The activities of the Board are  carried out by the two technical  wings  viz :Animal  Husbandry and Fodder Development.
The  major responsibilities of the Animal Husbandry wing are:

Management of around 750 heads cattle in 3 cattle breeding farms.
Production of 80 crossbred young bulls annually through a systematically laid out nominated mating of the elite cows with proven bulls.
Procurement of about 80 superior male calves, born to  elite cows mated with proven bulls from the farmer’s herd in the milk recorded area.
Selection and management of about 160 breeding bulls.
Management of about 20 pedigreed Murrah buffalo bulls for semen production.
Production of about 3.0 million doses of frozen semen annually.
Quality control of frozen semen.
Applied research on cattle breeding and frozen semen technology.
Implementation of the breeding policy of the state aimed at the creation of a new breed of cattle, by way of supplying frozen semen of suitable genetic makeup under a definite bull rotation programme.
Supply of about 1.5 million doses of  frozen  semen (cattle and buffalo) to over 2900 AI  centres spread across the state through the 7 Regional Semen Banks.
Sale of around 1 million  doses  of  frozen  semen outside the State.
Production / procurement and supply of  0.5 million litres of  liquid  nitrogen (LN)  annually   to over 2900 AI centers for  storage and preservation of semen.
Study on the production and reproduction parameters of about  3000 Sunandini cows in the field every year  through an  established field performance recording system.
Evaluation and selection of young Sunandini bulls through the progeny testing scheme.
Training in various fields of livestock production.
Liaison with the Department of Animal Husbandry for the successful implementation of the breeding programme of the state.
Application of the Embryo transfer technique in the bull production programme.
Management of a herd of about 200 Malabari and 100 Boer goats & supplying high quality breeding stock to the farmers.
Building up of breeding stock required for the production of about 10000 piglets to be supplied  to the farmers.

The Fodder Development Wing of the  Board  is  responsible for :

Fodder production  in the Board farms as per requirements
Conduct of trials for the selection of suitable varieties of grasses,  legumes and fodder trees.
Management trials with selected fodder varieties.
Production of foundation seeds from the selected fodder varieties  in the Board farms and seed multiplication in the field through  registered seed growers
Procurement, testing, quality control, processing, storage of fodder seeds and  formulation of seed mixtures for different  requirements.
Marketing of seeds and fodder slips through various developmental agencies.
Promotion of fodder and fodder seeds, demonstration of the package of  practices, follow up and feed back.
Liaison with other  agencies of the State in the field of fodder development.
Training in various fields of fodder production.