Mega Sheep Seed Project

The Mega Sheep Seed Project was started on 1st April, 2009. The main objective of the project was production of 80 breeding rams of each breed of sheep annually and to cover about 8000 breeding ewes using selected rams by the end of XI plan. The project was sanctioned with four cooperating units namely, Birsa Agricultural University (BAU), Ranchi for  Chottanagpuri Sheep; Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Bidar for Mandya Sheep; Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai for Nellore Sheep; Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur for Sonadi Sheep and Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI), Avikanagar as Co-ordinating unit.  Later, the Nellore breed was changed to Mecheri for TANUVAS unit, Chennai. Due to change of breed Mecheri Unit started functioning from December, 2009. The Sonadi unit of MPUAT came under Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner after the establishment of new Veterinary University. Artificial insemination will be adopted in all the units of MSSP for faster multiplication of superior germplasm of the four important breeds of sheep during XII plan.

PROJECT TEAM

1. COORDINATING UNIT                       
   
   Dr. Arun Kumar Tomar
   Project Coordinator & Director
   CSWRI, Avikanagar
   
   Dr. S.S. Misra
   Senior Scientist (AGB) &
   Incharge, Mega Sheep Seed Project
   
   
   
2. COOPERATING UNITS
   
   

   Unit name	Sheep Breed	Name of PI with designation	Contact details
   BAU, Ranchi	Chottanagpuri	Dr. D.K. Singh ‘Dron’ Additional  Director Research	Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi – 834 006 (Jharkhand) M-09431353352 E-mail: [email protected]
   KVAFSU, Bidar	Mandya	Dr. R. Nagaraja Professor & Head	Livestock Research Information Centre  (Sheep),  KVAFSU, Nagamangla, Mandya Distt – 571 432 (Karnataka) M- 09886725661 E-mail: [email protected]
   TNUVAS, Chennai	Mecheri	Dr. N. Murali Professor and Head	Mecheri Sheep Research Station, Pottaneri (Po),  Mettur (Tk), Salem District - 636 453 (Tamil Nadu) M- 09442385520 E-mail: [email protected]
   RAJUVAS, Bikaner	Sonadi	Dr. R.K. Nagda Professor	Livestock Research Station, College of Veterinary Science, Navania, Vallabhnagar - 313 601 (Rajasthan) M- 09414734827 E-mail: [email protected]

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