PERFORMANCE OF SKILLS IN ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROCESS BY INSEMINATORS AT VILLAGE LEVEL ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION CENTERS
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2011
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
There is no production without reproduction except by induced
lactation in dairy animals, which is a costly affair and is not advisable for
every time. Moreover, genetic improvement of the dairy animals can be
achieved drastically in a shorter period of time by adopting the appropriate
breeding policy to improve productivity of low producing dairy animals.
The breeding in dairy animals can efficiently be carried out by natural
breeding method and artificial insemination (AI) method. In Gujarat state,
now-a-days artificial insemination (AI) has become the choice of method
for breeding dairy cows and buffaloes over the natural breeding method
due to its advantages. AI is a scientific and complex process and to
perform AI at the village level AI centers is rather more complex for their
performers, namely, inseminators. The inseminators who are working at
the village level AI centers established by AMUL,
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Veterinary Extension, Studies