Strategy

• Improve the production potential of indigenous breeds of cattle such as Sahiwal, Gir, Rathi and Kankrej and breeds of buffalo such as Murrah, Mehsana and Jaffarabadi through appropriate selection programme

• Cross non-descript cattle with Holstein Friesian in areas with adequate feed and fodder and with Jersey in resource-poor areas

• Increase the production and use of high quality feed appropriate to local conditions

• Increase production and availability of green and ensiled fodder

• Encourage unions, NGOs and cooperatives to put common property area under improved pasture and fodder tree

• Expand first-aid coverage through village level societies

• Increase vaccination of animals against HS, BQ and FMD
• Develop Mastitis and Brucellosis control strategies
• Develop National Animal Production and Health Information System and Disease Free Zones in the country

Action Plan

Breeding

• Increase productivity of cows and buffaloes
• Increase percentage of animals in milk
• Expand AI coverage
• Increase inseminations
• Reduce AI per conception
• Take up genetic improvement programmes in selected milksheds to supply semen of evaluated bulls to all milksheds
  
  

Animal Health and Veterinary Services

• Create first-aid facilities in DCSs
• Increase vaccination for HS and BQ
• Increase de-worming of animals
• Promote mastitis control
• Undertake Brucellosis control activities in affected areas
• Promote use of GIS in AI and veterinary health services
• Create Disease Free Zones by

  - Undertaking mass vaccinations
  - Ear-tagging and passbooks
  - Animal movement management
  - Effective outbreak management
  - Sero-monitoring

• Disease control in Animals

  - Enactment of national legislation for Prevention of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals

Animal Nutrition

• Raise installed cattle feed plant capacity
• Raise cattle feed plant utilisation capacity
• Increase and strengthen quality control laboratories
• Increase number of mineral mixture plant
• Increase production and utilisation quality fodder seeds
  

Husbandry Extension

• Enable dairy cooperatives to operate as full-service extension centres for their members by providing

  - Introduction and support of technology
  - Link actively with union's technical experts