26 May 2008

Actually spent the day at the veterinary college. We saw several presentations on animal disease and what India was like. Over 70% of the population is in the rural sector here. Ownership of livestock is evenly distributed among landless laborers and marginal farmers. The school was inaugurated in 2004 as the 5th Veterinary school in the state. Some breeds of animals endemic to the region are the Malnad Gidda cattle, South Kenara Buffalo, and Bandur sheep. Institutes under the college include dairy science, toxicology, vaccine research, and wildlife veterinary medicine. The school runs regional diagnostic centers and health camps for training as well. There are BVSC+AH, MVS, and PhD degrees offered by the school. We saw one Dr. do a flank spay in a stray dog with amazing time. He says he slowed it down for us and can do them in 5-6 minutes. We went home and cleaned up a bit before going to a building where some students did some Indian cultural dances. At the end we got up and they taught us some popular dances and had an all around good time. We finished the night eating Domino’s Pizza at KVC and some of the girls had Henna done by Dr. Nadeem’s Daughter.