Directorate of Animal Husbandry

The Animal Husbandry Directorate is housed in Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.

The overall technical, administrative and financial control is vested with the Director, supported by two Additional Directors, two Joint Directors, six Deputy Directors and five Assistant Directors, attached to the Directorate.

The major technical wings at the Directorate are Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Planning, Livestock Production, Poultry and Animal Husbandry Statistics.

Administrative wing of the Department comprises of an Administrative Officer, Finance Officer, two Administrative Assistants and one Accounts Officer.

A Statistical wing is functioning in the Directorate under the guidance of Joint Director (Statistics). The cell consists of two wings - the Official statistics wing and the Sample Survey wing. One Research Officer is allotted to Official Statistics wing and two Research Officers to the Sample Survey wing.