To make dairy farming as a profitable profession in the State, the Punjab Government has upgraded the already existed two Bull Stations cum Frozen Semen Banks at Nabha and Ropar, where semen straw of high breed bulls and male buffaloes are being provided to the cattle rearers.
Giving details, the state Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that for the first time in northern India, with clean room seman processing, the 'High Bioscure Semen Production lab' is developing international standard of semen which is being investigated by the Germanic system.
The government has brought bulls of HF and Jersey breeds from America (via Embryo Transfer Technology), German and Denmark to avail high quality semen to the progressive cattle farmers.
Sidhu said that the Punjab government would soon take major decisions to provide benefits of all healthcare services at veterinary
hospitals and to run the closed dispensaries so that departmental services could be provided to the livestock farmers living in remote and rural areas.
He said that a national level buffalo research center is being set up at Booh village in Tarn Taran district for which Rs 20 crores have been earmarked in the first budget.