The 18th Meeting of Dairy Club (Joint Venture of Alltech and UVAS) was held on Monday Dec, 10, 2012 at Syndicate Room UVAS. Following was the agenda of meeting:
Title |
Speaker |
1.Closing of a successful year…..wrap-up
2. Topics selection for 2013 |
Dr. Shahzad Naveed Jadoon
General Manager,
Alltech Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. |
Minutes of meetings are as follows:
Dr. Muhammad Ilyas opened the house and gave warm welcome to the participants. He explained the agenda.
Dr. Shahzad Naveed Jadoon took the charge of the meeting and discussed about the Dairy Club. Then he requested the participants to write down one good point about Dairy Club, one week point of this forum and one suggestion. Response of the participants is as follows:
S. No. |
Good point |
Week point |
Suggestion |
1 |
The only forum to listen and share the experience of all type of livestock farms |
|
We should focus on futuristic commercial projects of livestock |
2 |
A great activity for the future of dairy industry in Pakistan |
No advertisement |
Advertisement of the dairy club is required |
3 |
A source of awareness according to the livestock production and contribution to Pakistan economy |
|
In 2013 focus should be on milk production and awareness on meat animals. |
4 |
A good initiative |
Participation should be more |
Meeting on exotic dairy animals farming |
5 |
Good inputs on dairy herd management |
|
Decrease in milk price should be focused and solution should be given |
6 |
Regularity |
Lack of independent website and activity on social media |
Ration formulation and feeding standards |
7 |
It provides good opportunity to share experiences with all related professionals in the dairy sector |
No |
Need to invite more professionals practically involved in the dairy sector |
8 |
Very good information |
No advertisement |
|
9 |
Its good initiative for learning and interaction with the people of experience |
Less participation from field people |
Coordination should be improved |
10 |
A common forum for dairy industry |
Farmers participation is less |
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After getting feedback Dr. Jadoon discussed:
Review of Topics 2012
This year we had 13 presentations on following topics:
- Modern age housing practices and animal comfort
- Selection of good animals, a process
- Better calf rearing options & tips
- Dairy Club one year anniversary
- Fodder management plan
- Synchronization
- Tools for early pregnancy diagnosis”
- Heat stress management in exotic dairy animals
- Heat stress management in indigenous dairy Animals
- Systems involved in dairy farming
- Factors affecting conception rate in dairy cows
- Analyzing dairy farms as Business
- And today’s topic: Topic Selection for 2013
Review of Our Worthy Speakers 2012
Review of Members & activities
Our Achievements:
- Current number of members exceeded to 62. These members are leader executives from top most universities, dairy companies, feed mills, and large farms.
- Developed Dairy Club Website and update continuously with news and upcoming events
- Mixture of actions that add value to dairy sector such as inviting on events and official dinners
- Present solutions towards multifaceted problems of feed, genetics, diseases, animal congenial environmental issues etc.
- Analysis of global dairy and beef issues
- Valued presentations by experts
After presentation Dr. Jadoon asked for feedback:
Major Yousaf, Stockfeeds:
It’s a wonderful forum, I guess in past nobody has such opportunity to share and discuss. I congratulate this team on this success.
Dr. Imtiaz Ali Channa, UVAS:
It is a very good and effective forum. The only thing which we have to improve is on farm visits. I will help this forum in organizing farm visits.
Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Nestle:
Thanks goes to Alltech for such a tremendous effort. Learning is a continuous process and main thing is practical knowledge. I suggest all youngsters to actively participate such forums where they can interact with the people with practical experience. Pakistan is 3rd largest milk producing country. We have surplus milk, now we have to work on its export. Mycotoxins are big challenge at this time. Storage of feedstuffs is main area to work in this regard.
Dr. Yasir A.D, UVAS:
We should share information about the experts in animal nutrition, health and reproduction to improve services to the farmers.
Dr. Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan, Alltech:
Many thanks to all Dairy Club members for active participation and cooperation during year 2012 and same we expect during 2013.
Dr. Muhammad Ilyas, Alltech:
Paid thanks to all presenters for taking out time from their busy schedule and sharing their lifelong knowledge and experiences. |
