Meghalaya imported five German bulls for improving cattle populations

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 26, 2022

Central Semen bank has been established at Intensive Cattle Development Project, Upper Shillong for collection, processing, storage and distribution of semen extracted from elite improved breeds of bulls.

It is a state of art technology set up with the objectives to collect and store semen of improved breeds of bulls for upgradation of local cattle population through Artificial insemination.

The semen is collected, analysed and distributed to Stockman centres across the State for the purpose of Artificial insemination (AI) of local nondescript cattle for breed improvement and increasing cattle population as well increasing milk and beef production.

The Central Semen bank has a Bull farm where elite bulls of popular exotic breeds such as HF, Jersey and indigenous breed such as Red Sindhi, Ongole, Tharparkar, Gir and Sahiwal are maintained for semen collection. 5 (five) pure HF bulls are recently imported from Germany to improve local cattle population.

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The Semen straws are prepared and distributed to field for AI exercise by storing in liquid nitrogen. The Semen bank also has a Liquid Nitrogen Production plant with 10 litre capacity per hour.

During 2020-21, about 20,000 Frozen semen straws(FSS) have been produced and distributed for AI. So far, Artificial insemination has been done in 65,000 local cows.