Herd Strength - Cattle farms

        All the farm units together, have a livestock strength of 3916 which includes 670 cattle, 11 buffaloes, 390 goats and 2845  pigs (position as on 31-03-2004).  The exotic bulls (JY & HF), selected from the best possible sources either by way of direct import or by the import of embryos are being maintained at the  Mattupatti farm wherein the climatic conditions suit them the most.


Herd structure of the cattle farm unit (as on 31.03.2004)

 

MALES

FEMALES

BREEDS

MTY

DHN

KPZ

ALL

MTY

DHN

KPZ

ALL
 

ADULT BULLS

COWS

JY

4

-

-

4

1

-

-

1

HF

2

-

-

2

3

-

-

3

CB

2

5

19

26

26

11

-

37

CJ

20

27

25

72

56

16

-

72

CH

20

24

16

60

20

11

-

31

BUF

-

3

-

3

-

-

-

-

Sub Total

48

59

60

167

106

38

-

144

BREEDS

BULLS UNDER TRAINING

BREEDABLE HEIFERS

HF

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CB

3

2

3

8

5

1

-

6

CJ

13

2

18

33

38

9

-

47

CH

5

2

7

14

15

4

-

19

BUF

-

8

-

8

-

-

-

-

Sub Total

21

14

28

63

58

14

-

72

BREEDS

GROWING STOCK

GROWING STOCK

HF

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CB

9

9

3

21

13

1

-

14

CJ

60

24

6

90

32

10

-

42

CH

19

16

3

38

24

6

-

30

BUF

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sub Total

88

49

12

149

69

17

-

86

G. Total

157

122

100

379

233

69

-

302

       At the beginning of the programme, pure exotic stock  and zebu females were used for producing the crossbred animals. On development of a composite breed, the Sunandini  emphasis was  mainly on enhancing their performance through selective breeding.  However, with the expansion of the crossbreeding programme to the northern districts, the pure bred bulls, viz.  Jersey and Holstein were introduced into the farm units.  The inheritance from Brown Swiss breed is gradually disappearing from the nucleus herd due to replacement with animals having higher  inheritance from Jersey and Holstein Friesian breeds.

Infrastructure Development In The Growth Process Of KLDB

1963 Mattupatti farm
1966 Base Farm, Peermedu 1970 RSB Mavelikkara 1974 Kulathupuzha farm
1975 Training Centre, Mattupatti
1975 RSB Kulathupuzha 1976 Dhoni farm
1977 Cattle Breeding & Progeny Testing coordination center, Muvattupuzha
1979 Seed Production Unit Thodupuzha (now at Chakkupallom)
1981 RSB Muvattupuzha 1983 RSB Kannur
1983 Seed Farm, Dhoni 1984 Central Seed Store, and Seed Testing Lab., Dhoni
1985 RSB Puthuppady 1985 RSB Chalakudy
1989 Seed Production Unit Pattambi (now at Dhoni)
1991 ET Unit, Mattupatti 1992 RSB Dhoni
1992 Training Centre Dhoni
1992 Quality Control unit, Dhoni 1994 Goat Breeding Centre, Dhoni
1995 New HO Building, Trivandrum
1996 Pig Breeding Centre, Puthoor, Thrissur