Achiever's Success Story
A pioneer in veterinary herbal medicine and a translational scientist - The concept of Ethno- veterinary Medicine (EVM) is unique and supports Global One Health Initiative
Rtn.PHF. Prof. N. Punniamurthy‘s work is unique ; first of its kind with clinical success. He has been involved in documentation, validation, research and extension activities of traditional knowledge based herbal medicine since 2002. The important attributes of clinically effective functional herbal remedies was well envisaged by Dr..Punniamurthy from the start, which now augurs well with the global concept of Antimicrobial résistance (AMR) and drug-residue reduction in foods of animal origin.. The successful dissemination of EVM in the clinical setting under rural field conditions involving, the small /marginal farmers, mostly women was the driving force behind his venture in a stand-alone mode.,.
The traditional knowledge based herbal medicine obviates the use of antimicrobial compounds in livestock/poultry production and health. The local herbs have paved the way for clean milk, meat and egg production. The effects are measurable by the very basic tenets of modern science such as repeatability, reproducibility through subjective and objective assessment of relevant parameters. His research publications would vouch for that. This antibiotic-residue free milk production effort has now spread over to 30 milk-unions in 14 states all over India covering millions of dairy animals through Animal health Group of NDDB, India. The programme mooted by Prof Punniamurthy is officially recommended by the government departments of Animal husbandry of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim and Haryana. And more training programmes on EVM for vets are to happen soon within the country and outside India . EVM will soon be part of Veterinary curriculum. Since 2010 the Indian scenario is influenced by Dr. N. Punniamurthy as a one man army against the misuse of antimicrobials. This led to lndo-Dutch -African initiative to reduce antibiotic-residues in milk through EVM. The organizations which disseminate his model of traditional siddha based herbal veterinary health care include TANUVAS, TDU, NDDB. BAIF, DST, NLF international and its partners. On a day to day basis, the herbal recipes of Dr.Punniamurthy are used for the health and welfare of hundreds of thousands of dairy animals across India and other countries wherever he is involved .
In 2010 Jan (4th to 6th) he organized an International Conference and workshop with the theme on “Mainstreaming Traditional wisdom on livestock keeping and herbal medicine for sustainable rural livelihood” in association with FRLHT, Bangalore, Tamil University, Saraswati Mahal Library and South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur.
In the light of the above facts he has contributed substantially to the animal welfare through his innovative EVM approach and also continue to work actively across the world now; He is a veterinarian excelling in protecting animal health and welfare with long term implications globally. He has founded GLOHMSIWA Res Labs Private limited and currently its Managing Director and co-founded Yourfarm Agri Tech a start-up and a digital platform for telemedicine with end to end solutions for livestock health care, a first of its kind globally.