Hello sir can you tell me in which year Indian veterinary research institute (IVRI) set up its extension centre in palampur, I want to know for my GK??

As you asking here I am telling you Palampur extension centre set up by Indian veterinary research institute (IVRI) in 1959 to cater to the research needs in livestock rearing in North-West Humid Himalayan Region (NWHHR) of the country, major focus it has been the development of animal feeding systems using locally available feed resources and investigation of various health problems including the diseases prevalent in the region.The Regional Station at Palampur, H.P. has well equipped laboratories and the auxiliary infrastructure includes

Central instrumentation Facility
Metabolic stall for cattle, sheep and goats
Unit for laboratory animals
Library
Computer centre: PCs with latest configurations, VSAT/ERNET facility with full electronic connectivity and online access of journals, plus other facilities (FAX, photocopier).
Central Instrumentation Facility
HPLC Unit – with computer and Millenium Software (WATERS – USA)
Kjeltech (Tecator, Sweden)
GLC system (Nucon, India)
Microtome
Fluorescent Microscope with photographic attachments (Carl Zeiss)
Unit for in vitro gas production (Hohenheim) studies
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (Spectronic Genesis 5)
Freeze Drier (Edwards-Modulyo, UK)
Ultracentrifuge – OTD-65 (Sorvall, USA)
High Speed Centrifuge T-21 (Sorvall, USA)
Cryostat (IEC, USA)
Fibretec (Tecator, Sweden)
Ultrafreeze (Remi, India)
Orbital Shaker (Orbitek, Scigenics, India)
Grinding Mill (Tecator, Sweden)
Analytical Balance (Mettler, Ohaus, Swiss)
Elisa reader (SLT, Austria)
LCD projector (Mitsubushi, Japan)
Ultra Low Freezer (Remi)
Ultrasonic homogenizer (Labsonic, B. Braun Biotech International)
CO2 incubator (Dual Chamber, Model MCo175, Sanyo)
Laminar flow (Klenzaids)
PCR (Applied Biosystems, USA)
Gel Electrophoresis Unit (Bio-Rad, USA)


Services
Referral laboratory for animal disease diagnosis.
Feed evaluation and formulation.
Interlinkages with the user agencies and farmers in the region.
Consultancy to farmers including lab to land literature in vernacular.

Activates
Investigations into animal feeding problems, evaluation of local feed resources and development of feeding systems for improving livestock production.
Investigations into important toxic weeds and tree forages containing antinutritional factors for nature of toxins, mode of action and detoxification.
Investigations into livestock diseases in the region- etiopathology of EBH.
Monitoring and surveillance of important animal diseases.
Referral laboratory for animal disease diagnosis.
Feed evaluation and formulation.
Interlinkages with the user agencies and farmers in the region.
Consultancy to farmers including lab to land and literature in vernacular.
Collating of data, feed back, updating research needs in the region as a national perspective programme and coordination with the main campus for overall strategy for livestock research in the region vis-à-vis national perspective.

Address:
Dr. R.Bhar,
Scientist- in-charge & Principal Scientist
Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Regional Station,
Palampur, Kangra, Palampur-176 061. H.P.
Email Address: rbharplp@gmail.com , sicandps1961@gmail.com
Telephone: +91-0184-230526 (O),
Mobile : +91-9418030526 (M)