Functions

The functions of Directorate of PRI are listed in the Rules of Business of the Government of Punjab. These include:

Production of poultry products

• Applied Research in different disciplines  to improve productive  performance
• Selection & breeding to improve productive potential of native breeds
• Distribution of better productive birds in rural areas
• Punjab poultry production Statistics

Poultry diseases through effective surveillance

• Surveillance of poultry diseases and their control
• Provision of Clinical & Lab. Disease Diagnostic facilities to farmers
  • Postmortem  & Bird Treatment through PDDL
  • Lab  samples testing
•  Provision of analytical facilities to the farmers
•  Collaboration to check emerging disease out breaks

Extension services

• Strengthening of stakeholder linkages through meetings, exhibitions, seminars etc.
•  To attend farmers seeking help/ guidance
•  Provision of extension services for vaccination, Treatment, deworming, spraying etc.

Human Resource Development

•  Capacity building of institutional staff
•  Strengthening institutional collaboration in HRD
•  Provision of need based training to male and female farmers
•  Provision of professional trainings to generate skilled manpower for improved employment opportunity

Poultry marketing & supply chain management

•  Data collection of production, availability & price of poultry & its  products
•  Value Chain Analysis

 Regulatory control in poultry sector 

• Enforcement of Punjab Animals Feedstuff & Compound Feeds Act ,2016 to regulate manufacturing, production, storage, transportation & marketing of poultry feedstuff and feeds
• Enforcement of Punjab Poultry Production Act, 2016 to regulate proximity, management & bio-security.

Disease Diagnosis facilities

• Diagnostic laboratories in public & private sector
• Disease surveillance
• Contingency / Emergency plan measures
• Research on identification, control & development of vaccine from local isolates
• Consultative meetings, seminars & conference
• Control through mass vaccination campaigns
• Isolation & identification of pathogens
• Serological diagnosis of viral diseases through HA, HI, AGPT tests for ND, AI
• ELISA technique for AI, IBD, IB, Mycotoxins etc.
• Antigen preparation for viral diseases (ND, AI, MG & MS etc from local isolates.
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
• Phylogenetic analysis. 
• Strain identification.
• Molecular epidemiological studies.
• Spot agglutination test. MG, MS.
• Isolation & Identification of MG, MS.