Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

Dr. Suresh B N

College name : Veterinary College, Hassan

Department : Livestock Farm Complex

Designation and address:

Associate Professor (i/c) and Head,
Department of Livestock Farm Complex
Veterinary College, Gokula Campus
Vidyanagara, Hassan- 573202

Qualifications
MVSc, PhD

Contact
Office : 08172-245373
Mobile : 9900049691
Email : sureshann658@gmail.com

Fields(s) of specialization

Animal Nutrition

Current Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Capacity Building of Rural SHG Women on Improved Backyard Poultry Farming	Principal Investigator	9.67 lakhs	NABARD, Bengaluru
Studies on the Effect of Polyherbal Preparation on Ruminal Functions and Metagenome	Principal Investigator	5.47 lakhs	M/s Ayurvet Pvt. Ltd., Solan, HP
Effect of Dietary Inclusion of Herbal Amino Acid Supplement (Methiorep) on the Performance of Large White Yorkshire Pigs	Principal Investigator	2.23 lakhs	M/s Ayurvet Pvt. Ltd., Solan, HP
Production of Micronutrient Enriched Chicken Meat and Egg among Rural Women using Mobile App	Mentor	20.42 lakhs	WOS-B Scheme, DST, New Delhi
A Novel Probiotic Supplement to Reduce Incidence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Poultry	Co-Principal Investigator	49.98 lakhs	BIRAC (DBT), New Delhi

Completed Projects

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Utilization of maize cob shank and its sheath as a source of dry fodder to dairy cattle	Principal Investigator	9.45 lakhs	NABARD, Bangalore
Nutritional evaluation of single cell protein (StringPro) as a protein source in broilers	Principal Investigator	1.80lakhs	M/s Stringbio Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
Efficacy of some herbal formulations for partial replacement of synthetic methionine in broiler feeds	Principal Investigator	1.70 lakhs	M/s Ayurvet Ltd., Solan, HP
Effect of methionine (Hymeth) and lysine producing probiotics (Novelys) supplementation in soybean meal based diets on the performance of large white Yorkshire pigs	Principal Investigator	2.12 lakhs	M/s Novel Links, Bengaluru
Efficacy of few feed additives against bacterial infection in broilers at farmers field	Co-Principal Investigator	6.85 lakhs	National Innovation Foundation, DST, GOI
KWDP-II, Sujala – III: Livestock based activates	Co-Principal Investigator	20.65 lakhs	World Bank and GOK

Proposed research programmes

Amino acid nutrition of poultry and pigs
Herbal formulations to reduce enteric methane and parasites in ruminants

Recent Research Publications

1	Kavya, P.S., T.M. Prabhu, R. Pradeep, R.G. Gloridoss, K.C. Singh and B.N. Suresh. 2018. Nutritional evaluation of spent maize (Zea mays) cobs as roughage source in sheep feeding. Indian Journal of Small Ruminants, 24 (1): 57-61.
2	Shashikumar,M.G., T.M. Prabhu, R.G. Gloridoss, K.C. Singh and B.N. Suresh. 2017. Effect of Feeding Maize (Zea mays) Husk and Cob Based Complete Feed Block on Feed Intake, Nutrient Utilization and Growth in Mandya Sheep. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition 34 (2):135-139.
3	Nagesh,H., G.G. B. Kumar, T.M. Prabhu, R.G. Gloridoss, K.C. Singh and B.N. Suresh. 2017. Performance of Goat Kids Fed Detoxified Castor Bean Meal Based Concentrate Feed Mixtures. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology 17 (2): 343-351.

Honours & Awards

University Gold Medal from Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar for securing highest marks during PhD programme.
Best Poster Presentation award at 5th Biennial Conference of Animal Nutrition Association, India.
Best Poster Presentation award at Global Animal Nutrition Conference 2014, Bangalore
VLIR-UOS Scholarship to pursue international training on dairy nutrition at Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
Summer Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore to carry out research at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Tata Trust Grant to attend training on Zoo Nutrition Management at Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute, West Virginia, US.

OthersAchievements

Dr Suresh has evaluated several unconventional feedstuffs(sugarcane press residue, spent maize cobs, silkworm pupae) and biotechnological supplements (exogenous enzymes, probiotics)for livestock and poultry feeding. He has assessed improvised animal production technologies (bypass fat, area specific mineral mixture, urea molasses mineral block licks) in farmers field. He has also organized about 28 vocational training programmes for rural youths and farmers and successfully promoted several socio-economic schemes for rural poorincluding National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.