ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF CATTLE AND BUFFALOES

Artificial Insemination amongst bovine is presently catered from over 5000 AI centers of all kinds i.e., Government, private, co-operatives, NGOs etc. The activities are supported by three Frozen Semen Production Stations (Frozen Semen Bull Stations or Sperm Stations), nine liquid nitrogen plants and nineteen frozen semen banks (one in each district HQ and one in Kolkata). Performance in respect of Artificial Insemination for the year 2003-2004, district and agency-wise has been narrated in tghe following table. It will be evident from the following table that average number of AI per unit during the year as a whole was around 250.

SL
No.		 District AI UNITS (31-03-2004) AI DONE (2003-2004) AVERAGE
PER UNIT
(Per Month)
GOVT. PVT. CO-OP ORS. TOTAL GOVT. PVT. CO-OP ORS. TOTAL
1. Coochbehar 132 108 - - 240 28,280 6,821 - - 35,101 13.82
2. Jalpaiguri 135 66 17 1 219 31,480 9,120 2,085 210 42,895 16.20
3. Darjeeling 32 - 11 - 43 1,419 - 681 - 2,100 3.59
4. Siliguri SD 28 12 - - 40 8,764 2,457 - - 11,221 24.48
5. Uttar Dinajpur 93 64 1 - 158 28,345 6,151 761 - 35,257 20.55
6. Dakshin Dinajpur 67 64 - - 131 13,098 2,906 - - 16,004 11.84
7. Malda 135 127 - - 262 36,149 18,835 - - 54,984 18.40
8. Murshidabad 132 204 193 - 529 41,232 29,830 100,290 - 171,352 30.37
9. Nadia 163 179 55 - 397 75,836 58,900 16,662 - 151,398 35.16
10. North 24 Pgs. 151 118 50 - 319 53,924 43,031 40,952 - 137,907 34.99
11. South 24 Pgs. 166 181 43 3 393 20,100 12,996 4,110 1,747 38,953 8.83
12. Howrah 153 60 - - 213 27,858 7,987 - - 35,845 14.35
13. Hooghly 218 196 31   445 61,336 50,469 8,912 - 120,717 24.91
14. Purba Mdpr. 126 178 - - 304 24,169 30,379 - - 54,548 16.64
15. Paschim Mdpr. 254 203 73 - 530 43,985 37,691 24,931 - 106,607 18.42
16. Bankura 166 74 2 - 242 30,032 3,741 176 - 33,949 14.20
17. Purulia 115 79 - - 194 9,252 1,396 - - 10,648 5.42
18. Burdwan 234 199 22 - 455 64,997 17,365 4,388 - 86,750 15.89
19. Birbhum 99 119 7 1 226 20,589 11,350 2,405 133 34,477 12.71
20. Kolkata 1 - - - 1 306 - - - 306 25.50
21. Farm Units 3 - - - 3 1,520 - - - 1,520 42.22
TOTAL 2,603 2,231 505 5 5,344 622,671 351,425 206,353 2,090 1,182,539 20.25
SHARE 48.71 41.75 9.45 0.09 100.06 52.65 29.72 17.45 0.18 100  

PVT : Private AI Workers i.e. Pranibandhu

An abstract comparative State figures indicating contribution of different agencies in respect of Artificial Insemination of these two years are as follows: -

COMPERATIVE AI FIGURES, 2002-2003 & 2003-2004

District 2002-2003 2003-2004 PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE OR DECREASE
(AI DONE)
AI UNITS AI DONE AI UNITS AI DONE
Coochbehar 185 33,081 240 35,101 6.11
Jalpaiguri 226 38,081 219 42,895 11.94
Darjeeling 62 3,688 43 2.100 -43.06
Siliguri SD 36 10,264 40 11,221 9.32
Uttar Dinajpur 121 29,241 158 35,257 20.57
Dakshin Dinajpur 99 14,373 131 16,004 11.35
Malda 233 50,737 262 54,984 8.37
Murshidabad 398 156,980 529 171,352 9.16
Nadia 305 138,470 397 151,398 9.34
North 24 Pgs. 310 115,418 319 137,907 19.48
South 24 Pgs. 327 37,676 393 38,953 3.39
Howrah 197 32,366 213 35,845 10.75
Hooghly 368 109,909 445 120,717 9.83
Purba Mdpr. 248 48,987 304 54,548 11.35
Paschim Mdpr. 427 92,180 530 106,607 15.65
Bankura 197 35,121 242 33,949 -3.34
Purulia 131 10,273 194 10,648 3.65
Burdwan 358 84,070 455 86,750 3.19
Birbhum 165 32,842 226 34,477 4.98
Kolkata - 323 1 306 -5.26
Farm Units - 1,624 3 1.520 -6.40

TOTAL

 4,397 1,075,941 5,344 1,182,539 9.91

COVERAGE OF BREEDABLE BOVINE:    

Nearly 18% of the breedable bovine was covered through Artificial Insemination during 2003-2004 as follows.

