Inside India's cutting-edge cow 'factory'

The government is planning to set up 30 laboratories for carrying out IVF and surrogacy for cow breed improvement.

Synopsis

High-yield cows are being produced in 'cow factories' with the aim to conserve indigenous varieties via surrogacy and IVF. The aim is to phase out nondescript low-yield varieties and breed indigenous high-yield ones. Dairy farmers are being encouraged to use nondescript varieties as surrogate mothers, and over time replace them with genetically superior 'surrogate offspring'.