rumen microbial eco-system and its manipulation for improving their utilization L.C. Chaudhary D.N. Kamra (Mrs.) Neeta Agarwal DBT27.26 lakhs
4 Detoxification and utilization of key agro-forest based non-conventional oil cakes in the feeding of livestock (Network)A.K. Pattaniak S.K. Saha Naryan Dutta DBT249.01 lakhs
5 Effect of phyto-chemicals on livestock health, production and emission of green house gasesA.K. Pattaniak D.N. Kamra Naryan Dutta P.K. Gupta (Ms.) Deepti Rai DBT70.74 lakhs
6 Network Programme on Veterinary Type Culture – Rumen MicrobesD.N. Kamra L.C. Chaudhary Neeta Agarwal N. Agarwal Network ICAR11.50 lakhs
7 Studies on the effect of plane of nutrition on Theileria annulata infection in crossbred calvesR. Bhar A.K. Pattaniak Asit Das D. Ray V.K. Chaturvedi ICAR 
8 Effect of vitamin E supplementation on growth, metabolic profile, meat traits and immunity in male buffalo calves (ICAR Ad-hoc)R.S. Dass A.K. Garg V.K. Chaturvedi ICAR 
9 Impact of nutritional status of buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) on course of fasciolosis (Fasciola gigantica) (Cess Fund)Putan Singh A.K. Verma S.C. Gupta ICAR 
10 Effect of supplementation of zinc on growth, metabolic profile, immunity, rumen fermentation and reproductive performance of male crossbred cattle and buffalo calvesR.S. Dass A.K. Garg G.C. Ram V.P. Varshney R.P. Verma ICAR 
11 Rumen microbial manipulations for mitigation of methane emission and productivity enhancement in dairy animalsL.C. Chaudhary D.N. Kamra (Ms.) Neeta Agarwal R. Bhar NAIP46.74 lakhs
12 Rumen microbial diversity in domesticated and wild ruminants and impact of additives on methanogenesis and utilization of poor quality fibrous feedsD.N. Kamra L.C. Chaudhrary (Ms.) Neeta Agarwal NAIP111.1 lakhs
13 Measurement of methane emission due to enteric fermentation using open circuit respiration chamber in cattle and buffaloes (NATCOM, Ministry of Environment & Forests)Dr. A.K. Verma Dr. Putan Singh Dr. V.B. Chaturvedi NATCOM, Ministry of Environment & Forests15.0 lakhs
14 Studies on interactions of fibre degrading microbes and methano-genic bacteria of rumen for reducing methanoge-nesis (FAO/IAEA project)D.N. Kamra L.C. Chaudhary (Ms.) Neeta Agarwal R. Bhar FAO/IAEA project 
Internal Project
S.No. TitleProject InvestigatorAssociatesFunding AgencyFund Alloted (in Lacs)
1 Assessment of energy utilization in ruminants fed diets supplemented with saponin containing feedsV.B. Chaturvedi R. Bhar Putan Singh V.K. Chaturvedi Institute 
2 Effect of dietary cadmium and arsenic on health and productivity of the animalsA.K. Garg R.S. Dass V.K. Chaturvedi A.K. Sharma Institute 
3 Utilization of inorganic and organic zinc, copper and selenium in ruminants and their effect on their health and productionR.S. Dass A.K. Garg V.K. Chaturvedi S.K. Mendiratta Institute19.5 lakhs
4 Effect of unconventional feeds on gastrointestinal parasitism for better nutrional efficiency of ruminantsS.K. Saha Narayan Dutta V.B. Chaturvedi P.S. Banerjee A.G. Telang Institute 
5 Exploration and validation of potential synbiotics as functional foods for nutritional health of dogsA.K. Pattanaik N. Dutta Avneesh Kumar Institute 
6 Development of supplements and complete rations containing leaves based condensed tannins for improving performance of ruminantsN. Dutta A.K. Pattanaik Kusumakar Sharma P.S. Banerjee Institute2.5 lakhs
7 Assessment of mahua seed cake (saponin) as functional feed on course of fasciolosis and performance of ruminants Putan Singh A.K. Verma V.B. Chaturvedi S.C. Gupta O.K. Raina InstituteRs52.00lakhs
8 Assessment of variability in nutrient composition for quality assurance of livestock feed ingredients Dr. A.K. Verma All the Scientist of the Division Institute