POST GRADUATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ANIMAL SCIENCES, KATTUPAKKAM
RESEARCH SCHEMES IN OPERATION
NETWORK PROJECT ON SHEEP IMPROVEMENT (MADRAS RED)
Funding agency : ICAR
Budget : Rs. 61.84 lakhs
Salient achievements
Complete survey on Madras Red sheep undertaken
Sixteen villages covered
126 farmers registered
752 superior breeding rams distributed
Performance of Madras Red sheep in the adopted village improved by 25%
Extending continuous health cover
ALL INDIA CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON PIGS
Funding agency : ICAR
Budget : Rs. 58.00 lakhs
Salient achievements
Improved the performance of local black pigs by crossbreeding with LWY
Studied the performance of 50 % crossbred pigs
Evaluated the performance of 75 % crossbred pigs
50 % crossbred pigs (LWY x Desi)
75% crossbred pigs (LWY x Desi)
NADP SCHEME ON "POPULARIZING MODEL FODDER SEED BANK AT FARMERS' FIELD TO AUGMENT FODDER PRODUCTION"
Funding agency : Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Budget : Rs. 19.64 lakhs
Salient achievements
Commenced in three centre of TANUVAS
Identified six livestock farmers from ten districts of Tamil Nadu
Trained the beneficiaries for fodder cultivation
Established wet land and dry land model plots for fodder production at farmers field
Supplied inputs to the farmers
CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME ON BIOTECH CENTRE FOR FECUNDITY GENES
Funding agency : Govt. of India
Budget : Rs. 202.00 lakhs
Objectives
Establishment of Biotech laboratory at PGRIAS, Kattupakkam
Genotyping of Fec B gene in 8 sheep breeds of Tamil Nadu
Introgression of Fec B gene in Madras Red, Mecheri and Nilagiri breeds of sheep
Extension
Offers advisory services, hands-=on training cum lectures to practicing farmers, entrepreneurs and sale superior germplasm to the farming community
Education
Imparting internship training on scientific livestock farming to the internees of Madras Veterinary College and Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal
Offer guidance to the postgraduate and Ph.D. students to carry out research work in livestock and poultry
