Tirupati: TTD set a report in breeding high-yielding Desi Sahiwal calf by way of Ongole cow utilizing newest embryo transfer (ET) technology with the surrogate Ongole Desi cow delivering the calf.

TTD Executive Officer A V Dharma Reddy, who visited TTD Gosamrakshana Sala on Sunday, hailed the breakthrough achievement of the Gosala efficiently implementing the ET which he stated would go a good distance in producing increasingly more high-yielding Desi breeds.

Later chatting with the media at SV Goshala, the TTD EO stated the primary Sahiwal calf was born by way of synthetic insemination of semen from a Sahiwal breed and the embryo was developed utilizing IVF (In vitro fertilisation) and embryo was transferred to Desi Ongole cow which delivered the bovine on Saturday evening. It was named as Padmavati, he stated.

An MoU for selling desi breeds by way of ET was inked between TTD and AP Veterinary University on the suggestion of AP Chief Secretary Dr Ok S Jawahar Reddy when he was working as TTD Executive Officer with an purpose to make the Desi cows like Ongole breed extra productive for fulfilling the TTD every day milk necessities together with for rituals in its temples and in addition making prasadams for providing to deities within the shrines, EO recalled and stated efforts had been on to get extra variety of high-yielding Desi cows from north by way of donors to extend TTD milk manufacturing.

The EO stated “the milk, curd, ghee and butter from high-breed desi cows are actually rolled out for naivedyam, dhoopa, deepa and Nitya Kainkaryams on the Srivari temple. TTD has already gathered 200 desi breed animals and the trouble by way of breeding utilizing ET was to boost one other 300 animals to fulfill the every day wants of Srivari temple.

He stated so as to enhance the well being and amount of milk and different merchandise, TTD has already arrange a feed mixing plant on the Goshala and the goal is to boost 3,000-4,000 litres of high quality milk per day to organize 60 kg ghee for every day sevas in Tirumala temple and added

that TTD was additionally selling Go-based farming by massive variety of farmers to provide meals grains by way of pure farming, avoiding fertilisers to guard soil well being.

Among others, TTD is selling natural grass cultivation round Tirupati with the help of the district collector to construct new sheds and sand dunes within the Goshala for the good thing about animals, he averred.

Speaking on the event, Veterinary University Vice-Chancellor Dr Padmanabha Reddy stated within the subsequent 5 years, 324 Sahiwal breeds of cows can be bred in TTD Gosamrakshanasala and added that the gender-based semen can be implanted within the Sahiwal and Gir breed of animals out there on the SV Gosala.

TTD JEO Sada Bhargavi, Go Samrakshana Trust member Ram Sunil Reddy, Go Samrakshanasala Director Dr Harinath Reddy and Veterinary University Dean Veerabrahmamaih and Sri Venkat Naidu had been current.