This book has been designed to fulfill the needs of students and faculty and has been developed based on practical experiences gained in previous classes, as well as information obtained from standard textbooks of Veterinary Anatomy and Madras Veterinary College lecture notes prepared by the faculty of the Madras Veterinary College in Chennai.

The book provides detailed information on various topics and is accompanied by hand-drawn diagrams and photographs of original specimens available in the department.

Prof. T.S Chandrasekhara Rao has vast experience of administration for more than 10 years as Dean, Faculty of  Veterinary Science SVVU, Tirupati. He served as Director of Research (FAC) for two and half years, Associate Dean College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati  for  3  years  and  Head  of  the  Department  of  Anatomy,  College  of  Veterinary Science, Tirupati for 12 years. Dr. Rao was Member, Board of Management, KVAFSU, Academic  Council,  TANUVAS  and  KVAFSU,  Sectoral  Committee of  Accreditation Board  of  ICAR,  Governing  Council,  NAVS  for  two  terms, Advisory  Body  of National Testing Agency, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India for All India ICAR-UG, PG and JRF/SRF Examination and  advisory  body  of  VCI,  FAO  Fellow  at  Cornell  University,  USA,  President, Indian Assoc.  of  Vet. Anatomists for six years and PI of ICAR Ad hoc Research Scheme. He was conferred Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam outstanding Teacher award of ICAR and  Meritorious Teacher Award  of  Govt. of A.P. and is Fellow of IAVA,NAVS and IAAVR  and authored one text book, two monographs, a chapter  in ‘ICAR Hand Book of Animal Husbandry” and prepared 12 Laboratory Manuals. He has published 169 research papers, guided 8 research scholars and organized three national Conferences. He was referee for 9 Journals and Member Editorial Board of Indian Buffalo Journal, and Indian journal of Vet. Research. He was Chairman, BSMAC on Basic veterinary sciences for revision of ICAR PG regulations and syllabus 2020 and is also Chairman of the commttee of ICAR for revision of ARS syllabus for basic veterinary sciences (2022). He is on Expert panel for recruitment of Teachers of 16 universities, UPSC and ASRB, Member, Research Council, KVASU and Academic Council, BEST Innovation University and  Member, QRT of IVRI.

Prof. P. Jagapathi Ramayya is presently working as Technical Officer to Vice-Chancellor of SVVU, Tirupati. He joined in the service as an Assistant Professor on 5-3-1999. His specialization is Developmental anatomy and Histology. He completed his B.V.Sc & AH in 1993 and M.V.Sc during 1997 from ANGRAU and Ph.D during 2007 from GADVASU, Ludhiana.  He  is  recipient  of  State  best  teacher  award,  Fellow  Indian  Association  of Veterinary Anatomists  (2016),  Dr. A.M  Srivastava Award  for  Best  Ph.D  thesis,  Dr.  P.S Lalitha Award (2009) for Best publication in IJVA and Dr. G.Rajeswara Rao Memorial award  (2011).  He  Published  92  research  publications  in  various  Journals  of  National  and  International repute and he is referee for 8 National and International journals. He guided 5 M.V.Sc and 3 Ph.D students of Veterinary Anatomy. He is Principal Investigator of NAHEP (I.G) project of ICAR, New Delhi. He is author for Text Book entitled “Fundamentals of Developmental Anatomy” Published in 2012. He prepared 6 Lab manuals for U.G and P.G courses and he also Prepared “Virtual Dissection Software of Cow” as an alternative for dissection in Veterinary Anatomy at CVSc, Tirupati. 

Unit 1: General Anatomy, Unit 2: Fore Limb, Unit 3: Head And Neck, Unit 4: Thorax, Unit 5: Abdomen, Unit 6: Pelvis And Hind Limb