Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC) | Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

The Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC) has been established on 11 March 2008 (Through signing a Bilateral Agreement and an MOU between “Enhance the Capacity of Department of Livestock Services Project”, DLS and CVASU) with the financial support from Danida and jointly executed by the Chattogram(previously Chittagong) Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) and the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) with support and advices provided by the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS) II of Danida. PRTC the autonomous institution, situated at the CVASU main campus, has been established within the legal framework of the university Act 30 (July 16,Sunday, 2006) under the Statutes entered into force on 24 June 2007 as per decision no. 3.3 of second meeting of the Syndicate and the office order vide no. CVASU/reg/PRTC-39/2008/35 (8), Dated: 09/01/2008.

Its aim and objective are to become a leading centre in Bangladesh for capacity building in the livestock sector through

- Short term training

- Enhancing research

- Enhancing communication and collaboration between private and public stakeholders

PRTC is responsible to a Board of Governors regarding policies, strategic planning, annual work plans and budgeting. The board is constituted of 15 members with members from CVASU, research institutions, extension agencies, poultry industries and NGOs. Vice-Chancellor, CVASU is the chairman and Director, PRTC is the member-secretary of the board. PRTC Board meeting has been being organized in every six months.

PRTC laboratory started its journey on 10 January 2012 providing laboratory services to different stakeholder from Animal Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) and Feed Analysis & Food Safety (FA&FS) Laboratory.

PRTC Vision:

 Providing better animal health services for poultry and livestock to the ultimate target group, the poor farmers

 Facilitating enhanced communication and collaboration between private and public stakeholders in the poultry and livestock sector

 Extending better national prevention and control services for combating Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and other contagious poultry diseases

 Providing better management and production services in the poultry and livestock sector

PRTC Mission:

 To make relevant cost-effective short-term training packages available for all stakeholders in the poultry and livestock development sectors

 To assure that all training is based on the newest available knowledge and research results

 To reinforce institutional links between research, higher education, the public and private sectors

PRTC operates through two key divisions:

1. Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory (ADDL) – specializing in disease diagnosis and research.

2. Feed Analysis and Food Safety Laboratory (FAFSL) – focusing on livestock feed analysis and contaminant detection to meet safety standards.

Our core mission is trade facilitation—supporting safe and efficient import processes through high-quality laboratory testing.

In addition, we conduct advanced research, offer diagnostic services, and organize training programs for field veterinarians, farmers, postgraduate students, and other stakeholders in the livestock sector.

PRTC’s has great role in agriculture and trade. PRTC ensures the safety and quality of livestock and human food by testing nutritional content and hazardous substances, supporting customs clearance and trade compliance. The significant portion of the livestock feed ingredients tested at PRTC—such as soybean meal, corn, and microbial protein—are imported from the United States.

Additionally, we support sector growth through farmer training and capacity-building for veterinarians.

Dr. A. K. M. Humayun Kober
Professor and Director
Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC)

Greetings from Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC)!

PRTC, the first Institute of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), started its journey in 2008. The vision of PRTC is better-institutionalized supports in research, training and laboratory services for safer and increased livestock products in Bangladesh. Focused activities to achieve the objectives include conducting of quality research in collaboration with internal and external partners; need-based training and communication of new knowledge to the ultimate users; introducing quality laboratory testing services to support animal disease diagnosis and production of safer foods of animal origin, and facilitating hands-on learning and research for undergraduate and graduate students.

Supported from DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency), PRTC was initially involved in training. Later, two laboratories namely, Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory (ADDL) and Feed Analysis & Food Safety Laboratory (FAFSL) were established at PRTC with the help of a DANIDA-supported programme. Support from the Emerging Pandemic Threat Plus (EPT+) Programme through Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was also helpful for PRTC to strengthen its laboratory capacity. Due to cater the emerging needs in different livestock-related fields of the country, the services of PRTC are now being provided under the authorization of four specialized laboratories: Animal Disease & Diagnostic Laboratory, Food Safety Laboratory, Feed Analysis Laboratory and Zoonotic Disease Research Laboratory; the latter two are still in a phase of development with the envision of having the necessary equipment, such as LSMS/MS, MALDI-TOF and NGS in the near future. Trained and dedicated human resources committed to their respective duties are behind the success of PRTC.

