Laboratories under the Department of Livestock Production

Livestock Production Laboratory

Livestock production laboratory is situated in the faculty premises and is the place for most of the student practicals under the Biochemistry, Food Science, Microbiology and Animal Nutrition disciplines. It is equipped with lot of sophisticated instruments

and laboratory chemicals which will facilitate the student practicals as well as theundergraduate research under the Department of Livestock Production. It also possessesthe preserved animal samples including animal skeletons to facilitate the students to

study the anatomy and physiology of farm animals. In addition, the laboratory also facilitates the hatchery operation practicals under Poultry production. The laboratoryis under good management and has a well-organized setting with Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Concerns. Over all, the Livestock Production Laboratory utilizes the availableresources efficiently to provide a good learning environment for the undergraduates.

Diary Technology Laboratory

This laboratory is situated in the Mungasthanna premises of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.It is equipped with almost all the equipment necessary for the manufacturing of dairy productssuch as Yoghurt, Curd, Ice-Cream, Butter and Cheese. Students get a very good hands-on experienceand confidence in the product manufacturing through this laboratory where they are involved inpracticals as well as the commercial level production of dairy products. There are a lot of productbased researches carried out in this laboratory, which facilitate the innovative and creative ideasof the students.

Meat Science Laboratory

This laboratory is also found in Mungasthanna premises and is the house for all the meat science based practicals and research. The facilities available there could be used to produce and store Sausages,Surimi and Meat Balls under hygienic conditions. It is also equipped with vacuum packing machine tofacilitate the hygienic packaging of the products. Students can get a good practical exposure to asmall scale meat product processing line under this laboratory.

Histology Laboratory

The histology laboratory provides opportunity for undergraduate practicals and both graduate and undergraduate research experiments related to histological aspects. It is equipped with novel tissue sectioning system (Microtome) and tissue embedding system for processing of animal tissues used for histological analysis. There are also facilities for Hematoxylin and Eosine staining of animal tissues in this laboratory. This laboratory is situated in the Mungasthannapremises of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.

Reproductive Biology and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory

This laboratory has sophisticated equipment and chemicals to facilitate isolation, counting and in-vitro culture and growth of animal cells and is found in the Mungasthanna premises. It is operated under a standard setting and provides room for hands-on experience and innovative research ideas in reproductive biology of animals. It also facilitates thestudent practicals related to assisted reproductive techniques such as Artificial Insemination, in-vitro fertilization etc.

Aquaculture Laboratory (Aquarium)

The Aquaculture Laboratory is situated in the faculty premises and is a very pleasant and intimating place to visit. It facilitates the student practicals and research related to management and breeding of a wide variety of ornamentalfish species. It also gives hands on experience for students on the live feed production in aquaculture. It is highlyequipped with accessories necessary for catching, rearing, breeding and disease management of various fish species.It is currently under the development for the production of fish larvae for sale in future.The new aquaculture unit in mungastenna premises is in under constructions and it would be facilitated for breeding and rearing of number of exoticand indegenous food and ornamental fish species in the near future.