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Way back in 1930s, the role of poultry in uplifting rural economy and alleviation of malnutrition was recognized and on the recommendations of Royal Commission on Agriculture (1927), a separate Poultry Research Section at the Imperial (now Indian) Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar (UP), Bareilly was created on March 11, 1939, which was later on upgraded to Poultry Research Division (PRD) in the mid 50s and continued to play a significant role in growth and development of the Indian Poultry sector under the valiants like Mr. MacDonald (1939-1947), Dr. S.C. Iyer (1949-1955), Dr. S. Bose (1958-1968), Dr. B. Panda (1969-1979) and others thereafter. The PRD made remarkable progress during 70’s and became the biggest poultry research unit in India. During 1971, an All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Poultry Breeding was initiated in this Division with its 14 centres in different parts of the country. Later, it drew the attention of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a Center...

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Avian Genetics & Breeding

The Division is involved in conducting basic, applied and adaptive research in the areas of Avian Genetics & Breeding and Avian Biotechnology. Main thrust areas include genetic improvement of diversified poultry species, maintenance, evaluation and utilization of native chicken, development and multiplication of superior germplasm, genomics and functional genetics analyses, rCytokine production and application...

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Avian Nutrition & Feed Technology

Divisional activities include conducting research on basic and applied aspects of avian nutrition, imparting post-graduate teaching and guidance and rendering services viz. advisory, consultancy, feed analysis & quality assurance and training. Divisional facilities include well equipped laboratories with modern equipments including Near infrared spectroscopy, Atomic absorption spectrophoto...

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Avian Physiology & Reproduction

The Division is focusing its research activities covering basic and applied aspects in four main thrust areas viz. Reproductive Physiology, Stress Physiology, Digestive Physiology and Molecular Physiology of diversified poultry species. Research Activities Teaching Activities Faculty Technol...

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Post Harvest Technology

The basic and applied research in this Division includes egg and poultry meat quality evaluation; development of innovative techniques for their preservation; development of value-added poultry products tailored to market requirements, their packaging and shelf-life evaluation under different storage conditions; assessment of potent bio- and phyto-contaminants as well as processing and utilization of poultry by-products. This...

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