Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology was established in 1961. Post-graduate study programme started in the year 1972. Ph. D. degree programme partly by papers and partly by research has been instituted from the year 2004. So far more than 90 candidates completed M.V.Sc. successfully and three have completed Ph.D. by research and course work. At present the department is recognized by the medical and paramedical institutes in Mumbai for its expertise in the fields of Experimental Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics.

Faculty of this department has developed enumerable protocols for various studies.  Department has expertise in clinical studies in animals and has undertaken clinical trials for antibiotics, anthelmintics, anti-mastitic preparations, acaricides, coccidiostats, growth promoters etc. Department has expertise in toxicity studies in laboratory animals which include LD 50  studies, subacute toxicity study on insecticides, pesticides, drugs, skin/eye irritation tests, dermal toxicity studies, etc.  This department has successfully organized two national conferences in 1995. IInd National convention of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and XIII Annual conference of Society of Toxicology. 

Department has a cell for providing consultancy services and formulating various pharmacy preparations to the need of pet owners and dairy farmers. Various techniques have been standardized in the department, viz. Large glass assay plate for antibiotic assay, Collection of various biological fluids viz. tissue fluid, tears, bile, saliva in large animals, Screening of drugs anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, antipyretic, antiobesity, antidiabetic, anticonvulsive, analgesic, antibacterial activity.

• Thrust Areas:
• Pharmacokinetics: Pharmacokinetics and safety evaluation of fourth-generation fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins, and other recently introduced antibiotics.
• Pharmaceutical formulations