UVAS had facilities to check the quality of buffalo semen. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS

LAHORE: The Vice Chancellor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha has said that despite no proper mechanism of semen production in the country, and around 3.5 million poor quality semen doses, Pakistan has the best buffalo breed globally, producing 67% milk from them.



Talking to the APP on Monday, he said that the private sector was producing 3.5 million semen doses against the government's 2.5 million doses.



He deplored that it was very alarming that the quality of bulls being used for semen collection was inferior as the private sector was conducting business without covering the aspect of animal genetics.



There is no mechanism to check the quality of semen produced by the private sector, he added.



To a question, Pasha said that UVAS had facilities to check the quality of any semen, therefore it should be mandatory for the private sector to check their semen quality. He said that if UVAS provided quality semen to small farmers at their doorsteps, it would bring a revolutionary change in this fast growing livestock sector.