The facilities of PRTC are commonly used by students and faculty members of CVASU. PRTC is currently involved with the laboratory activities of several nationally important projects, such as One Health Poultry Hub (funded by UKRI, UK), Active Surveillance of HPAI in Bangladesh – Live Bird Markets Sink Surveillance (funded by FAO), Increasing livestock production in the Hills through better husbandry, health service and improving market access through value and supply chain management (funded by KGF, Bangladesh), and some others. It has been selected as one of the three sentinel laboratories in the animal health sector in the country for developing National AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) Surveillance under the Fleming Fund Country Grant for Bangladesh (UK-funded).

Ensuring quality in research, training and laboratory services is prime importance for PRTC. All its activities are regulated and governed by the decision of the Board of Governors (BOG) comprised of members from the University, poultry industry, and representations from NGOs, Department of Livestock Services and Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, formed under the statute for PRTC of CVASU. The Vice-Chancellor of CVASU is the Chairman of the BOG. PRTC has already built its reputation by providing quality laboratory services and training, but is still in the pursuit of having more and more state-of-the-art facilities to meet the future challenges in food safety and emerging zoonotic diseases. Due to its commitment, it remains open even in COVID-19 pandemic time to provide its laboratory services to support the livestock sector in the country. It also supported the COVID-19 laboratory set at CVASU financially and technically to provide COVID-19 diagnostic services. This promising institute needs supports from all concerned to be developed further to achieve the goal for which it was supported from DANIDA.

Director

PRTC, CVASU

Students from any discipline within biological sciences can do internships here. In addition, Research at the MS and PhD levels is also conducted in PRTC.

Services Provided by Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

1 Postmortem Examination of Poultry

2 Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing (AST)

3 Isolation and Identification of Bacteria and Fungus

4 MPN Test (Water, Juice, Milk, etc.)

5 Rapid Plate Agglutination Tests for Salmonella, Mycoplasma, Brucella

6 Antibody titer determination of Newcastle Disease Virus, Avian Influenza Virus-H5, Avian Influenza Virus-H9 from blood serum by HA & HI Test (Minimum 8 Samples)

7 Rapid Test for Avian Influenza Virus

8 Porcine Derivatives Detection by PCR

9 Bovine Derivatives Detection by PCR

Services provided by Feed Analysis & Food Safety Laboratory (FA&FSL)

Sl. No. Kind of Examination

1 Proximate Analysis (Moisture, CP, Fat, Ash, Fiber)

2 Protein (Kjeldahal method)

3 Moisture

4 Ether Extraction/Fat (Soxhtec)

5 Fiber (Fibertec)

6 Ash

7 Aflatoxin Estimation (B1, B2, G1, G2 by ELISA)

8 Calcium (Titrimetric Method)

9 Phosphorus (Titrimetric Method)

10 Antibiotic (By UHPLC)

Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Oxytetracycline, Ciprofloxacin

11 Antibiotic Residue (By UHPLC)

Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Oxytetracycline, Ciprofloxacin

12 Antibiotic Residue (By ELISA) Nitrofurans (4 metabolites), Chloramphenicol

13 Urea test (Spectrophotometry Method)

14 Detection of presence of formalin from milk, fish and fruits by LC-MS/MS

15 Water and Fat soluble vitamin from powder from feed and drug by LC-MS/MS

List of Training in Home and Abroad for the Faculty Members of CVASU/Other Institute and Officers from PRTC:

SL Title of training Funded/Collaborated by Date, Duration& Place Participants Number of participants

1 Training on Adult Teaching RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 26 - 28 October 2008, (3 days), PRTC Faculty Members CVASU and DLS Staff 22

2 Training on Bioinformatics RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 17 - 21 December 2008, (5days), PRTC Faculty Members CVASU and DLS Staff 21

3 Hands on training on Molecular Biology RFLDP, Danida RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida Six-month, Denmark Faculty Member of CVASU 1

4 Food and Feed Technology and Feed Analysis RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 03 - 25 October 2011, (2 month), Denmark Faculty Members of CVASU 4

5 Training of Trainers on the Advancement of Elephant Healthcare & Management Practices RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 01- 11 April 2011, (11days), India Faculty Member of CVASU 1

6 Hands on training on operating Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) (1st Phase) Digital Medical System Bangladesh in collaboration with PRTC 18 - 19 June 2011, (2days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU 15

