LES Farm Khizerabad

Livestock Experiment Station Khizerabad, District Sargodha

Livestock Experiment Station (LES) Khizerabad, District Sargodha is a 1600 acres Agriculture and Livestock farm administrated by Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development Board. Farm is located at the ideal central location of the province, about 15 km off road from Salm Bypass Islamabad motorway and about 200 km from Lahore. There are about 900 pure Sahiwal cow and about 1000 Kajlee Sheep. There are also some experimental crops at the LES Farm. A Genetic Improvement Center is also under construction in collaboration with ICI Pakistan. An institute of rural economy called Punjab Institute of Livestock Sciences is also working at the Farm. Some ongoing projects on the farm include Honey Bee keeping project, Feedlot Fattening project, Fish farming and many others small initiatives are available at the farm to educate the students and practitioners visiting at the farm. Further details are available in the following slides: Introduction: The Farm was taken over by the Directorate of Livestock Farms in 1979 A Development scheme “Establishment of LES Khizerabad” was implemented in 1980 by L&DD, Punjab The Farm was handed over to the Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development Board for 33 years lease in Feb 2012 A center for the conservation of the Sahiwal Cattle & Kajli Sheep.

There are about 900 pure Sahiwal cows at LES Farm. The Sahiwal cattle breed is an important indigenous genetic resource of Pakistan. This breed originated and developed in this region decade ago, now also found in 29 other Read More

PLDDB has successfully conducted Feedlot Fattening trial at LES Farm Khizerabad, Sargodha on 100 animals. The trial was encouraging as the weight gain per day was 750 gram. Read More

PLDDB is managing a herd of 1000 pure kajli sheep at LES for preservation & outreach purpose. Kajli sheep is a famous breed in the Sargodha district because of its beauty and weight gain capacity. Read More

Sheep and goats are the major source of livelihood for over a million livestock farmers. There are more than 50.9 million heads of goats in Pakistan. Read More

Sahiwal cow is a famous breed regarding its milk yield capacity while investing less amount than any other imported animal. Currently PLDDB is getting more than 1500 liters milk. Read More

Livestock farm Khizerabad is a 1600 Acres fertile land having capacity to grow all the major crops of the area. PLDDB is sowing experimental fodder crops at farm for research & dissemination purpose. Read More