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of alumni of Ragacovas...........

I am proud that I had pursued my B.V.Sc. degree from Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pondicherry, which is 6 km away from my residence. There are colleges where the students get little exposure in practicals, because of their numbers and their relationship with professors is not covalently bonded. But this is not the situation in my college where for every two student’s there is a faculty member. My college is endorsed with good faculty members who are best in their profession and are very committed.

In my college, students were given freedom to handle animals and birds. This is not the case in many other colleges. I was given the opportunity to attend many cases in the clinics and this helped me in gaining expertise in gynaecology, medicine and surgery. I had completed my course with the confidence to excel in my line of work.

The staff of my college cemented my foundations in every subject, which helped me immensely in getting admission to a postgraduate programme.

Nowadays, college education is a costly affair, and many middle class students like me cannot afford to pursue their education in professional colleges. But this is not the case in my college where the fee was comparatively low and this helped me to complete my undergraduate programme without any stress. My college had organised tours at the end of the second and final years of our study. These were very informative, motivating and enjoyable. The internship programme gave me enough exposure to livestock and poultry management. I even had the unique opportunity of treating wild animals during my internship training at a zoo.

My relationship with my seniors was and still is, very brotherly and I will always be thankful to them for all the help they had given me.

Even though my college is young, it stands out among all others in every aspect and I am proud to have walked through its gates. I am sure that the successive batches who enter this college would always keep the flag of RAGACOVAS flying high.

B. Velmurugan (1999 Batch)

Dear friends \

****I was called for an emergency case to a place about 20 km away from my head quarter. Well I prepared my self with my kit and went all the way to that place. I was welcomed there by milk society president and secretary. I was cooled down with tea and snacks. Then I asked about the buffalo, which I am supposed to see. The secretary hesitated but asked me "sir,.... Sir do you know swimming ????". Well to my surprise. I said "NO". And I asked, "what do you mean?", "where is it (the buffalo) ?". "Sir it is on the other side of the river which is flooded now due to heavy rain".
(I thought visakha dairy must arrange for 'crash courses for swimming’ before appointing vets here)

****I was there to see a case of agalactiae (complain about reduced milk production). Well I prepared my self with all the medicines in my kit and proceeded. I examined the buffalo thoroughly and found no fault with the poor creature. I was really finding difficult to choose correct line of treatment. Just due to my curiosity I asked "when did it calve ????. "Sir it is more than one and half years.! " The owner replied ................ # NO COMMENTS ! Can any one suggest a rational line of treatment !#
(I think they feel milk production is life time contract by the buffalo, they forget that it has to be inseminated again, and again it has to become pregnant and give birth to another calf).

****I was there to see a case of endometritis in a village, and as a usual protocol I was supposed to examine per-rectum. The vigorous buffalo was brought to trevis and as soon as I begin to examine, the buffalo jumped in such a way that it's half body was out of the trevis and remaining half was inside with belly resting on the metallic rod. Well people tried to relieve it, but it further jumped and stuck in the trevis in such a way that easiest way to take the buffalo out was to deroot (take out) the trevis first. Well it was done first the wooden trevis was taken out from the place then the buffalo. Well this was in one side of the scene, while other side of the scene was more interesting. There were several buffalo waiting for their turns. And more wise owners closed their eyes with white towel, so that they can't see what is going on with other buffaloes. (GREAT IDEAS)
And I remembered Mahatma Gandhi for his quote "don't speak bad, don't hear bad, don't look at bad"(hope you remember those famous monkeys) but here was the third condition, that too justified with the buffaloes.

**** Dear friends, there are still more to share with you all. Any comment to above case discussions is most welcome. You may send your comments at my Yahoo id “ helloramesh_vs@yahoo.com”. At the same time other field vets and researchers are requested to share their experiences

Thanks.

Dr. RC Pandey (2000)
Submitted on January, 2006