Ten New Breeds of Indigenous Farm Animals Registered by ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal

ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal (NBAGR) is the nodal agency for the registration of breeds of the country.  Newly identified breeds are approved by Breed Registration Committee (BRC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) headed by Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences), ICAR and represented by National Biodiversity Authority, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (GoI), ADGs (ICAR), Directors of ICARs species specific animal science institutes and NBAGR.

Breed registration Committee in its online meeting held on 31^th August, 2022 approved registration of ten new breeds of livestock. This includes one breed of buffalo, three breeds of cattle, three breeds of goat, and three breeds of pig.  After including these newly registered breeds, total number of indigenous breeds now in the country is 212, which include 53 for cattle, 20 for buffalo, 37 for goat, 44 for sheep, 7 for horses & ponies, 9 for camel, 13 for pig, 3 for donkey, 3 for dog, 1 for yak, 19 for chicken, 2 for duck and 1 for geese.