7 Hands on training on operating Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) (2nd phase) Digital Medical System Bangladesh in Collaboration with PRTC 09 - 11July 2011, (3days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU 15

8 Tools of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics in DNA Barcoding RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 12 -16 February 2012, (5days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU, Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, University of Chittagong, Sylhet Agricultural University and Scientists fromicddr,b, FAO and BCSIR 22

9 Teaching Techniques and Methods RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 22 - 28 February 2012, (7days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU 15

10 Office and Financial Management RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 24 February 2012, (1 day), PRTC Officers of CVASU 15

11 AO Principles of Small Animal Fractures Management RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 16 - 19 August 2012, (4days), India Faculty Member of CVASU 1

12 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 08 - 19October 2012, (12days), India Faculty Members of CVASU and Scientists from PRTC 2

14 DNA Barcoding; Use of Molecular Techniques and Bioinformatics RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 20 - 23 April 2013, (4days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU 20

15 Modern Dairy Farm Management PRTC, CVASU 13-15 September, 2023 (3 days), PRTC Faculty Members of CVASU 14

16 Practical application training on NGS Invent Technologies Limited, Dhaka 13-15 November, 2022 (3 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 6

17 Practical application training on NGS Invent Technologies Limited, Dhaka 22-23 February, 2023 (2 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 5

18 Practical application training on LC-MSMS Medi Graphic Trading Limited, Dhaka 26 February -02 March, 2023 (5 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 8

19 Practical application training on NGS Invent Technologies Limited, Dhaka 08-10 May, 2023 (3 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 8

20 Practical application training on LC-MSMS Medi Graphic Trading Limited, Dhaka 16-19 May, 2023 (4 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 8

21 Practical application training on LC-MSMS Medi Graphic Trading Limited, Dhaka 19-22 June, 2023 (4 days) Faculty Members and Technical Officer of CVASU 8

Total 211

Intern Students Awarded Fund from PRTC to Conduct Internship Training in Madras Veterinary College and Namakkal Veterinary College & Research Institute, India:

SL Title of Training Funded by Date and Duration Participants Number of participants

1 Internship Training in India RFLDP, Noakhali Component, Danida 15 June -15 July 2009 (One month) Intern Students of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, CVASU 91

2 Internship Training in India 20 June - 20 July 2010 (One month) 46

3 Internship Training in India 10 September - 10 October) 2011 (One month) 50

4 Internship Training in India 26 September - 4 November 2012 (One month) 63

5 Internship Training in India PRTC, CVASU 14 April - 15 May 2016 (One month) 59

Total 309

List of Training Provided by PRTC:

SL Title of Training Funded/Collaborated by Date and Duration (Days) Participants Number of Participants

1 Advance Poultry Rearing and Management CARE Bangladesh 01- 07 May 2009 (7) Para-vet of CARE Bangladesh 44

2 Advance Poultry Rearing and Management CARE Bangladesh 09 - 15 April 2009 (7) Para-vet of CARE Bangladesh 44

3 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Health Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 27 - 04 March 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 20

4 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Health Module RFLDC, NoakhaliComponent (Danida) 17- 22 April 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 23

5 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Health Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 24- 29 April 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 20

6 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Health Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 01 - 06 May 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 22

7 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Health Module RFLDC, Noakhali Component (Danida) 08 - 13 May 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 21

8 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Production Module RFLDP, NoakhaliComponent (Danida) 09 - 15 December 2009 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 20

9 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Production Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 13 - 18 February 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 23

10 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Production Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 02 - 07January 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 21

11 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW)- Animal Production Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 16 - 21 January 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 22

12 A Training Program for Community Livestock Workers (CLW) - Animal Production Module RFLDP, Noakhali Component (Danida) 30 January- 04 February 2010 (5) Community Livestock Worker (CLW), RFLDP, Noakhali & Barisal Component 21

13 হাঁস মুরগীর রোগ নিয়ন্ত্রণও টীকা প্রদানবিষয়কপ্রশিক্ষণকর্মসূচী UPPR Project (UNDP/ DFID/LGED) 08 - 11 August 2010 (4) Vaccinators of UPPR 20

14 Hygiene of Animal Origin Food and Food Safety Bangladesh Navy 04- 13 December 2010 (9) Medical Assistants, Bangladesh Navy 15

15 Surveillance of Important Infectious, Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases of Livestock and Poultry in Bangladesh NATP Phase-I, BARC 11 - 13 January 2011(3)

