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- 1Gross Value Added*(GVA) of Rs.1,47,495 croreப.2
Livestock generated a GVA of Rs.1,47,495 crore in 2024-25 - 5.10% of GSDP and 39.09% of the GVA from agriculture and allied sectors.
- 2114.43 lakh metric tonnes of milk, ranking 11thப.3
Tamil Nadu produced 114.43 lakh MT of milk (11th nationally), 2,330.495 crore eggs (2nd) and 8.02 lakh MT of meat (6th) in 2024-25.
- 34.62 percent of the country's milk productionப.3
The State supplies 4.62% of India's milk, 15.63% of its eggs and 7.63% of its meat.
- 4407 ml per dayப.4
Per capita milk availability is 407 ml a day against the ICMR norm of 300 ml, and 302 eggs a year against the recommended 180.
- 555.80 lakh doses of frozen semenப.5
Frozen semen stations produced 55.80 lakh doses in 2025-26, enabling 45.15 lakh artificial inseminations and 20.91 lakh genetically superior calves.
- 6Civil Veterinary Department was established as a separate department in 1892ப.10
The Civil Veterinary Department was made a separate department in 1892 - the beginning of organised veterinary administration in the State.
- 7Madras Veterinary College in 1903ப.10
Madras Veterinary College was established in 1903, laying the foundation of formal veterinary education.
- 8In 1924, the Hosur Cattle Farm was taken over from the Armyப.10
The Hosur Cattle Farm was taken over from the Army in 1924 and developed into a cattle breeding station.
- 91948 with the creation of the Directorate of Animal Husbandryப.10
1948 brought both the Directorate of Animal Husbandry and artificial insemination using liquid semen.
- 10Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries in 1959ப.10
Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries came in 1959; the Directorate of Veterinary Education and Research followed in 1969.
- 11frozen semen in 1975ப.11
Artificial insemination with frozen semen began in 1975 - the technique that made nationwide breeding programmes possible.
- 12Animal Disease Intelligence Units (ADIU) in 1977ப.11
Animal Disease Intelligence Units date from 1977 and the Poultry Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Erode from 1981.
- 13Tamil Nadu Livestock Development Agency (TNLDA) in 2003ப.11
The Tamil Nadu Livestock Development Agency was set up in 2003 under the National Project on Cattle and Buffalo Breeding; livestock insurance came in 2006-07.
- 14Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017ப.14
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017 gave Jallikattu its legal framework.
- 15Kangayam Cattleப.14
Indigenous cattle breeds and their tracts: Kangayam (Tiruppur, Erode, Coimbatore, Karur), Umblachery (Thanjavur delta), Pulikulam (Madurai region), Bargur (Erode) and the Toda buffalo of the Nilgiris.
- 16Mecheri, Ramnad White, Madras Red, Kilakarisal, Vemburப.17
Indigenous sheep breeds: Mecheri, Ramnad White, Madras Red, Kilakarisal, Vembur, Trichy Black, Coimbatore, Chevvadu, Kachchakatti Black and Nilgiri. Goat breeds: Kanni Adu, Kodi Adu and Salem Black.
- 17237.89ப.18
Livestock population by the 21st Census: 237.89 lakh in all - 90.55 lakh goats, 88.73 lakh cattle, 54.34 lakh sheep, 3.43 lakh buffaloes - plus 1,996.13 lakh fowls and other birds.
- 18120 institutions during the 1960s to 3,813 institutionsப.22
The veterinary network grew from about 120 institutions in the 1960s to 3,813 in 2025-26 - 16 polyclinics, 14 clinician centres, 153 hospitals, 2,765 dispensaries and 865 sub-centres.
- 19245 Mobile Veterinary Units and 32 Animal Ambulancesப.22
245 Mobile Veterinary Units and 32 animal ambulances run in PPP mode, each staffed by a veterinarian, a para-veterinarian and a driver-cum-attendant.
- 201962 helplineப.24
A 24x7 State call centre on the 1962 helpline coordinates emergency veterinary services.
- 21491.67ப.25
Work done in 2025-26: 491.67 lakh treatments, 638.22 lakh vaccinations, 51.25 lakh artificial inseminations and 10.18 lakh castrations and spayings.
- 22first Government veterinary biologicals institute in the countryப.28
The Institute of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ranipet is the first Government veterinary biologicals institute in India to meet GMP standards; production in the new facility began in February 2026.
- 23four bacterial vaccines and five viral vaccinesப.28
IVPM makes four bacterial and five viral vaccines, plus five diagnostic reagents and one diluent, supplying other States as well.
- 24Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Collaborative Centreப.30
IVPM's FMD Collaborative Centre works under the National Animal Disease Control Programme, doing sero-surveillance, sero-monitoring and serotyping.