LAHORE (16-10-26): The University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore arranged concluding ceremony of five day workshop on Modern Dairy Farm Management & Advisory Services under the scheme “Initiatives for Livestock Development and Farmers Prosperity in Sawabi” at Veterinary Academy of City Campus Lahore.
UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Masood Rabbani presided over the inaugural session of the workshop while Dean Faculty Veterinary Science Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf chaired the concluding ceremony and distributed certificates among participants while Director Veterinary Academy Dr Asif Awan and few participants were present in the ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf said that such training is necessary for learning innovative knowledge related to modern dairy farm management practices. He said for enhancing of milk production in country it is direly needed to working on the human resource development.
Various aspects have been discussed during five days training workshop related to overview of modern dairy farming opportunities & challenges, key performance indicators of a modern commercial dairy farm, dairy industry evolution with reproductive technologies, dairy farm profitability and cost management, role of livestock officers as dairy advisors, feeding operations, feed storage, silage management and quality control, farm records, performance monitoring, biosecurity and workforce management, nutrition and management of growing and breeding-age heifers, timed artificial insemination and reproductive management protocols, practical feed formulation for a commercial dairy herd and cost optimization, future of modern dairy farming and employment/business opportunities etc.