1. Projected bovine 2004 ('000)

19915

 4. To be bred annually ('000):
(taking 1:5 in a year conception rate)

3025
2. Projected adult female bovine ('000)

6481

 5. AI Done ('000): 1181
3. Projected breedable bovine ('000)
(70% of adult female)

4537

 6. Percentage of coverage: 17.35

The ultimate object of cross breeding is to produce good quality crossbred cattle for augmentation of milk production. In our State we need approximately by three inseminations to produce one calf. District and agency-wise calves born figures for 2003-2004 is available in the table below :

AGENCY-WISE CALVES BORN FIGURES FOR 2003-2004

SN DIST
RICT		 GOVERNMENT PB-I PB-II CO-OPERATIVE OTHERS TOTAL
M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T
1. Cooch
behar		 4,586 4,917 9,503 330 293 623 214 198 412 - - - - - - 5,130 5,408 10,538
2. Jalpai
guri		 5,778 5,081 10,859 656 657 1,313 113 92 205 298 245 543 - - - 6,845 6,075 12,920
3. Darjee
ling		 423 430 853 - - - - - - 82 92 174 - - - 505 522 1,027
4. Siliguri
SD		 1,628 1,364 2,992 - - - 86 73 159 - - - - - - 1,714 1,437 3,151
5. Uttar
Dinajpur		 4,716 4,552 9,268 - - - 163 221 384 203 214 417 - - - 5,082 4,987 10,069
6. Dakshin Dinajpur 2,037 2,136 4,173 84 76 160 245 257 502 - - - - - - 2,366 2,469 4,835
7. Malda 7,167 7,770 14,937 878 1,148 2,026 954 1,150 2,104 - - - - - - 8,999 10,068 19,067
8. Murshida
bad		 8,715 8,180 16,895 853 798 1,651 895 882 1,777 26,859 27,911 54,770 - - - 37,322 37,771 75,093
9. Nadia 15,799 14,306 30,105 7,367 6,568 13,935 1,008 962 1,970 624 675 1,299 - - - 24,798 22,511 47,309
10. North
24 Pgs.		 10,384 9,320 19,704 2,945 2,552 5,497 341 338 679 6,749 6,208 12,957 - - - 20,419 18,418 38,837
11. South
24 Pgs.		 3,560 3,460 7,020 1,069 1,019 2,088 326 366 692 731 664 1,395 486 438 924 6,172 5,947 12,119
12. Howrah 4,688 4,027 8,715 277 249 526 56 66 122 - - - - - - 5,021 4,342 9,363
13. Hooghly 13,609 10636 24,245 4,052 4,027 8,079 2,745 1,739 4,484 1,904 2,057 3,961 - - - 22310 18459 40769
14. Purba
Mdpr.		 5,607 4,659 10,266 2,431 2,309 4,740 1,634 1,721 3,355 - - - - - - 9,672 8,689 18,361
15. Paschim Mdpr. 7,966 7,726 15,692 3,638 3,693 7,331 1,363 1,468 2,831 6,458 6,437 12,895 - - - 19,425 19,324 38,749
16. Bankura 5,593 4,997 10,590 - - - 88 64 152 35 30 65 - - - 5,716 5,091 10,807
17. Purulia 1,554 1,330 2,884 - - - 40 34 74 - - - - - - 1,594 1,364 2,958
18. Burdwan 12,607 11,493 24,100 1,880 1,653 3,533 988 960 1,948 867 967 1,834 - - - 16,342 15,073 31,415
19. Birbhum 3,790 3,635 7,425 970 980 1,950 417 400 817 384 379 763 36 41 77 5,597 5,435 11,032
20. Kolkata 128 80 208 - - - - - - - - - - - - 128 80 208
21. Farm Units 359 322 681 - - - - - - - - - - - - 359 322 681
TOTAL 120,694 110,421 231,115 27,430 26,022 53,452 11,676 10,991 22,667 45,194 45,879 91,073 522 479 1,001 205,516 193,792 399,308

PB-I : Old Pranibandhu
PB-II : New Pranibandhu

It is clear from the contents of the table that 1.94 lakh female calves were born during 2003-2004 which will mean nearly around 1.55 lakh more cross breed cows for the State.

