Assam achieves historic milestone with IVF-born indigenous Lakhimi calf: CM Sarma

The
wo ld’s
fi st
IVF
female
calf
of
the
Lakhimi
b eed
–
ative
to
Assam
–
has
bee
bo
at
the
Assam
Vete i a y
a d
Fishe y
U ive sity.

GUWHATI:
Assam
has
achieved
a
majo
milesto e
i
livestock
biotech ology
with
the
bi th
of
the
wo ld’s
fi st
IVF-bo
female
calf
of
the
i dige ous
Lakhimi
b eed,
chief
mi iste
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma
said
o
Satu day.Taki g
to
social
media
platfo m
X,
Sa ma
desc ibed
the
developme t
as
a
histo ic
co ve ge ce
of
Assam’s
“Sabhyata,
Sa sk iti
a d
S ija “,
sayi g
the
achieveme t
could
ope
ew
ave ues
fo
the
state’s
livestock
a d
dai y
secto .”The
wo ld’s
fi st
IVF
female
calf
of
the
Lakhimi
b eed
—
ative
to
Assam
—
has
bee
bo
at
the
Assam
Vete i a y
a d
Fishe y
U ive sity,”
the
chief
mi iste
said.

The
b eakth ough
has
bee
achieved
at
the
IVF
Labo ato y
of
the
College
of
Vete i a y
Scie ce
u de
the
Assam
Vete i a y
a d
Fishe y
U ive sity
at
Kha apa a
i
Guwahati.The
labo ato y
has
bee
established
with
suppo t
u de
the
Rasht iya
Gokul
Missio .The
developme t
is
co side ed
pa ticula ly
sig ifica t
fo
the
co se vatio
of
Lakhimi
cattle,
Assam’s
i dige ous
b eed,
as
adva ced
assisted
ep oductive
tech ologies
ca
help
multiply
ge etically
supe io
a imals
while
p ese vi g
valuable
ative
ge etic
esou ces.Sa ma
said
the
achieveme t
could
co t ibute
to
seve al
a eas,
i cludi g
i dige ous
b eed
co se vatio ,
imp oved
disease
co t ol
a d
highe
milk
p oductivity.

I
the
lo g
u ,
these
i te ve tio s
a e
expected
to
st e gthe
Assam’s
dai y
eco omy
a d
imp ove
the
i comes
of
livestock
fa me s.”My
hea tiest
co g atulatio s
to
all
the
vete i a y
scie tists
a d
p ofessio als
behi d
this
histo ic
achieveme t,”
the
chief
mi iste
said,
addi g
that
thei
wo k
had
the
pote tial
to
ushe
i
a
ew
e a
fo
Assam’s
dai y
secto .He
desc ibed
the
ewbo
calf
as
small
i
size
but
sig ifica t
i
te ms
of
the
scie tific
milesto e
it
ep ese ts
fo
Assam’s
biotech ology
ecosystem.The
latest
achieveme t
builds
o
Assam’s
o goi g
effo ts
to
i t oduce
assisted
ep oductive
tech ologies
i to
livestock
developme t.Ea lie
this
yea ,
scie tists
at
the
vete i a y
college
p oduced
Assam’s
fi st
IVF-bo
calf,
a
female
Gi
calf
bo
i
So apu ,
demo st ati g
the
viability
of
emb yo-t a sfe
tech ology
u de
field
co ditio s.

Scie tists
have
said
such
tech ologies
ca
e able
faste
multiplicatio
of
supe io
ge etic
stock,
pote tially
imp ovi g
milk
p oductivity
a d
suppo ti g
dai y
fa me s’
i comes.The
successful
Lakhimi
bi th
the efo e
combi es
mode
ep oductive
biotech ology
with
the
co se vatio
of
a
i dige ous
cattle
b eed,
givi g
Assam
a
ew
tool
to
st e gthe
its
livestock
secto .Sa ma
co cluded
his
message
by
i voki g
“Gau
Mata”
a d
desc ibed
the
achieveme t
as
a
milesto e
ca yi g
sig ifica ce
fa
beyo d
the
bi th
of
a
si gle
calf.