National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was undertaken in the four districts viz., Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Bishnupur district of Manipur, India with the objective of present practices of Artificial Insemination (AI) services among the dairy farmers. Although AI was introduced only in the early 1980’s it has become widely adopted in the region. The overall choice of frozen semen was Holstein Friesian (56.67%) followed by Jersey (36.67%) and Red Sindhi (6.66%). The timing of insemination was found highest during the mid-heat (95.00%) where the semen was deposited at the cervix (100%) and thawing of semen using lukewarm water was 46.67%. Higher success rate and adoption of AI services was found higher in Below Poverty Line (BPL) farmers (60.00%) than Above Poverty Line (APL) farmers (40.00%) with the highest adoption rate of AI services amongst BPL farmers in Imphal West District (80.00%). The overall conception rate was found to be highest in Imphal West district (49.18%) and lowest in Thoubal district (30.78%) with the overall conception rate of 37.96% in all the four districts during the study period. Highest milk production was recorded in Imphal West district (26.67%) and lowest in Thoubal and Bishnupur district (13.33%). In conclusion, AI adoption rate was quite average with the lower conception rate and the benefits from the services were still not satisfactory.
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