Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

VIJAYAKUMAR B. SHETTAR

College name : Veterinary College, Gadag

Department : Animal Genetics and Breeding

Designation and address:

Professor and Head ,
Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding,
Veterinary college, Gadag – 582101

Qualifications
M.V.Sc. (Animal Genetics and Breeding)
Ph.D. (Animal Genetics and Breeding)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM)

Contact
Office : 0876275011
Mobile: 09845801849
Email: vijayshettar@gmail.com

Fields(s) of specialization

Majoring field: Animal Genetics and Breeding
Specializing field: Animal Breeding, Population Genetics

Completed Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Characterization, Conservation and Development of Bidri goats	Principal Investigator	Rs.8.73 lakhs	ICAR (Adhoc)
Utilization of By-products of pulses, oil seeds and coarse cereal grains for intensive goat production	Co-Principal Investigator	Rs.80.00 lakhs	RKVY (GOK)
MalnadGidda Research Project	Principal Investigator	Rs.100.00 lakhs	GOK

Recent Research Publications

Rudresh B.H., Murthy H.N.N., Kotresh A.M., V.B.Shettar(2017). Association between microsatellite regions and reproduction related traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes, Indian Journal of Animal Research, 51 (3): 444-448.

M.S.Tantia, P.K.Vij, H.M.Yathish, V.S.Kulkarni, V.B.Shettar, G.T.Gopala, Himani Sharma, Rekha Sharma (2018). Characterization of Nandidurga and Bidri goat populations of Karnataka. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 88 (9): 1058-1063.

Total

30 Research articles are published.
37 Papers Presented/ Abstracts published.
Two research reports of schemes published and on the editorial board of one research report.
Four technical reports published.
Published one book
19 Popular articles.
Three leaflets published.

Honours & Awards

Received Breed Recognition Certificate for registration of Nandidurga breed of goat from Union minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at New Delhi in Dec 2018.