{"id":94341,"date":"2026-03-23T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=94341"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:24:02","slug":"sahiwal-cattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sahiwal-cattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahiwal Cattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sahiwal Cattle Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research\u2013 Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly successfully produced indigenous Sahiwal cattle calves by using ultrasound-guided ovum pick-up, in vitro fertilization, and embryo transfer (OPU\u2013IVF\u2013ET).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sahiwal Cattle<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered to be one of the best <\/span><b>milch cattle breeds of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The breed derives its name from <\/span><b>Sahiwal area in Montgomery district of Punjab in Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Other Names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These animals are also known as <\/span><b>\u201cLambi Bar\u201d, \u201cLola\u201d, \u201cMontgomery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, <\/span><b>\u201cMultani\u201d and \u201cTeli\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cows are <\/span><b>brownish red in colour;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shades may vary from a mahogany red brown to more greyish red.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extremities in bulls are darker than the rest of body colour. Occasionally there are white patches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Average lactation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yield of Sahiwal cows is <\/span><b>2325 kilo grams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The lactation yield ranges from 1600 to 2750 Kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its unique traits are, tick<\/span><b>-resistant, heat tolerant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, high milk production and noted for its <\/span><b>high resistance to parasites,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> both internal and external<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to their heat tolerance and high milk production they have been <\/span><b>exported to other Asian countries as well as Africa and the Caribbean.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Ovum Pick-Up-In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF) Technology?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ovum Pick-Up (OPU) is one of the recent and remarkable technologies in the field of reproductive biotechnology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It allows the <\/span><b>collection of oocytes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><b>ovaries of live animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of known pedigree and additionally decreases the interval between generations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This procedure can be performed on <\/span><b>pregnant animals less than 100 days in gestation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In OPU, <\/span><b>ovarian follicles are punctured<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a live animal with the help of a needle attached to a vacuum pump after visualizing them through ultrasonography.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oocytes obtained are then <\/span><b>subjected to in vitro maturation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IVM), in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/in-vitro-fertilization-ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\">vitro fertilization (IVF)<\/a><\/strong> and culture (IVC) for embryo production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The embryos thus produced can then be <\/span><b>transferred to suitably synchronized recipients<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for producing offspring of known pedigree.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/amp\/story\/agriculture\/indian-veterinary-research-institute-produces-calves-of-prized-sahiwal-indigenous-breed-using-advanced-reproductive-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahiwal Cattle is considered to be one of the best milch cattle breeds of India. 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