CHENNAI: To enhance the probability of birth of female colves, which in turn will help increcise milk production in the country, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Notional Dairy Services (NDS) will soon dedicate the indigenous sex sorting technology to the nation. Speaking on the initiative, Meenesh Shah, Chairman of NDDB and NDS said that they are developing the indigenous sex sorting of bovine semen is being undertaken at Alamadhi Sernen Station in Tiruvallur district near Chennai with the support of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India. “We have planned to dedicate the indigenously developed technology of bovine semen to the nation in August.
The production and field trials of the new Indian technology are currently under way whose results are expected to arrive by August 2024, Shah said while interacting with DT Next at Alamadhi Semen Station, “We scorted the trial ur of the indigenous technology in Marea 7074 of Alamedhi and to cote, 5,000 doses of sex-sorted hovine semen now been produced. Post the review at the trial results the technology can be dedicated to the nation. The noted Claborating on the importance. Shah said, “So for any US sex corting technology has beer used in Incia. A single-cose surow sperm is sold for F 1000 in US sechnology. But with current indigenous techroogy, its market cost will be any 1/3rd of that of US technology. That means Rs 200 to Rs 400 only. Due to this formers in India can generate more income by procusing more cows and procuring mils. Incia’s in lk production and economy will also grow. With less than 1.1 per cent of people inseminating cows this way so far this ruber will increase in the coming cays and the number of cows will increase significantly.”
According to Shah, the frozen semen of bulls of high genetic merit being produced at Alamadhi Semen Station is immensely beneficial for dairy farmers in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Kerala, and Karnataka among others.
“Annually, the station produces and sells 10 million semen doses under the brand `Superior animal Genetics’ and the brand commands a market share of close to 40 per cent across the country, ” he said, adding that with the high genetic merit
semen, the daily milk potential of indigenous breeds including Kangeyam of Tamil
Nadu, Punganur and Ongole from Andhra Pradesh, Vechur from Kerala and Hallikar, Amiritmahal, Malnadu Gidda of Karnataka, are about 15 litres and that of exotic breeds ranges between 25-30 litres.
The Alamadhi station is involved in implementation of Artificial Insemination projects in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission.
Source : Dtnext
