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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

I. No.of Mandals : 21

II. No of Constituencies :

1.Khammam(General) ( Khammam Municipality, Raghunathapalem (M)
2.Paleru(General) (Kusumanchi, Nelakondapally, Terumalayapalem & Khammam®)
3.Yellandu(ST) (Kamepally mandal)
4.Wyra(ST) (Wyra,Enkoor,Singareni & Konijarla mandals)
5.Sathupally(SC) (Sathupally,Vemsoor, Penubally,Kalluru & Tallada mandals)
6.Madhira(SC) (Madhira,Bonakal,Chintakani,Yerrupalem & Mudigonda mandals)

III. No. of the Institutions in the District:

(1)The District Veterinary And Animal Husbandry Officer is the head of the District
Administration assisted by (2) Assistants Directors.

The District wise institutions are as fallows.
a. District Veterinary Hospital : 01
b. Area Veterinary Hospital : 03
c. Primary Veterinary Centre : 47
d. Sub- Centre(Animal Health) : 90

IV. Departmental Activities:

There are (141) Veterinary Institutions and (5) Mobil veterinary centers functioning in the District in which the following activities are taken up.

1. Treating of ailing Animals.
2. Conducting of Preventive Vaccinations.
3. Fodder Development.
4. Breed improvement through Artificial insemination.
5. Conduct of Mass Sheep & Goat Deworming Camps.
6. Conduct of Animal Health & Fertility Camps.
7. Other Development Activities implementation of centrally sponsored and state sponsored schemes.

V. District Veterinary Hospital:

1. District Veterinary Hospital, Khammam is located in the District Headquarters and functioning as referral hospital.
2. District Veterinary Hospital is well equipped with specialized diagnostic services for large animals and small Animals (Dog and Cats).
3. Treatment will be done by specialized veterinary Doctors for Large Animals and Small Animals.
4. X-ray facility for large and Small Animals (Dog and Cats).
5. Organize different types of Training programs to different cadres of Animal Husbandry Department for providing good Animal Husbandry practices
6. Organizes Trainings for Gopalamitras, Gopals, Pasumithras, Mythries and farmers also.
7. Conducts Internship trainings for B.V.Sc students from Veterinary Collages.

VI. Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory:

The Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at District Headquarters provides disease investigation services.
1.Assist the local Veterinarian during diseases out brakes.
2.Collect samples for diagnosis of the diseases.
3.Conducts postmortems of the dead animals for diagnosis purpose.
4.Monitors the vaccine supply in the district.

VII. CATTLE BREED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (AI) –GOPALAMITHRAS ACTIVITIES:

The Cattle Breed Improvement Programme is implemented by Telangana Livestock
Development Agency (TSLDA) in Khammam District. The District Livestock Development
Agency is located at Wyra. Activities taken up by DLDA are.

• Supply of Frozen Semen (Murrah, Jersey, HF, Ongole, Ongole cross breed) along with
Liquid Nitrogen to all Veterinary Hospitals in the District.
• Trained Door Step Artificial Insemination workers (Gopalamithras-182) will do door step Artificial Insemination for Cattle.
• Semen is supplied from Frozen Semen Bull Station Karimnagar and Liquid Nitrogen from Vishakapatnam Plant.
• Conducting Fertility Camps and Calf Birth Verifications in Gopalamithra Villages.
• The District Livestock Development Agency has been taken up Livestock Insurance Scheme to encourage Rural Dairy Industry. In this scheme 50 % subsidy on Premium towards insurance of Dairy Cattle will be borne by the Central Government under Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• The Animal Husbandry Department staff and Gopalamitras have achieved the Artificial Insemination targets in the
District during 2020-21.

VIII. Staff Position at District:
Sl.No Designation No. of Sanctioned Posts No of Working No. of Vacancies
1 DV & AHO (Joint Director) 1 1 0
2 Assistant Director (V & AH) 9 8 1
3 Veterinary  Assistant Surgeon 51 28 23
4 Contract Veterinary  Assistant Surgeon 8
5 Veterinary  Livestock Officer 15 15 0
6 Junior Veterinary Officer 32 28 4
7 Livestock Assistant 46 27 19
8 Veterinary Assistants 45 41 4
9 Enumerator 1 1 0
Miniseries Staff
10 Gazitted Office Manager 1 1 0
11 Superintendent 3 3 0
12 Senior Assistants 7 4 3
13 Statistical Computer 1 0 1
14 Junior Assistants 3 1 2
15 Typists 3 2 1
16 Drivers 1 1 0
17 Radiographer 1 0 1
18 Agricultural Mestri 1 0 1
19 Record Assistant 1 1 0
IVth Class Employees
20 Office Subordinates (Regular) 123 72 51

• Besides above, (65) Hospital Attendants on out sourcing are engaged during the year.

