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[[File:Red Sindhi calves.jpg|thumb|Red Sindhi calves have been produced through embryo transfer technology at this farm]]
[[File:ET calf .jpg|thumb|ET calf using farmer's cow]]
The '''District Livestock Farm, Hosur''' (or '''Hosur Cattle Farm''') is a [[demonstration farm]] in [[Hosur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="Arivanantham-2012" /><ref name="TH-2010" /><ref name="TH-2007" /><ref name="Baskaran-2003" /><ref name="IE-1951" /><ref name="SIE-1950" /><ref name="Tamil-Nadu-Gov" /> The farm covers 1,641.41 acres and raises [[cattle]] and other [[livestock]].<ref name="Tamil-Nadu-Gov" /> The farm raises [[Red Sindhi cattle]] and [[Kangayam cattle|Kangeyam cattle]] in order to "encourage pure breeding and to preserve native breeds."<ref name="Tamil-Nadu-Gov" />

The Farm has an embryo transfer laboratory. Embryos from Red Sindhi cows are collected by multiple ovulation and embryo transfer technology and are transferred to cross-bred recipient cows by non-surgical method. These recipient cows will carry the fetus till the rest of pregnancy and deliver the calf. So far, 286 calves have been produced through embryo transfer technology at this farm and field. Embryo transfer programme is also carried out in 15 districts from this embryo transfer unit. In the next project, indigenous calves like Red Sindhi, Kangayam, Pulikulam, Bargur, and Umbalachery will be produced through embryo transfer and [[IVF]] technologies at the farm. Apart from these projects, pure [[Jersey cattle|Jersey]] and HF embryos have been imported and transferred to the recipient cows at the Government Livestock farms at [[Chettinadu]], [[Pudukottai]] and [[Naduvur]]. Twenty imported frozen pure Jersey embryos were transferred to crossbred cows and ten became pregnant.

==See also==
{{Portal|Agriculture and Agronomy}}
* [[Animal husbandry in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|1|refs=
<ref name="SIE-1950">{{cite news
|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NII-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=C0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1078,5205868&dq=hosur-cattle-farm&hl=en
|title = Governor visits Hosur Cattle Farm
|author =
|work = The Sunday Indian Express
|date = November 19, 1950
}}</ref>

<ref name="IE-1951">{{cite news
|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wgNFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z7cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799,1381486&dq=district-livestock-farm+hosur&hl=en
|title = Finance Ministers Budget Speech
|author =
|work = [[The Indian Express]]
|date = February 27, 1951
}}</ref>

<ref name="Baskaran-2003">{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/11/16/stories/2003111600240200.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040101223639/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/11/16/stories/2003111600240200.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = January 1, 2004
|title = Biodiversity in the backyard
|author = Baskaran, S. Theodore
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date = November 16, 2003
}}</ref>

<ref name="TH-2007">{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/14/stories/2007031401690500.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070317062442/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/14/stories/2007031401690500.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = March 17, 2007
|title = Semen production at Livestock Farm to be increased: Minister
|author = Staff
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date = March 14, 2007
}}</ref>

<ref name="TH-2010">{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/04/stories/2010080456530300.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101111035113/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/04/stories/2010080456530300.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = November 11, 2010
|title = Development works at livestock farm should be completed within two months: Collector
|author = Staff
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date = August 4, 2010
}}</ref>

<ref name="Arivanantham-2012">{{cite news
|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2827261.ece
|title = Livestock farm to supply cattle to rural women
|author = Arivanantham, R.
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date = January 24, 2012
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tamil-Nadu-Gov">{{cite web
|url = http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/archives/policy2003-04/ahf2003-04-3.htm
|title = Animal Husbandry Department - Policy Note 2003-2004 - Demand No.6 - Livestock farms
|publisher = Government of [[Tamil Nadu]]
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113130305/http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/archives/policy2003-04/ahf2003-04-3.htm
|archive-date = 2011-11-13
|df =
}}</ref>

}}

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[[Category:Animal husbandry in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Experimental farms]]
[[Category:Farms in India]]

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