LIQUID NITROGEN PLANTS

We have nine liquid nitrogen plants:

1.    JALPAIGURI in Jalpaiguri district.
2.    MALDA in Malda district.
3.    BURDWAN in Burdwan district.
4.    BISHNUPUR in Bankura district.
5.    SALBONI in Paschim Medinipur district.
6.    HARINGHATA in Nadia district.
7.    BELGACHIA-I in Kokata.
8.    BELGACHIA-II in Kolkata    &
9.    KAKDWIP in South 24 Parganas district.

The available manpower strength permits limited operation of the plants. Besides, breakdown, load shedding, mechanical defects, voltage fluctuations etc. are main obstacles in the way of optimum production. In case of production of Frozen Semen doses dearth of quality bulls is the main hindrance.

All the LN Plants except Kakdwip were established under the Government of India scheme 'Technology Mission Development Department Programme' during Eighth Plan period. The Kakdwip LN Plant was established in the year 1999-2000. All the Plants have the production capacity of 8-10 liter per hour. Production figures of LN plants for the year 2003-2004 are presented in the following table.

PERFORMANCE REPORT OF LN PLANTS
FOR THE YEAR 2003-2004

SN PLANT HOURS IN
OPERATION		 TOTAL LN
PRODUCED
(IN LTS.)		 PERCENTAGE
IN SHARE		 AVERAGE PER
HOUR
(LTRS./HOUR)
1. JALPAUGURI 4,446 25,886 6.78 5.82
2. MALDA 6,810 47,461 12.43 6.97
3. BURDWAN 6,578 47,766 12.51 7.26
4. BISHNUPUR 5,930 56,579 14.81 9.54
5. SALBONI 6,640 49,730 13.02 7.49
6. HARINGHATA 4,452 28,514 7.47 6.40
7. BELGACHIA-I 6,009 52,476 13.74 8.73
8. BELGACHIA-II 6,108 36,655 9.60 6.00
9. KAKDWIP 4,678 36,888 9.66 7.89
TOTAL 51,651 381,955 100.00 7.39

FROZEN SEMEN BULL STATION

Procurement, production and distribution of breeding inputs like Frozen Semen doses, liquid nitrogen, other accessories etc. are our prime activities. At this stage we have three Frozen Semen Bull Stations.

We have already taken steps to get the IS-9000 mark for the three FS Stations with the active support and help from Bureau of Indian Standards, Kolkata.

1.     HARINGHATA in NADIA district
2.    SALBONI in PASCHIM MEDINIPUR district
3.    BELDANGA in MURSHIDABAD district

PERFORMANCE OF FROZEN SEMEN BULL STATIONS
2003-2004

A. STOCK OF BULLS & BULL CALVES

SN FSFS PJ CBJ CBH SAHIWAL THARPARKAR RED SINDHI GIR BUFFALO TOTAL
1. Haringhata 12 8 3 4 6 - 4 - 37
2. Salboni 16 7 5 7 - 3 - 2 40
3. Beldanga 2 6 - - - 2 - 12  
TOTAL 30 21 10 11 6 3 6 2 89

B. BULLS IN COLLECTION

SN FSFS PJ CBJ CBH SAHIWAL THARPARKAR RED SINDHI GIR BUFFALO TOTAL
1. Haringhata 5 5 2 1 5 - - - 18
2. Salboni 11 5 5 - - 1 - 2 24
3. Beldanga 2 4 1 - - - - - 7
TOTAL 18 14 8 1 5 1 - 2 49

C. PRODUCTION PROFILE OF FSBS

SN FSFS PJ CBJ CBH SAHI
WAL		 THARPA
RKAR		 RED
SINDHI		 GIR BUFFALO TOTAL COST OF PRODN.
PER FS DOSES
(IN RS.)
1. Haringhata 120392 68716 49987 5792 8413 - - - 253300 12.16
2. Salboni 315483 67082 44666 - - 45568 - 21655 494454 9.50
3. Beldanga 51215 84924 21146 - - - - - 157285 NA
TOTAL 487090 220722 115799 5792 8413 45568 - 21655 905039 --

