Animal Husbandry

The Animal Husbandry Department operates dedicated Mobile Veterinary Ambulances (1962) to provide emergency medical treatment at farmers' doorsteps.

How to call:

• Dial toll-free helpline 1962 (24/7 round-the-clock veterinary ambulance service).
• Provide your exact village address, landmark, and describe the clinical emergency.
• An ambulance equipped with a veterinary surgeon, para-vet, and diagnostic medications is dispatched to the location.

Emergency services covered:

• Difficult calving (dystocia), acute bloat, poisoning, fractures, severe infections, and emergency veterinary surgical intervention.

Dairy farmers can eliminate middleman exploitation by enrolling in local Village Milk Producers Cooperative Societies (MPCS) affiliated with Aavin.

How to enroll:

• Visit your local Village Primary Milk Cooperative Society and meet the Secretary.
• Complete membership registration and deposit nominal share capital to become a voting member.

Testing and payment:

• Deliver milk during morning and evening collection sessions.
• Fat and Solids-Not-Fat (SNF) content are measured transparently via automated electronic analyzers with instant printed slips.
• Direct bank deposits are made into farmers' accounts every 10 days.
• Members receive subsidized cattle feed, mineral mixtures, and free artificial insemination services.

The government distributes free milch cows, sheep/goats, and native country chicken chicks to rural landless women to generate sustainable household income.

Scheme components:

• Unit of 4 goats/sheep or milch cows distributed free of cost per beneficiary.
• Backyard Country Chicken Scheme provides 50 chicks along with a subsidy for building a night shelter coop.

Eligibility criteria:

• Poor rural landless women, destitute widows, deserted wives, and vulnerable families.
• Must reside in the rural panchayat and have space for livestock shelter.

Selection process:

• Beneficiaries are identified and verified transparently in Grama Sabha meetings by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and panchayat committees.