| 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. |
| 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. |