Directorate of Dairy Animals Teaching and Research Center

Introduction


Need of the time is to evolve livestock sector on modern scientific lines throughout the country to make the Pakistan competitive on a global scale and Southern Punjab region, especially the Cholistan area is rich in livestock production. The Government of the Punjab has established Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS) in 2018 to boost livestock production in the area by producing well trained veterinary and animal science graduates and extension workers. Our university is effectively contributing to produce large number of animal/veterinary science graduates as well as para-veterinary professionals. Directorate of Dairy Animals Teaching and Research Center is providing the facilities of research and practical training of graduate and postgraduate students in dairy nutrition and livestock feeding. Moreover, Forage Research Center was established in 2023 as part of this directorate and is providing facility for livestock nutrition and forage research in the vicinity of Cholistan region. This center is providing services to the livestock farmers on commercial scale in terms of laboratory analysis to improve the production of dairy animals by analyzing feeds and forages. The directorate is also arranging the farmers training sessions on different aspects of precision farming including the balanced nutrition and hands-on trainings of veterinary and animal science graduates on dairy nutrition and feed formulations techniques. In addition to feed and forage analysis, we are committed to nutritionally evaluate new agro-industrial products as feed resources for dairy animals. The directorate will provide an excellent public resource to advance the dairy production in the region.

  • Laboratory services/facilities

Commercial laboratory facility to evaluate the quality of forages and other animal feed ingredients through various tests.

  • Dry matter (DM)/ Moisture
  • Crude protein (CP)
  • Crude fat/ Ether extract
  • Crude ash
  • Crude fiber
  • Neutral detergent fiber (NDF)
  • Acid detergent fiber (ADF)
  • Acid insoluble ash (AIA)
  • Silage pH
  • Non-fibrous carbohydrate
  • Gross energy
  • Mineral analysis