Veterinarians of DLS 20

16 Animal Cell Culture PRTC&MawlanaBhashani Science and Technology University 25 -27February2011 (2) Students of the Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, MawlanaBhashani Science and Technology University 36

17 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 23 -27 April 2011(5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistant from DLS 30

18 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 07-11 May 2011(5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistant from DLS 30

19 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 21-25 June 2011(5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistant from DLS 30

20 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 28-01June 2011(5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistant from DLS 22

21 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 06 -10 February 2012 (5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistants from DLS 30

22 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 18 -22 March 2012 (5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistants from DLS 30

23 Extension Staff Skills Development Training Course NATP Phase-I, BARC 01 -05 April 2012 (5) ULA/VFA/FAI/Fodder Assistants from DLS 30

24 Disease Surveillance and Diagnosis of Farm Animal Diseases Using Molecular Techniques NATP Phase-I, BARC 17 - 19 April 2012 (3) Veterinary Surgeons from DLS 20

25 Disease Surveillance and Diagnosis of Farm Animal Diseases Using Molecular Techniques NATP Phase-I, BARC 26- 28 February 2013 (3) Veterinary Surgeons from DLS 20

26 Disease Surveillance and Diagnosis of Farm Animal Diseases Using Molecular Techniques NATP Phase-I, BARC 05- 07 March 2013 (3) Veterinary Surgeons from DLS 20

27 Basic Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology PRTC&Director, Research, CVASU July 2013 (5) Students from the Department of Biotechnology, University of Chittagong (CU) 25

28 Basic Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology PRTC&Director, Research, CVASU December 2013 (5) Students from the Department of Biotechnology, CU 25

29 Least Cost Feed Formulation for Poultry through the Production of Fermented Yeast Product from Locally Available Feed Resources KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) July 2013 to December 2013

(3 Batches) Women Entrepreneurs 25

30 Least Cost Feed Formulation for Poultry through the Production of Fermented Yeast Product from Locally Available Feed Resources KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) Women Entrepreneurs 25

31 Least Cost Feed Formulation for Poultry through the Production of Fermented Yeast Product from Locally Available Feed Resources KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) Women Entrepreneurs 25

32 Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology PRTC & USTC 22- 26 February 2015 (4) Students of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, USTC 16

33 Farmers Training and Introducing of PRTC Lab Activities PRTC &Raozan Feed Sellers Association 16 May 2015 Breeder Farmers, Feed Sellers, Layer and Broiler Farmers 65

34 Molecular Techniques Used in Animal Disease Diagnosis UGC-HEQEP (CP-3220) 13-14 May 2015 (2) Faculty members, MS and PhD students of CVASU 31

35 Laboratory Techniques in Microbiology and Biotechnology PRTC 29 November- 03 December 2015 (5) Professor, Lecturer, Medical Officer and Medical Technologist from Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattagram Ma-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College and Chittagong General Hospital 16

36 Farmers Training and Introducing of PRTC Lab Activities PRTC 26 December2015 Breeder Farmers, Feed Sellers, Layer and Broiler Farmers 90

37 Hygiene of Animal Origin Food and Food Safety

Bangladesh Navy 03-13January 2016 (9) Medical Assistant, Bangladesh Navy 15

38 General & Molecular Biology for Forensic Science MawlanaBhashani Science & Technology University 07-11 February 2016 (5) Assistant Professor from MawlanaBhashani Science & Technology University 5

39 Mevw` cïcvwL cvjb wel‡q gvV ch©v‡qi m¤úªmviY Kg©xi `ÿZv Dbœqb kxl©K cÖwk¶Y Kg©m~wP USAID 14 - 16 March 2016 (3) Community Livestock Worker (CLW) 22

40 Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Management Renata Bangladesh Ltd, Animal Health Division 06-10 April 2016 (5) Veterinary Executive 11

41 Biosafety and Biosecurity in Animal and Veterinary Sciences icddr,b, CDC, Atlanta, Bangladesh Biosafety and Biosecurity Association 26-27 November 2016 (2) Faculty Members of CVASU, Officers from Department of Livestock (DLS) & Department of Fisheries 63

42 ‡`kxqgyiMxcvj‡bDbœZe¨e¯’vcbv I †ivMwbqš¿Y Arannayk Foundation and YPSA 07- 08 August 2016 (2) Poultry Farmers& Livestock Extension Worker 20

