Punjab team to visit Brazil to study indigenous cows

A six-member Punjab government delegation, including two dairy farmers, will leave for Brazil on April 2 for a ten-day tour to study how Indian indigenous cow breeds are being better managed there.

The tour is being undertaken under the directions of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who has been focusing on improvement and promotion of indigenous cow breeds in Punjab for some time now.

The focus of the tour will be Indian indigenous breeds, including Gir, Tharpakar and Kankrej, whose germplasm were imported by Brazil from India. Brazil now claims to have achieved higher milk yield and better animal health after working for decades on the germplasm taken from India.

Gir is from Gujarat and Tharparkar and Kankrej are indigenous breeds from Gujarat and Rajasthan desert pockets. The delegation will also study how Brazil manages unwanted animals and produces healthier cattle using selective breeding. The quality and level of nutrition being fed to Indian indigenous breeds there, leading to higher milk production and better reproduction, will be studied. Their record keeping system will also be analysed. Read More….

 

Punjab team to visit Brazil to study indigenous cows