39 PEDIGREE HEIFERS TO BE IMPORTED TO ARMENIA FROM GERMANY
09:55, 6 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: 39 pedigree heifers will be imported
to the Republic of Armenia from Germany in the nearest future. This
was reported to Armenpress by the Head of the Animal Husbandry and
Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic
of Armenia Ashot Hovhannisyan. In April the Ministry of Agriculture of
Armenia had already imported 446 pedigree heifers. ~SAll the animals
have been imported and will be imported from the Federal Republic of
Germany~T, – said Ashot Hovhannisyan.
The Head of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department of the
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia stated that the
imported heifers provide a high quality and quantity of milk. Ashot
Hovhannisyan said that in average they give more than 5,000 kilograms
of milk annually, which is five times more than the milk given by
the cows bred in the Republic.
Ashot Hovhannisyan informed as well that in the framework of the
development of the cattle husbandry program, by now 1778 pedigree
heifers have been imported to the Republic of Armenia, which were
distributed to 56 economic units of the all marzes of the Republic.
In 2012 210 pedigree heifers were imported to Armenia. The imported
cattle were distributed to 14 economic units.
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