Tag: Breeding

Breeding Policy For Cattle

Animal husbandry is the State subject and most of the States have formulated its own breeding policy for cattle deciding on choice of breed, cross breeding strategy, animals of different breeds required, breeding goals in terms of expected genetic progress to be achieved, specific breeding programmes and the control measures that should be adopted to achieve the desired genetic gains in the population.  As per Basic Animal Husbandry statistics 2020, the average milk productivity of Indigenous including non descript cattle in the country is 3.08 kg per animal per day during 2019- 20. ... Read more