TNPSC Thervupettagam

IndiGau Chip

January 5 , 2022 987 days 964 0
  • IndiGau is the world’s largest cattle genomic chip launched by the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad.
  • IndiGau is India’s first Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) based chip.
  • It is used for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole, etc.
  • This chip will have practical utility in the Governments schemes to achieve the goal of conservation of our own breeds with better characters and help towards doubling of farmers’ income by 2022.

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