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Punjab gets Holstein Friesian breed bulls to enhance germ plasm
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SME Times News Bureau | 27 Dec, 2020
Punjab has received four Holstein Friesian breed bulls, imported from
Germany, to enhance germ plasm of crossbreed cows, state Animal
Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said
on Sunday.
He said under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, the
National Dairy Development Board has provided the bulls to to the state
to boost milk production and to improve breed of milch cattle.
As
the traditional agriculture is no longer lucrative owing to rapidly
increasing cost of food production, the state is focusing on developing
dairy as an allied farming sector, he said.
Additional Chief
Secretary, Animal Husbandry, V.K. Janjua said the imported bulls are in
the age of 10 to 12 months and semen production will start in two years.
He
said during first year 8,000-10,000 semen straw production is expected
from them and will increase to 25,000 semen straws in the coming years.
The exotic germ plasm would be introduced into the local gene pool, resulting in overall improvement of the breed, Janjua said.
Director
Animal Husbandry H.S. Kahlon said the bulls have been kept at the semen
bank in Ropar town. When the semen production will start, the semen
straws will be distributed to all veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
of districts through it.
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