D. CLOSING STOCK OF FS DOSES AS ON 31-03-2004

SN FSFS PJ   CBJ CBH SAHI
WAL		 THARPA
RKAR		 RED
SINDHI		 GIR BUFFALO TOTAL
1. Haringhata 8260 52640 4602 34387 1360 4401 - - 2058 107708
2. Salboni 19410 - 3132 119749 - 3317 2112 - 6669 154389
3. Beldanga 8345 - 14626 2659 4200 - - - 350 30108
4. Belgachia 24855 348 32205 17432 - 4155 6145 - 8036 93176
TOTAL 60870 52988 54565 175227 5560 11873 8257 - 17113 358453

A BRIEF PROFILE ON STATUS OF PRIVATE AI WORKERS (PRANIBANDHU)

SN District No. of
GP		 Names
received at District HQ		 Turned up
for Training		 Not Turned up
for Training		 Number
completed formalities (31-05-2004)		 Private
AI Workers (31-03-2004)		 AI done
for the year 2003-2004
PB-I PB-II TOTAL PB-I PB-II TOTAL
1. Coochbehar 129 105 96 9 83 26 82 108 1,740 5,081 6,821
2. Jalpaiguri 146 167 159 8 68 14 52 66 3,252 5,868 9,120
3. Siliguri SD 22 20 19 1 13 - 12 12 - 2,457 2,457
4. Uttar Dinajpur 98 99 99 - 62 - 64 64 - 6,151 6,151
5. Dakshin Dinajpur 65 67 67 - 66 2 62 64 380 2,526 2.906
6. Malda 147 156 153 3 120 13 114 127 5.391 13.444 18.835
7. Murshidabad 255 244 237 7 194 12 192 204 5.090 24.740 29.830
8. Nadia 187 168 152 16 133 52 127 179 35.452 23.448 58.900
9.. North 24 Pgs. 200 194 173 21 138 24 94 118 18.241 24.790 43.031
10. South 24 Pgs. 312 220 193 27 146 60 121 181 6.681 6,315 12.996
11. Howrah 157 90 68 22 45 28 32 60 3.371 4.616 7.987
12. Hooghly 210 145 140 5 156 66 130 196 25.382 25.087 50.469
13. Purba Mdpr. 223 172 160 12 163 51 127 178 13.107 17.272 30.379
14. Paschim Mdpr. 290 233 221 12 181 59 144 203 23.078 14.613 37.691
15. Bankura 190 191 191 - 126 - 74 74 - 3.741 3.741
16. Purulia 170 156 134 22 134 - 79 79 - 1.396 1.396
17. Burdwan 277 185 184 1 153 48 151 199 9.700 7.175 16.875
18. Birbhum 167 147 147 - 120 19 100 119 5.488 5.862 11.350
TOTAL 3,245 2,759 2,593 166 2,101 474 1,757 2,231 156,353 194.582 350,935

PB-I : Old Pranibandhu
PB-II : New Pranibandhu

Finally, it should be kept in mind that despite limitations and constraints, we have made remarkable achievements in the field of AI which resulted in enhanced milk production. AI figures were just 2.43 Lakh in 1976-1977 which rose to 11.81 Lakh in 2003-2004 and estimated production of milk was to the tune of 10.64 Lakh MT in 1976-1977 which is estimated to be 37.05 Lakh MT (P) in 2003-2004 and per capita availability of milk per day is now 122 grams.

REVENUE EARNED THROUGH AI:

        1.    PBGSBS:                   196.55 Lakh
        2.    Milk Unions:                 29.52 Lakh
        3.    DGAHC:                       0.08 Lakh
               TOTAL:                  226.15 Lakh   

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ASSETS GENERATED:

            1.     Through production of Male Calves:        1027.58 Lakh
            2.     Through production of Female Calves:    1937.92 Lakh
                   TOTAL:                                              2965.50 Lakh   

 

LAST THREE YEARS' PERFORMANCE

ITEMS UNIT 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004
AI UNITS NO 3699 4397 5344
AI DONE LAKH 10.06 10.76 11.83
CALVES BORN LAKH 3.10 3.90 3.99
LN PLANTS NO 9 9 9
LNPRODUCTION TH.LTRS 339.50 381.80 381.90
FSBS(SPERM STATIONS)` NO. 3 3 3
FS PRODUCTION TH.DOSES 808.30 921.80 905.04
MILK PRODUCTION LAKH MT 35.15 36.0 37.05(P)

 

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AI ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE
(2003-2004)

