Dudhsagar Dairy
Mehsana District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd.
Mehsana Buffalo Progeny Testing Project
Mehsana buffalo, Kankrej & Crossbred cattle are important breeds of dairy animals in the Mehsana Milkshed area. Dudhsagar Dairy Mehsana recognizes importance of breeding since beginning and in 1979 established its own Semen station for extensive use of elite Bulls both for Cattle & Buffalo through Artificial Insemination. Dudhsagar dairy was first Cooperative in nation to implement systematic Field Progeny Testing Program for improvement of Mehsana Buffalo since 1985 under technical guidance of National Dairy Development Board, Anand. Extensive use of semen from High Genetic Merit Bull produced by nominated matting using semen of proven Mehsana Buffalo bulls along with improved management practices resulted in positive change in economic characters of Mehsana buffalo as under:
| Sr. No | Criteria | 1985 Status | 2024-25 Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Average First Lactation Milk Yield (FLMY 305 Day) (Kg) | 1500 | 1927 |
| 2 | Average Age at First Calving (Months) | 56.2 | 46.1 |
| 3 | Average Calving Interval (Months) | 19.2 | 15.9 |
Till Mar 2025, total of 321 Mehsana Buffalo bulls in 28 successive batches have been put under testing. Since inception, 115611 Mehsana buffaloes have been identified and covered under the program. A total of 557223 Artificial Inseminations were performed and 53411 PT daughters born in the project area. Sires are evaluated on the basis of 305 days first lactation milk yield of daughters. After evaluation, the semen of top ranked bulls is used for nominated mating program for production of next generation bulls.
Presently our Mehsana Buffalo PT Project runs in 80 villages of Mehsana Milkshed area and is funded under Rastriya Gokul Mission, Government of India. Since 2012 Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) constituted by Government of India evaluates the project annually as per guideline of Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, GOI.
| No of Male calves allotted to different agencies/ organizations under RGM | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Total |
| DURDA | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | - | 54 |
| Andhra Pradesh Livestock Development Association | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Kerala Livestock Development Association | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu Livestock Development Association | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Gujarat Livestock Development Association | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | - | 23 |
| Banas union | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| FSBS Karimnagar | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| CULL | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Not Alloted | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 112 |
Nominated Matting
Buffalo:Â We produce High Genetic Merit Mehsana buffalo bulls through nominated matting of elite femalebuffaloes (dams) under milk recording in the PT Project with semen of top proven Mehsana Buffalosire.
Crossbred:We produced High Genetic Merit (HGM) F1 generation (HF x Kankrej) CBHF bulls through nominated matting of elite Kankrej (dams) cows in milkshed area with semen of proven HF sire(imported). Elite CB Cows also used for nominated matting to produce HGM CBHF Bulls.
1st April 2023 onward we are using Genomic Breeding Value provided by N.D.D.B, Anand to procure any HGM Bull Calves from field.