A 17-member group from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) bagged a number of awards on the thirty fourth Convention and National Conference of IAVMI (Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infections Diseases) held in Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana.

The conference was held on the theme ‘Current developments in immunodiagnostics and vaccines for livestock and poultry’.

The group, led by dean of College of Animal Biotechnology Dr Yashpal Singh Malik, comprised of 5 school members and 12 college students.

Dr Adarsh ​​Mishra bagged the Dr MN Kulkarni Memorial Award and Dr Satparkash Singh and Dr Niraj Kumar Singh gained Best Oral and Best Poster Presentation Awards, respectively.

Dr Malik delivered an skilled lecture on rising infectious ailments highlighting the significance of fast and superior diagnostics for efficient management of those ailments, and elaborated the work happening within the faculty on African Swine fever.

The convention was attended by 225 delegates from varied nationwide institutes and main universities of the nation. Six technical periods on essential features of vaccines, diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, host-pathogen interplay, rising ailments, and so forth have been organized throughout the convention, the place oral and poster shows have been held other than lead papers.