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The Punjab Herd Registration Act 2006 is to provide for breed improvement of dairy animals by registering and identifying them with a view to protect the interests of the persons, who rear and purchase dairy animals and to create and maintain reliable database of pedigree and production and for matters connected therewith or incidental there to.

Punjab Herd Registration Authority

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab Herd Registration Act 2006 (Punjab Act No. 33 of 2006) an authority namely Punjab Herd Registration Authority has been notified in the year 2008.

Functions of Herd Registration Authority

(a)          To formulate a detailed plan to implement the herd registration programmes;

(b)              To register all dairy animals;

(c)              To fix identification marking on every registered animals;

(d)              To keep accounts of physical traits, breed conformity, pedigree, performance, health status, feeding and farm management status of every dairy animals;

(e)              To keep accounts of change of ownership and geographical movement of dairy animals;

(f)               To identify cow bulls and buffalo bulls of higher genetic merit and put them to use in the breeding programmes; and

(g)              To issue semen certificate or embryo certificate in such form and containing such particulars, as may be specified in the regulations

AIM

Herd Registration is a Field Performance Recording (FPR) programme with the aim of identifying elite milk producing cows and buffaloes and registering them in the Punjab Herd Book.

The information thus collected will be listed to facilitate the sale & purchase of these animals so that owner is benefited by getting the right price for such animals. Besides this we will be having record of genetic potential of different breeds of livestock in Punjab.

Objectives

}  Animal Recording for Bull production

}  Locating good bull mothers

}  Animal recording for performance monitoring & assisting farmers in management decisions.

}  Animal Recording for Genetic improvement and evaluation of animals.

}  Bringing uniformity within the breed.

}  Animal recording for conservation of breed through intensive Milk Recording.

}  To undertake systematic improvement of dairy cattle and buffaloes

}  To motivate the farmers to rear high yielding animals and participate breed improvement programme

What is a Herd Book ?

•      A Herd Book will contain the list of animals that come upto the standards laid down by the Herd Registration Rules & Regulations . These standards relate to body confirmation & milk production

What are the conditions for Registration in Herd Book?

•      All pure breed animal which conform to breed characteristics and achieve minimum production standard laid down by HRA. are eligible for registration in Herd Book.

Standard Lactation Yield  for Registration of Dairy Animals in Punjab

Tentative minimum peak production level of Dairy Animals to assist the field staff/ dairy farmers for primary registration of animals in Punjab

Procedure for Herd Registration 

(i)                     Survey

1.      First of all, Field Inspector (Veterinary Inspector/A.I.Worker/or any educated worker)  will carry out house  to house survey as per  approved proforma  (registers provided)    

.2.      Veterinary Officers will randomly check the survey report submitted by VI’s /A.I worker/Educated Worker(not less than 5% of the households)

3.       Deputy Directors, Animal Hubandry/Senior Veterinary Officers will ensure that all the villages/towns are covered.

(ii)                    Primary Registration

The pure-breeds of Cows and buffaloes will be brought under primary registration

(III)                   Procedure for Primary Registration and Performance Recording

1.        On receipt of the application from the breeders/dairy farmers, the animals will be primarily selected within first month of calving on 4^th to 14^th day post caving, by the field inspector (Veterinary Inspector/A.I worker/Educated worker)

2.         He shall immediately inform the concerned VO about his selection.

3.         The VO shall visit the village for confirmation of the breed characteristic.

4.       Meeting of Progressive Dairy Farmer’s can be arranged by the concerned Veterinary Officer to motivate Dairy Farmers in this regard.

5.        On satisfaction ear tag/micro chip bearing  a unique identification no. of the animals will be inserted in the  ear of dam and her progeny (Male or Female Calf) and the primary registration will be done by Veterinary Officer.

6.         The Veterinary Inspector/A.I worker/Educated worker shall record the first milk yield and index card bearing the detail of the animal shall be handed over to the breeder.

7.         Veterinary Inspector/A.I.worker/Educated worker will continue to record morning & evening milk yield exactly on 28 days interval till the animal becomes dry or upto 305 days whichever is earlier.

8.         VO shall check the milk recording randomly.

(iv)                  Method of milk recording

a)         Milk recording is carried out morning & evening           
b)        Milk recording of these animals at farmers door step is carried out

by milk recorder at a fixed interval of 28  days

c)         Ist milk recording will be started after 3rd day of calving  within 14

days of calving.

d)        Milk recording will be carried out morning and evening both  times

by weighing with spring balance/digital machine and fill up the milk recording sheet.

 (v)                 Final Registration

a)         Those found to have qualified on the basis of  norms will be finally

registered by a committee headed by Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry.

b)        The registration committee will examine all the eligible animals and register  the animals

 (vi)                Milk Recording Incentive:

                        To encourage registration of elite animals, breeders will be awarded

(1)       incentive  prizes as under:

(2)       Will be issued a Registration Certificate

 Incentives to be given to the Field Staff

1.    Milk recording:- Every Field Inspector who will conduct this activity would be entitled to get Rs.50/- per day  (Rs.500/-per animal for maximum 10 milkings).

2.    Supervision:- Rs.200/- per animal will be paid to the supervisory staff i.e. Veterinary Officer  monitoring all the activities for Herd  Registration in an allotted area.

 MILK YIELD CALCULATION – TEST INTERVAL METHOD

Name of Animal / Breed – Murrah Buffalo                   

Date of Calving – 15-8-09                         Primary Registration No. - 6

Date of First Recording - 27-8-09