BREEDS OF CATTLEPART 1

M.M.Palitha Mahinda Munasinghe

palithamahinda@yahoo.com

Indigenous Breed

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Classified under three groups based on utility / purpose

a) Milk breedsb) Dual Purpose breedsc) Draught breeds

Milk Breeds

Male animals are slow or poor work The examples of Indian breeds are Shahiwal, Red Sindhi, Gir and Deoni These breeds are high milk yields The average more than 1600 kg per lactation

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Dual Purpose Breeds

Male animals are very useful for work Their milk production per lactation is 500 kg to 150kg

The example of this group is Ongole, Hariana, Kankrej, Tharparker, Krishna valley, Rathi and Goalo Mewathi

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Draught Breeds

The males are good for work Cows are poor milk yielders Average yield is less than 500 kg per

lactation A pair of bullocks can haul 1000 kg Walking speed of 5 to 7 km per hour

Cover a distance of 30 - 40 km per day The example of this group Kangayam,

Umblacherry, Amritmahal, Hallikar

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Red Sindhi Milk breeds

• Hailing from the Kohistan, Sindh province in present Pakistan• Mainly available in Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Orissa• Under good management conditions the Red Sindhi averages

• over 1700 kg of milk after suckling their calves • Under optimum conditions milk yields of over 3400 kg

per lactation

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Sahiwal Milk breeds

• Originally Belonging to the Montgomery district of Present Pakistan• Mainly found in Punjab, Haryana, U.P, Delhi, Bihar and M.P. • Milk yield

• Under village condition :1350 kg• Under commercial farms: 2100 kg

• Age at first calving -32-36 months • Calving interval – 15 month

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Gir Milk breeds

• Mainly found in Gir forest areas of South Kathiawar • Gir Cows are good Milk – yielder• Milk yield

• Under village condition : 900 kg• Under commercial farms: 1600 kg

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• Mainly found in Karnal, Hisar and Gurgaon district of Haryana, Delhi and Western M.P • Milk yield 1140 -4500 kg • Bullocks are powerful for road transport and rapid ploughing

Hariana Draught breeds

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Tharparkar Draught breeds

•Mainly found in Jodhpur, Kutch and Jaisalmer •Milk yield

• Under village condition :1660 kg• Under commercial farms: 2500 kg

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