PGDOH Dissertation work of Dr.  Sathya sooryan A. M received Best research paper Award (Session on Livestock and Poultry Health and production) during the 7th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference of the Commonwealth Veterinary Association that was held from 3^rd to 7^th March 2019 at National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore India. The work was on occurrence and characterization of E. coli from broiler chicken. The work was done under the guidance of Dr. Senthil Murugan