43 ‡`kxqgyiMxcvj‡bDbœZe¨e¯’vcbv I †ivMwbqš¿Y

Arannayk Foundation and YPSA 15-16 November 2016 (2) Poultry Farmers& Livestock Extension Worker 20

44 ‡`kxqgyiMxcvj‡bDbœZe¨e¯’vcbv I †ivMwbqš¿Y Arannayk Foundation and YPSA 27-28 November2016 (2) Poultry farmers& Livestock Extension Worker 20

45 Livestock Service Providers Development Training USAID 18-24 December2016 (7) Community Livestock Workers 25

46 Livestock Service Providers Development Training USAID 05 - 11 February 2017 (7) Community Livestock workers 25

47 Molecular Tools used for DNA Barcoding

icddr,b, CDC, Atlanta, Bangladesh Barcode of Life, Molecular Pathology Lab, CVASU 04 - 06 March 2017 (3) Students of USTC 20

48 Training for Community Livestock Worker KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 14-18 April 2017 (5) Community Livestock Workers 18

49 Training for Community Livestock Worker KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 21-25 May 2017 Community Livestock Workers 22

50 Training Program on Modern Dairy Farming

KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 19 - 21 September 2017 (3) Dairy Farmers 20

51 Training Program on Modern Dairy Farming

KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 17 - 19 October 2017 (3) Dairy Farmers 20

52 Training Program on Modern Broiler Farming KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 29 - 31 October 2017 (3) Broiler Farmers 20

53 Training Program on Modern Layer Farming KrishiGobeshona Foundation(KGF) 27-29 November, 2017 Layer Farmers 20

54 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 24-28 December 2017 (5)

1stBatch Field Veterinarians from DLS 15

55 Training Course on Peste des PetitsRuminants (PPR) Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) 05/12/2017 (1) Field Veterinarians from DLS 30

56 International Training Course on Poultry Virus Diagnostics Royal Veterinary College, UK 24- 29 March 2018 (5) Field Veterinarians from FDILs of DLS and Different Private Field Laboratories, Medical Practitioners 10

57 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology for Technical Staff Working at DLS and BLRI-Based Laboratories KrishiGobeshona Foundation(KGF) 08-12 April 2018 (5)

1st Batch Scientists from FDILs & CDIL and Related Others from DLS, BLRI 20

58 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 22-26 April 2018 (5)

2ndBatch Field Veterinarians from DLS 16

59 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 06-10 May 2018 (5)

3rd Batch Field Veterinarians from DLS 14

60 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology for Technical Staff Working at DLS and BLRI-Based Laboratories KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 24 - 28 June 2018 (5)

2nd Batch Scientists from FDILs & CDIL and Related Others from DLS, BLRI 20

61 Hygiene of Animal Origin Food and Food Safety Bangladesh Navy 08-13 September 2018 (6) Medical Assistants, Bangladesh Navy 25

62 Mevw` cÖvYx I nvum-gyiwMi ¯^v¯’¨ e¨e¯’¨vcbvq †gŠwjK welqvw`i Dci cÖv_wgK Av‡jvKcvZ KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 30-31 October, 2018 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

63 Mevw` cÖvYx I nvum-gyiwMi wUKv cÖ`vb welqK cÖwkÿY

KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 01-02 November 2018 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

64 Training Program on Modern Dairy Farming KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 13 - 15 November 2018 (3) Dairy Farmers 20

65 Training Program on Modern Dairy Farming KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 18 - 20 November 2018 (3) Dairy Farmers 20

66 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 02-06 December 2018 (5)

4th Batch Field Veterinarians from DLS 15

67 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 24 - 28 February 2019 (5)

5th Batch Field Veterinarians from DLS 15

68 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology for Technical Staff Working at DLS and BLRI-Based Laboratories KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 10-14 March 2019 (5)

3rd Batch Scientists from FDILs & CDIL and related others from DLS, BLRI 20

69 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology for Technical Staff Working at DLS and BLRI-Based Laboratories KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 07 - 11 April 2019 (5) 4th Batch Scientists from FDILs & CDIL and related others from DLS, BLRI 20

70 Mevw` cÖvYx Ges nvum-gyiwMi Lv`¨ e¨e¯’vcbv welqK cÖwkÿY KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 10 - 11 May 2019 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

