Veterinary clinical case conference discusses best practices

Best veterinary treatments and latest techniques developed in large and small animal practices both in the country and abroad came up for discussion at an international clinical case conference for veterinary students here today.
Papers on the subject were presented by students from India, Malaysia and the US at the 'Fifth International Clinical Case Conference on Farm and Companion Animal Practice for Veterinary Students' at the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).
The conference provided a platform to identify and nurture talented future veterinarians, promote academic exchange between student participants and develop future veterinary leadership in the country.

Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Minister T K M Chinnaya inaugurated the conference and released the compendium of abstracts.
TANUVAS Vice-Chancellor R Prabakaran highlighted the memorandum of understanding between the university and foreign varsities and emphasised the importance of student and faculty exchange programmes between these universities.
"This event would help students from different countries understand the cultural differences in terms of veterinary practices. This is a melting point, where students meet and discuss their ideas," Dr P S Mohan Kumar, Professor and Scientific Director, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, USA said.

TANUVAS Director of Clinics Dr S R Srinivasan said "In human medicine, students are expected to present papers on clinical cases. This is an equivalent of that in veterinary medicine. This way, students know different case studies from different countries."

Orthopaedician and Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology Dr S Ayyappan said these events not only bring students from different countries closer but make them understand the best veterinary practices being followed.
Being a country with large number of livestock, India offered many unique cases to veterinary students.
Over 270 students and 50 faculty members from various universities across the country including TANUVAS and Michigan State University and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine of the US and University of Putra of Malaysia participated in the conference.
TANUVAS, the first veterinary university in the country, launched this initiative of inviting veterinary students to present their papers on clinical cases in 2009 and this event is their fifth conference.