Policy Notes - TNAU Agritech Portal

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION:The department introduced ArtificialInsemination with liquid semen of exotic and gradedbreeds since 1948. Further, with the introduction offrozen semen during 1975, liquid semen wasgradually replaced and all the Artificial InseminationCentres started using frozen semen from 1993onwards. Artificial Insemination work is beingcarried out at 3,258 Centres functioning in theState.Animal Husbandry Department is procuringhigh quality Frozen Semen Straws with highyielding germplasm through Tamil Nadu LivestockDevelopment Agency (TNLDA) to improve the milkproduction potential of breedable animals and forfaster multiplication of genetically superior milkproduction traits in the State. Artificial Inseminationis being carried out at 3,258 Artificial InseminationCentres functioning in the State. Apart from theabove institutions, this work is also being carried outin the camps organized for this purpose, "KalnadaiPadhukappu Thittam" camps and in remotevillages, through mobile veterinary units, by privateArtificial Insemination workers trained by TamilNadu Livestock Development Agency and byutilising the services of unemployed veterinarygraduates under World Bank assisted Tamil NaduIrrigated Agriculture Modernization and WaterbodiesRestoration and Management Project.During 2009-10, 38.05 lakhs of ArtificialInseminations were done and it is proposed to carryout 39.00 lakhs Artificial Insemination during2010-11.Year wise Artificial Insemination particularsare as follows:Sl.No1Work done Breed 2007-08ArtificialInsemination2008-09(In lakhs)2009-102010-11ProposedTargetCattle 32.19 33.35 35.52 36.30Buffalo 2.60 2.45 2.53 2.70Total 34.79 35.80 38.05 39.003031