Field trials of this indigenously developed technology are on, and the results expected by August. Currently, there are two technologies — both from the US — by which the sorting happens with samples sold to farmers at around Rs. 1,000 a piece.
However, the indigenous technology will cut the cost to nearly one-third, and help raise milk production due to the higher number of female calves, Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board & NDDB Dairy Services, told businessline.
Sex-sorted semen Now, two US-based companies — ST and ABS — supply the sex semen-sorting machines. In the total artificial insemination process, the sex-sorted semen used is less than 1 per cent.
With this indigenous technology, more female calves will be produced, leading to increased milk production, he said at the Alamadhi Semen Station, near here.
“We started the trial run of the technology from March at Alamadhi. Till date, 5,000 doses of sex-sorted bovine semen have been produced. Post the review of the trial results, the technology can be dedicated to the nation,” Shah said.
“It is a 100 per cent #Aatmanirbhar story and we would like to dedicate it to our farmers. We want to give them at Rs. 300 to Rs. 500 per sample, that is, at one-third the price of what is available in the market now,” he said.
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