All
the necessary requirements for the successful conduct of the courses
are available in the two stations of Training centre. Boarding and lodging
facilities are given in the premises itself. Well established technical
library, reading hall, class rooms and practical halls facilitate proper
training.
A
separate laboratory with all necessary equipment and instruments is
built specially for trainees on ‘Frozen Semen Technology’.
A well established lab with all facilities are available for training
on “Embryo transfer technique”. Enough culled female animals
are kept in the farm for the trainees to handle them for the courses
on ‘Fertility problems in Female Bovines’ and ‘A.I.
with Frozen Semen’ etc. A well equipped fodder seed laboratory
with capacity of processing and storing 50 M.T. seeds is available at
Dhoni which is very useful for training in fodder production and fodder
seed processing. Modern teaching aids and demonstration units are amply
used in order to improve the training quality.
Within
the premises of the Training Centre Mattupatti and Dhoni there are :-
| |
Mattupatti
|
Dhoni |
| Breedable
female cattle (Nos.) |
100 |
75 |
| Crossbred
bulls (Nos.) |
100 |
100 |
| Semen
lab (annual production 10-15 lakh) |
1 |
1 |
| E-T-lab |
1 |
- |
| Calf
rearing station (Nos) |
1 |
1 |
| Slaughter
house (Nos) |
1 |
1 |
| Grassland
(Ha) |
160 |
8 |
| Leys
(Ha) |
30 |
50 |
| Basic
fodder seed farm (Ha) |
- |
10 |
| Quality
control unit |
- |
1 |
In addition to the above, the following facilities of the KLD Board
are available for demonstration and practical work.
| Farm
with similar facilities as Mattupatti at Kulathupuzha. |
| Field
progeny testing scheme. |
| Large
scale frozen semen distribution system. |
| Fodder
promotion activities. |
| Fodder
seed production programme. |
| Fodder
seed testing and quality control station |
| Central
seed store having two ton capacity |
| Data
processing station. |
| Goat
breeding centre |
| Pig
breeding centre |
| Quality
control unit |
|