Business Prospects of Bovine IVF and Dairy Genetics in India
The dairy industry has long been a pillar of rural economies throughout India’s enormous and varied agricultural environment. With over 300 million cows and buffaloes nationwide, dairy farming is an important sector that supports millions of farmers. However, issues with milk yield, genetic quality, disease control, and herd management techniques have historically hampered the sector’s […]
Could an IVF calf help reduce dairy’s global emissions?
Hilda is the first calf of the Langhill cow herd — based in southern Scotland — to be born through IVF and has been bred to produce less methane. Cattle burps and manure produce methane, a planet-heating greenhouse gas which is up to 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time scale. Livestock generate around 30% […]
IIL launches Indigenous IVF Media for embryo transfer
The latest IVF media would make the IVF technology more affordable to farmers, reducing costs and enhancing the farmer-centric model of animal husbandry and dairy development. Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccine manufacturer, has announced the launch of “Shashthi” an indigenous In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) media developed in collaboration with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). […]
India gets its first IVF mobile unit for animals in Gujarat’s Amreli
India on Sunday got its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile unit for animals in Gujarat’s Amreli. The mobile IVF lab was inaugurated by union minister Purushottam Rupala. According to the minister, the IVF mobile van was “dedicated in a joint venture of the Government of India and Amar Dairy.” This is India’s first IVF […]
Animal husbandry department is looking at creating Cow factories in India
The Animal Husbandry department is looking at creating ‘cow factories’ in which embryos and semen from superior breed cattle, fertilised in labs, will then be implanted into low-productive cows owned by farmers. Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary (Animal Husbandry), told ThePrint that since 2017 — when the first calf was born in India through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) […]
India targets avg milk yield from 1861 to 3000 Kgs/yr : Atul Chaturvedi
India’s journey from a milk deficit country to one of surplus has been momentous. Initiated in 1970, Operation Flood was arguably the world’s most ambitious dairy development programme that transformed India into one of the largest milk producers. India’s milk production rate in the past few decades has, in many ways, been symbolic of the […]
India targets avg milk yield from 1861 to 3000 Kgs/yr : Atul Chaturvedi
India’s journey from a milk deficit country to one of surplus has been momentous. Initiated in 1970, Operation Flood was arguably the world’s most ambitious dairy development programme that transformed India into one of the largest milk producers. India’s milk production rate in the past few decades has, in many ways, been symbolic of the […]