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Uttar Pradesh Poultry Policy
Department of Animal Husbandry U.P.

Until 1892, Imperial Horse Breeding Department run by the Inspector-General of Civil Veterinary Department, Government of India with headquarters at Shimla.

In1892, the Civil Veterinary Department was constituted in the State to supplement the operations of the Imperial Department and a Superintendent was appointed under the Director of Land Records and Agriculture with headquarters at Babugarh in District Meerut (Currently situated in District-Hapur). In 1920, a Veterinary Advisor to Government was appointed to look after it. In 1929, his designation was changed to Director, Civil Veterinary Department.

Animal Husbandry Department was created in January 1944. Sir Frank Ware became the first Director of the Department. The following subjects were dealt with the Animal Husbandry Department :

1. Cattle Breeding and Cattle Farms.
2. Livestock Marketing.
3. Poultry Farms and Poultry Development.
4. Cattle shows and exhibitions
5. Sheep and Goat breeding.
6. Pig breeding.
7. Cattle census.
8. Ghee and Milk schemes.
9. Fisheries and milk development.
10. Local purchase of the Army in connection with cattle, goat and sheep.

Soon after the creation of the department other posts were created for the development, in March 1944 to assist the Director of Animal Husbandry in the various branches of Animal Husbandry.

In order to expand the activities of the Animal Husbandry Department through out the province the Civil Veterinary Department was amalgamated with the Animal Husbandry Department in 1945

Hitherto all the biological products required for the control of livestock diseases and epidemics were purchased from the IVRI, Izatnagar Bareilly. For the purpose of economy and facility it was decided to open a Biological Products Section at Lucknow to meet the requirements of biological products for the province. Therefore a post of officer incharge biological products section was created in 1945 having responsibility of biological product viz vaccines and sera manufacturing.

1947-48 the U.P. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry was established at Mathura. Which later came under C.S.A. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur.

Early in 1947 it was decided to form a separate Fisheries Department as a result of which the Fisheries was separated from the Department of Animal Husbandry in 1964. Later on the Ghee demonstration scheme was stopped & Ghee grading stations along with the staff was transferred to the U.P. Cooperative Federation with effect from 1948. Presently the Department covers Livestock development, Poultry development, Disease control, Fodder development and other Animal Husbandry activities related to the socio-economic upliftment of rural masses and employment generations.