College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Pookode

The College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode is situated near Vythiri in Wayanad district, Kerala, and occupies a 90-acre campus. On 12 June 2010, a new university exclusively for veterinary science, the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, was created by ordinance on this campus, with jurisdiction over the entire state of Kerala. The Pookode Veterinary College campus, along with its veterinary clinical complex, was handed over to this new university, alongside other institutions such as the Mannuthy Veterinary College, the College of Dairy Science Technology at Mannuthy, the Livestock Research Station in Palakkad, a dairy farm at Kolahalamedu in Idukki, various farms in Mannuthy, a cattle infertility centre in Kozhikode, the Veterinary Hospital in Thrissur, and a cattle breeding farm at Thumboormuzhy. The Government of Kerala also established India's first exclusive hospital for elephants at the Pookode campus. The college offers a range of academic programs, including undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate, PG certificate, and PG diploma courses, as well as diploma programs, technology-enabled distance learning, and externship opportunities.