Giriraj Singh Pitches For Sex-Sorted Semen Tech For Cows, Says 'Will Set Up Factory That Only Produces Female Calves'

Mumbai, September 1: Union Minister for Animal Husbandry Giriraj Singh on Saturday said the government will introduce "sex-sorted semen" technology to ensure that more female calves are born in the country. Speaking at an event organised by Mother Dairy, Giriraj Singh said the government will set up a factory that will only produce female calves. The minister said the move will increase farmers' income. Cow Inhales And Exhales Oxygen, Massage 'Gau Mata' to Get Rid of Breathing Problems: Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat.

"In the coming days, through insemination, the calves that will be born would only be female ones, through (doses of) sex-sorted semen," Singh said. "In the year 2019-2020, we will distribute 30 lakh doses of sex-sorted semen. By 2025, we will have distributed 10 crore doses, that will ensure almost 10 crore cows," he added. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the "sex-sorted semen" technology will be as if cows are being produced in a "factory". Garud Ganga Water Averts C-Sections, Stones From River Cure Snakebite: Uttarakhand BJP Chief Ajay Bhatt.

Soon, Only Female Calves Will Be Born, Says Giriraj Singh:

"We will build a cow factory," Singh said. He also said that the cows which cease to give milk will be made more productive through "IV embryo advanced technology". The minister said that such a technology will economically benefit the farmers. "We will use IVF Technology so that the cows which have stopped giving milk, will start producing 20 litres of it. We will bring a revolution," he said.

Uttarakhand, in March, became the country's first state to produce sex-sorted semen, which can enhance the possibility of birth of female calves to ninety per cent.

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