First sex sorted semen bank opened in Rajasthan

• Bassi, Jaipur.
• Operate under the RCDF (Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation).

Objective…

• To enhance the production and supply of both conventional and sex-sorted semen doses for artificial insemination in Rajasthan.
• Production of 10 lakh sex sorted semen doses per year.

What is sex sorted semen…

Sex Sorted Semen is the ‘gender selected’ semen used of Artificial Insemination (AI) for cattle and buffaloes to produce more than 90% selected gender (females) whereas conventional semen produces equal proportion of male and female (50:50) calves.

Advantages…

• Increase the number of females to over 90%.
• Reduce male calves to less than 10%.
• Increase in milk production.
• Faster genetic progress by producing more females from superior bulls.
• Increased biosecurity; grow or replace from within, no need to purchase cows from other sources.
• Reduction of dystocia especially in the first calving due to the smaller size of female calves.
• Better utilization of feed and fodder resources.
• Decrease the number of stray bulls and road accidents because of them.

Related to… Dairy and livestock management.