71 Mevw` cÖvYx I nvum-gyiwMi ‡ivM wbY©q Ges cÖv_wgK wPwKrmv welqK cÖwkÿY KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 12 - 13 May 2019 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban

20

72 Hands on Training on Veterinary Surgeryfor Major Abnormalities of Cattle and Goats, Clinical Anesthesiology, Ultrasound and Radiographic Imaging KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 28 March- 02 May 2019(5) 6th Batch Field Veterinarians from DLS 15

73 Training on Laboratory Skill Development for Feed Analysis in Central Animal Nutrition Laboratory and Rangpur Animal Nutrition Laboratory Food and Agriculture Organization of Bangladesh (FAO) 27- 31October 2019 (5) Scientists from DLS and FAO 6

74 Training Programme on Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), United Kingdom 17-21 November 2019 (5) Faculty Member &Officer from CVASU/PRTC and Scientist from FDIL of DLS 10

75 Animal Health and Farm Management ACDI-VOCA 01 - 08 March 2020 (5) Women Livestock Service Providers 17

76 cvnvox/‡`kx gyiMx cvjb I e¨e¯’vcbv welqK cÖwkÿY KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 10 - 11 March 2020 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

77 cvnvox/‡`kx gyiMx cvjb I e¨e¯’vcbv welqK cÖwkÿY KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 12 - 13 March 2020 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

78 Sample Collection and Transportation in Animal Health Sector Fleming Fund Country Grant for Bangladesh (FFCGB) 28 - 30 September 2021 (3) DLS Officers from different FDIL 15

cvnvox GjvKvq AvaywbK c×wZ‡Z ‡WBix Lvgvi e¨e¯’vcbv KrishiGobeshona Foundation (KGF) 04- 05 October 2021 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

79 `y»RvZ `ªe¨ Drcv`b Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) 06- 07 October 2021 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

80 Mevw` cÖvYxi I gyiMxi gvsm cÖwµqvRvZKiY I e¨e¯’vcbv welqK cÖwkÿY Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) 25- 26 October 2021 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

81 K…wÎg cÖRbb I cÖv_wgK wPwKrmv Ges wUKv cÖ`vb wel‡q cÖwkÿY Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) 27- 28 October 2021 (2) Community Livestock Worker/Field Assistant of KGF Project, Khagrachari and Bandarban 20

82 cÖvYx ¯^v¯’¨ I Lvgvi e¨e¯’vcbv welqK cÖwkÿY 13 – 22 September 2022 (10) gwnjv Gj.Gm.wc. (jvBf÷K mvwf©m †cÖvfvBWvi), GwmwWAvB †fvKv

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83 Sample Collection and Transportation for conducting the AMR active surveillance in Animal Health Sector

Fleming Fund Country Grant for Bangladesh (FFCGB) 14 - 16 June 2022 (3) Laboratory Technical Officers from different FDIL, BLRI, CDIL and PRTC 10

84 Hands on Training on Antimicrobial SusceptibilityTesting (AST) UNIDO

27-30 August 2023, (4 days)

Entry and mid-level scientists and laboratory technicians from government diagnostic laboratories – CDIL, FDILs and QC lab 20

Total 1955

From 2008 to 2024, PRTC conducted over 79,000 lab tests—mainly for trade facilitation—including 46,000 antimicrobial residue tests, 23,000 livestock feed analyses, and 10,000 porcine/bovine screenings. Simultaneously, it advanced Bangladesh’s agriculture sector through extensive capacity-building training for farmers, veterinarians, and traders. This dual role underscores PRTC’s impact on public health and agricultural development.

List of Students Awarded MS Research Grants from PRTC:

SL Name of Researcher Department/Institution Research Title Session

1 Shubhagata Das

Dept. of Pathology & Parasitology, CVASU Pathological investigation of stray dog's diseases with special references to zoonosis 2009-2010

2 Saranika Talukdar

Dept. of Animal Science & Nutrition, CVASU Triacylglycerol composition of adipose tissue muscle and liver of chicken and mice fed diet containing fish oil, soybean oil and linseed oil 2009-2010

3 Md. Mizanur Rahman

Dept. of Medicine & Surgery, CVASU Prevalence of paramyxovirus-1 infection in pigeon of some selected areas in Bangladesh 2009-2010

