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Project Directorate on Cattle (ICAR)

Coordinating Cell:

Modipuram, Meerut,
Uttar Pradesh

Objectives:

• Studies on nutritional efficiency and requirements of Frieswal cattle for growth and production
• To set-up gene bank on cattle germplasm
• To evaluate sires for progeny testing and disseminating newly evolved germplasm on large scale in Military Farms
• To undertake field progeny testing of crossbred bulls in different agro-climatic regions
• To evaluate and improve important dual purpose indigenous cattle breeds

Centres for Indigenous Breeds:

• CCS HAU, Hisar
• APAU, Lam Farm, Guntur

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Centres for Field Progeny Testing:

• PAU, Ludhiana
• BAIF, Uruli Kanchan
• Kerala Agril Univ, Mannuthy

Bull Rearing Centre & Modern Semen Freezing and Nutrition Laboratories:

• Military Farm, Meerut.

Frieswal Breeding Centres:

• All Military Farms in the country.

Network Programme on Embryo Transfer Technology in Animal Production

Coordinating Unit: Indian Council of Agril Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.

Centres — Akola: PKV; Anand: GAU; Bangalore: NIANP; Bikaner: RAU; Mumbai: Mumbai Vet Coll; Durg: IGKVV; Ludhiana: PAU; Chennai: Vet Coll, TNVASU; Palampur: HPKVV; Thrisur: Kerala Agril Univ.

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Network Collaborative Programme on Crop-based Animal Production Systems

Coordinating Unit: Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), Jhansi.

Centres — Avikanagar, Jhansi, Bikaner, Makhdoom, Mukhteshwar.

Network Programme on Agricultural By-products & Animal Feeds —

Coordinating Unit: Indian Council of Agril Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. Centres — Anand, Mumbai, Hisar, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Uruli-Kanchan.

Network Programme on Micronutrients in Animal Nutrition & Production

Coordinating Unit: Indian Council of Agril Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.

Centres — Bangalore, Guwahati, Jabalpur, Chennai, Mohanpur, Thrisur,.

All India Coordinated Research Project on Buffalo

Coordinating Centre: Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar.

Centres — Murrah: Alamadi (Central Cattle Breeding Farm, GOI), Banvasi-AP (Govt Livestock Farm), Hastinapur-UP (Govt Livestock Farm), Hisar (CIRB & HAU), Izatnagar (IVRI), Karnal (NDRI), Ludhiana (PAU), Majhra-UP (Govt Livestock Farm), Mamnoor-AP (Govt Livestock Farm); Suriti: Vallabhanagar (RAU).

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All India Coordinated Research Project on Goat Improvement

Coordinating Centre: Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), Makhdoom, Farah.

All India Coordinated Research Project on Animal Disease Monitoring & Surveillance

c/o Institute of Animal Health & Veterinary Biologicals, Bangalore.

Centres: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Pune (BAIF).

All India Coordinated Research Project for Epidemiological Studies on Foot and Mouth Disease

Coordinating Unit: Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar.

Central Laboratory: IVRI, Mukteswar.

Regional Centres — Bangalore, Guwahati, Hisar. Network Units: Calcutta, Hyderabad, Mathura, Pune, Ranipet. Voluntary Units—Anand & Ooty: NDDB.

All India Coordinated Research Project on Intracellular Blood Protista

College of Vet Sc, CCS Haryana Agril Univ, Hisar. Centres: Hisar, Ludhiana, Madras, Patna, Izatnagar (IVRI).

National Research Centre on Mithun

Bishnupur, Near Sankardev College, Shillong.

National Research Centre on Yak

Dirang, West Kameng Dist, Arunachal Pradesh.

Research Projects: Surveys and resource studies on Yaks; Feed and fodder resources at variable altitudes grazed by the Yaks; Productive straits and reproductive behaviour of Yaks; Physiological adaptation at high altitude and nutritional requirements of Yaks; Incidence of diseases in Yaks.

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