IX. Functional Indicators:

S.No Indicator Unit of measurement For the year 2020-21. Up to July,2021
Annual target Achievement Target Achievement
1 Curative Treatment Nos. 934500 1033280 317675 333024
2 Preventive Treatment Nos. 1543000 158894 373800 191376
3 Castrations Nos. 5500 6547 2814 3023
4 Vaccinations Nos. 2676000 2937850 552350 692673
5 Artificial Inseminations Departmental Nos. 63300 50552 12140 12006
Gopalamitras Nos. 120300 160639 36285 37501
Total Nos. 6148600 211191 48425 49507
6 Calf Births Departmental Nos. 15610 19599 4300 4399
Gopalamitras Nos. 36090 43954 15260 15681
Total Nos. 26000 63193 19560 20080
7 Fodder Development Acs. 24500 29568 10741 7340
8 Rythu Sadassus Nos. 730 789 293 213
9 Fertility Camps Nos. 423 426 19 3

X. ECONOMIC INDICATORS:

S.No Indicator Unit of measurement For the year 2020-21. I st Quarter From March,2021 to June,2021
Annual target Achievement Target Achievement
1 Milk production lakh mts., 420.00 431.59 105.00 106.32
2 Meat production mts., 24000.00 24606.61 6600.00 6610.56
3 Egg production lakh nos. 1925.00 1943.50 525.00 526.69

XI. 20TH Livestock Census-2017:

S.No Name of the Mandal Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Pig Dog Rabbit Fowl Duck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Khammam(U) 1937 9808 12130 6091 38 2112 17 27704 45
2 Madhira 131 1001 1268 735 14 264 0 66398 7
3 Sathupally 105 2071 50 395 146 714 4 31434 13
4 Bonakal 2723 14357 36303 2864 11 72 2 23500 0
5 Chintakani 6244 20211 35980 6833 310 279 13 44602 2681
6 Enkoor 8826 8992 21977 12876 654 813 0 52646 0
7 Kallur 3360 28934 24778 4659 152 775 2 103743 9
8 Kamepalle 14936 15370 34500 16805 379 517 5 77930 26
9 Khammam® 6335 11481 45653 8742 229 1137 6 43281 127
10 Konijerla 11048 18500 31543 9970 253 1120 7 56680 25
11 Kusumanchi 10631 13418 48460 19222 157 151 1 79190 26
12 Madhira 3512 19917 27124 5195 934 151 0 38147 2
13 Mudigonda 9753 20200 36169 11575 241 394 4 62973 1351
14 N.k.Palli 3279 22991 35483 8483 672 160 2 51728 82
15 Penuballi 6145 29423 46269 13228 16 851 4 225202 89
16 R.palem 10165 8974 33183 9522 60 1069 33 244561 68
17 Sathupalli 3036 17030 10032 7634 0 535 11 191152 21
18 Singareni 15564 8547 25352 6649 195 630 0 95546 151
19 Tallada 4007 28379 16639 4518 128 387 1 41302 0
20 T.palem 14412 9621 57674 14062 665 461 3 55636 114
21 Vemsoor 1253 26383 22355 11162 25 343 0 310107 11
22 Wyra 1736 18946 29958 5047 172 134 0 70437 0
23 Yerrupalem 1979 20549 34438 3746 190 142 0 158647 0
 

Khammam District

 141117 375103 667318 190013 5641 13211 115 2152546 4848

XII. SHEEP REARING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME:

1. In Khammam District Total (327) Sheep Breeders Co-operative societies with total (33286) members are registered.
2. In this scheme sheep units will be distributed to eligible yaadava families in the state with a unit cost of Rs.1,25,000 for (20+1) sheep unit on 75% subsidy with beneficiary contribution of Rs.31,250/- and subsidy portion of Rs.93,750/-
3. Total Target of Khammam District (16324) in List –A out of which (15370) sheep units were distributed to concerned beneficiaries and the remaining sheep units will be grounded soon after receipt of instructions from the Government.

XIII. MOBILE VETERINARY CLINIC(1962 TOLL FREE NUMBER):

1. The Telangana State Government has started MVCs for the benefit of poor farmers for treatment of animals near their home.
2. MVCs are allotted for each Constituency with total of (05) MVCs working in Khammam District.

XIV. FOLLOWUP PROGRAMMES:

SHEEP AND GOAT DEWORMING PROGRAMME:

The Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department is conducting mass free Sheep and Goat Deworming programme, thrice a year for the benefit of shepherds to control parasitic infestations among the flocks. This programme will be conducted for a population of around 8.8 Lakhs during August-2021.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINATION:

The mass FMD Vaccination programme will conducting twice a year for control of Foot Mouth disease for Livestock .This programme will be conduct during 2021-22.

XV. CHAFF CUTTERS:

The Chaff cutters (2 H.P. 3 Blades) were distributed under NLM, NSP and SCP for (27) farmers with unit cost of Rs.21,400/- and subsidy of Rs.8000/- for the year 2020-21.

XVI. FODDER SEED:

During the year 2020-21 Fodder Seed (20 MT’s PC-23) is distributed to the farmers on 75% subsidy for augmentation of Green fodder availability to the Livestock.

XVII. RURAL BACKYARD SHEEP/GOAT UNITS:

The Government is implementing Rural Backyard Sheep/Goat units under National Livestock Mission with 90% subsidy. Under this programme 7 units under NSP and 3 units under SCP are allotted to Khammam District

District Veterinary and
Animal Husbandry Officer
KHAMMAM