4 Md. Zakir Hossain

Dept. of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, CVASU Detection of antibiotic residues in meat of slaughter animals (cattle & goat) by microbiological multi-plate test and thin layer chromatography 2009-2010

5 Sayed Mohammed Ullah Dept. of Genetics & Animal Breeding, CVASU Study on the Chromosomes of Bangladeshi chicken

2009-2010

6 Sumon Ghosh

Dept. of Genetics & Animal Breeding, CVASU Adoption of suitable milk recording system in small holder-farming 2009-2010

7 Suchandan Sikder

Department of Medicine & Surgery, CVASU Sero-surveillance of brucellosis in cattle of Chittagong District of Bangladesh 2010-2011

8 Shohidul Islam Khokon

Department of Medicine & Surgery, CVASU Effect of mastitis on fertility in dairy cattle of Chittagong district of Bangladesh 2010-2011

9 Shahana Ahmed

Department of Animal Science & Nutrition, CVASU Effect of modified diet and beef tallow on lamb plasma lipid profile, fattening and carcass characteristics 2010-2011

10 Md. Zohorul Islam

Department of Microbiology & Veterinary Public Health, CVASU Prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in cattle on smallholdings in Bangladesh 2010-2011

11 Tahmina Bilkis

Dept. of Genetics & Animal Breeding, CVASU Study on the non-disjunction and sex-linked traits inheritance of Drosophila melanogaster 2010-2011

12 A.S.M. Golam Kibria

Department of Anatomy & Histology, CVASU Postnatal development of the urethral passage in relation to the age of castration in Black Bengal Goat 2010-2011

13 Subrata Kumar Shil

Department of Anatomy & Histology, CVASU Histological and morphometric analyses of seasonal testicular variations of quail of Bangladesh 2011-2012

14 Khadija Begum Dewan

Department of Microbiology & Veterinary Public Health, CVASU Prevalence study of hemolytic Gallibacterium sp in chicken in Bangladesh 2011-2012

15 Md. Ziaul Karim

Department of Animal Science & Nutrition, CVASU The effects of replacing soybean meal with rubber seed meal on the growth performance and carcass quality of broilers 2011-2012

16 Md. Al Mamun

Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, CVASU Study on biochemical indices of indigenous cattle in Khagrachari hill district in Bangladesh 2011-2012

PRTC Research:

A. Research Projects Conducted by PRTC:

SL Title of the Research Project In Collaboration with Funder Status

1 A study on the prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasite in crossbreed calves & their level of resistance against parasitic infestation - PRTC Completed

2 A coordinated project onto the surveillance of important infectious, zoonotic and emerging diseases of livestock and poultry in Bangladesh PRTC in collaboration with Bangladesh Agricultural University NATP Phase-1, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) Completed

3 Least cost feed formulation for poultry through the production of fermented yeast product from locally available feed resources PRTC & Department of Animal Science & Nutrition, CVASU Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) Completed

4 Capacity Enhancement for Postgraduate Research and Training at Poultry Research and Training Centre of CVASU - HEQEP, UGC (World Bank) Completed

5 Detection and molecular characterization of highly pathogenic H5N1 and low pathogenic H9N2 avian influenza viruses & their relative impacts on commercial farm PRTC & Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health, CVASU BAS-USDA Program in Agriculture and Life Sciences Completed

6 Joint work and cooperation in the framework of the Sink Surveillance program to assist the Government of Bangladesh to improve the detection and understanding of the AI virus dynamics in Live Bird Markets (FAOBGDLOA2017-012) - FAO Completed

7 Increasing livestock production in the hills through providing better husbandry, health services and improving marketing access through value and supply chain management

PRTC, Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, CVASU, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) and Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) Completed

8 Fleming Fund Country Grant for Bangladesh

- UK Ongoing

B. PRTC Laboratory Support to Other Research Projects:

SL Title of the research project Collaborator Funder Status

1 Controlling and monitoring emerging zoonoses in the poultry farming and trading system in Bangladesh: an interplay between pathogens, people, policy

- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, under the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme, UK Completed

2 Development of udder health control programme in dairy cows in Bangladesh

- National Veterinary Institute, Sweden Completed

3 Genetic characterization of best egg producing hilly chickens: identified by climate change factors

- Ministry of Science and Technology Ongoing

4 UKRI-GCRF One Health Poultry Hub

- GCRF, UK Ongoing