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Frozen Semen doses from seven Sirohi bucks purchased from Rajasthan and stationed at BAIF Central Research Station Uruli Kanchan were supplied to 18 locations in rural area for assessing the success of A.I. under field conditions.. The information on 2636 A.I. was available. Followup was 55.65 %. The overall conception rate (based on kidding) in goats was observed to be 26.04 %. Regionwise conception rate varied from 21.06 to 38.46 %. By and large the season did not affect the conception rate in goats. Although more inseminations were recorded during rainy season, the goats conceived round the year. Paritywise conception rate ranged from 22.17 to 33.71 %. Although it increased from first to fifth lactations, the differences were not significant. The effect of buck on conception rate in goats was important. Four packages with different sperm concentrations (30,60,90 and 120 million sperms per dose) were used.The average conception rate varied from 23.23 % to 27.27%. While no firm conclusions could be drawn on the package used because of smaller number of observations in each class, the data indicated possibility of achieving conceptions even with reduced number of sperms than with 120 million sperms per dose. Further work is recommended. It was concluded that besides strengthening the training of inseminators, investigations on semen freezing technique and sperm dose packing are needed to be undertaken to improve the conception rate in field.

Key words: Milk, Meat, Fiber, Skins, Manure