SN ITEM UNIT GOVT. PVT. CO-OP. OTHERS TOTAL
1. AI Centres No. 2603 2231 505 5 5344
2. AI Done '000 622.7 351.4 206.4 2.1 1183
3. Calves Born '000 231.1 76.1 91.1 1 399.3
4. LN Produced '000 Liters 381.9

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5. FS Doses Produced '000 Doses 905.04

BOVINE POPULATION PROFILE ('000)
WEST BENGAL

YEAR ITEM TOTAL ADULT
FEMALE		 BREEDABLE BOVINE
(70% OF
ADULT FEMALE)		 TO BE BREED
ANNUALLY
1997 Cross 936 462 (49%) 323 215
Indigeneous 16895 5403 (32%) 3782 2521
Buffalo 998 237 (24%) 166 111
Total 18829 6102 (32%)

4271

 2848
2003-2004
(Projected)		 Cross 1118 548 384 256
Indigeneous 17773 5687 3981 2654
Buffalo 1024 246 172 115
Total 19915 6481

4537

 3025

 

Milk Production 37.05
Per capita availability of milk per day 122 GM

 

A PROFILE OF PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2003-2004

SN District
/Sub
Divisions		 Tablo Walling Hoarding Banner Leaflets Posters Leaflets for
Pranibandhu		 Publicity through All India Radio Advertisement through News Paper
1. Coochbehar 1 2 112 27 - 4000 10900 - -
2. Jalpaiguri 2 - - 2 300 4000 8500 - -
3. Siliguri SD - 7 1 4 - 900 1300 - -
4. Uttar Dinajpur 1 48 2 21 5500 2750 6500 - -
5. Dakshin Dinajpur - 70 30 10 200 11500 12200 - -
6. Malda 2 67 34 26 200 11500 12200 - -
7. Murshidabad 12 4 10 26 550 24500 19700 - -
8. Nadia 2 211 22 34 5000 6000 17900 - -
9. North 24 Pgs. 1 19 23 23 500 23000 15700 - -
10. South 24 Pgs. 3 70 4 90 10900 14800 1900 - -
11. Howrah - 14 15 50 50000 10600 7300 - -
12. Hooghly 1 6 6 6 30000 6000 19600 - -
13. Purba Mdpr. - 19 2 159 4248 6500 19200 - -
14. Paschim Mdpr. - 50 31 8 10000 6000 18600 - -
15. Purulia 1 77 1 35 23000 6000 17700 - -
16. Bankura - - - - - 3500 11900 - -
17. Burdwan 1 22 4 124 14100 17100 15100 7500 -
18. Birbhum - 42 2 1 - 8500 12400 6500 -
19. PBGSBS HQ 1 - - - 200000 50000 1900 - -
TOTAL 28 728 299 645 363048 209400 242000 14000 0
- - - - - - -

6 Laminated posters for display reserve

1) 15 mtrs. Sponsored programme, 104 episodes (7-15 AM in every day)
2)15 sec. Spot 748 no. dailiy 2 times

8 nos. on leading newspapers on 5-8-2002

MILK PRODUCTION OF WEST BENGAL
IN 2001-2002, 2002-2003 AND 2003-2004 ('000 MT)

SN District Milk Production
2001-2002		 Milk Production
2002-2003		 Milk Production
2003-2004
1. Coochbehar 117.284 121.709 126.301
2. Jalpaiguri 105.147 105.291 107.435
3. Darjeeling Hills 105.347 111.456 117.723
4. Siliguri SD 26.264 27.787 29.398
5. Uttar Dinajpur 62.511 65.754 69.165
6. Dakshin Dinajpur 49.095 52.078 55.242
7. Malda 137.144 143.896 150.98
8. Murshidabad 251.898 254.998 260.136
9. Nadia 453.587 461.742 470.044
10. North 24 Pgs. 421.207 433.663 446.487
11. South 24 Pgs. 159.183 163.367 163.661
12. Kolkata 24.651 24.152 25.663
13. Howrah 131.556 130.217 133.892
14. Hooghly 350.755 358.811 367.052
15. Purba Mdpr. 170.390 178.816 187.659
16. Paschim Mdpr. 188.702 196.512 204.645
17. Purulia 48.701 48.718 49.735
18. Bankura 160.355 159.612 163.821
19. Burdwan 458.769 465.082 471.482
20. Birbhum 92.613 96.466 10.479

TOTAL

 3,515.16 3,600.13 3,705.00