VETERINARY SERVICES
 DISTRICT WISE ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERINARY SERVICES
as on 31st March, 2001
SL.NO. ITEMS NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST STATE
1 Veterinary Hospitals 3 4 2 3 12
2 Veterinary Despensaries 4 8 6 5 23
3 Disease Investigation 1 2 1 1 5
  Laboratory          
4 Artificial Insemination Centre - 11 6 18 35
5 Stockman Centre 7 21 22 15 65
6 Livestock Checkpost - 2 1 1 4
 

LIVESTOCK POPULATION
as on 31st March, 2001
SL.NO. SPECIES EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH TOTAL
             
  1 Cattle 50431 42502 12841 37250 143024
             
2 Buffaloes 323 1311 66 270 1970
             
3 Sheep 316 1777 2325 605 5023
             
4 Goat 24375 24719 8375 25469 82938
             
5 Yak 953 638 1549 - 3140
             
6 Horse & Pony 1087 2272 1322 755 5436
             
7 Donkey & Mule 98 - 21 2 121
             
8 Poultry 66066 75316 22023 58001 221406
             
9 Pig 8784 8366 3135 6690 26975
             
10 Rabbit 117 131 54 55 357
             
11 Dog 11856 4750 1142 5810 23558
 

3. BREED OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FOUND IN SIKKIM
SPECIES       BREED
Cattle      Jersey, Jersey Crossbreed, Brown Swiss Crossbreed, Mixed-Cross, Siri, Holstein, Ayeshire.
      
Yak      Nepalese Breed, Tibetan Breed.
   
Sheep      Banpala, Gharpala, Crossbreed, Marine, Crossbreed Corridale, Tibetan Sheep, Rambouillet.
      
Goats      Crosses of Jammunapari, Bengal, Barabari with local Goats.
   
Horses      Hill Ponies.
   
Mules      Local
   
Pigs      Saddle Back, Large White, Yorkshire  and their crosses and local      (Punri) Landrace.
   
Fowls      Black Austrolop and their crosses, White Leg Jorn, Rod Iseland Indigenous Ley Stone Golden
      
Ducks      Local, Khaki Camble.