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Medical doctors within the 50 km radius of Chadalawada farm have been entrusted with the duty of roping in farmers for manufacturing of Ongole breed of cattle utilizing the superior know-how
Medical doctors within the 50 km radius of Chadalawada farm have been entrusted with the duty of roping in farmers for manufacturing of Ongole breed of cattle utilizing the superior know-how
The Ongole breed of cattle, flourishing between Gundlakamma and Musi rivers in Prakasam district for hundreds of years, now face the specter of turning into endangered within the land of origin.
To reverse this development, the Andhra Pradesh Livestock Improvement Company(APLDA) has advanced an motion plan to proactively take up In Vitro fertilization(IVF)/ embryo switch(ET) know-how in and across the State-run Chadalawada farm to provide high-yielding dairy animals, in accordance with the company’s Chief Government Officer M. Srinivasa Rao.
Accordingly, veterinary medical doctors within the 50 km radius of the farm have been entrusted with the duty of roping in farmers for manufacturing of Ongole breed of cattle utilizing the superior know-how for multiplication of superior feminine germplasm at a a lot quicker fee, he stated.
“The federal government farm at Chadalawada will act because the nodal farm with a view to construct confidence amongst farmers to lift superior calves swiftly,” its Deputy Director B. Ravi says in a dialog with The Hindu on Sunday.
Contemporary or frozen semen of Excessive Genetic Benefit(HGM) Ongole bulls will likely be organized from the State-run farms within the area, together with Chintaladevi in neighbouring SPSR Nellore district.
The Meeting constituencies chosen for promotion of the know-how are Ongole, S.N. Padu, Kondepi, Chirala and Parchur in undivided Prakasam district.
Every of the veterinary medical doctors within the area ought to facilitate manufacturing at the least one heifer of excessive genetic worth by the ET programme inside their jurisdiction in an 12 months’s time.
The know-how will likely be used additionally to provide excessive yielding Murrah buffalo calves within the subsequent section, he provides.
