TTD has achieved a breakthrough in the breeding of a desi cow with the birth of a Sahiwal breed calf through an Ongole Cow with artificial insemination technology.
TTD EO said the first Sahiwal calf was born through artificial insemination of semen from a Sahiwal breed bovine and named as Padmavati.
He said the MoU for promoting desi breeds through AI was inked between TTD and AP veterinary university on the suggestion of AP chief secretary Dr KS Jawahar Reddy.
The EO said the milk, curd, ghee and butter from high-breed desi cows are now rolled out for naivedyam, dhoopa & Deepa and Nitya Kainkaryams at the Srivari temple.TTD has already gathered 200 desi breed animals and the effort through breeding is to raise another 300 animals to meet the daily needs of Srivari temple.
He said in order to boost the health and quantity of milk and others products TTD has already set up a feed mixing plant at the Goshala and the target is to raise 3000-4000 litres of quality milk per day to prepare 60 kgs of kg for daily sevas at Srivari temple.
EO said as part of TTD agenda to promote Gow-based farming large number of farmers were donating cows to TTD.
Among others, TTD is promoting organic grass cultivation around Tirupati with the support of the district collector to build new sheds and sand dunes in the Goshala for the benefit of animals.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Padmanabha Reddy, VC of the veterinary university said in the next five years 324 Sahiwal breed of cows will be bred in TTD. The gender-based semen will be implanted in the Sahiwal and Gir breed of animals available at the SV Gosala.
