Important Characteristic of Indigenous Breed of Cattle in India

Important characteristic of indigenous
breed of cattle in India
Monika
Roll. No. 3022
Admn. No. = 2017v32B

Indigenous Breed: Subdivision of an animals species that has been
domesticated by human for breeding and selection and native to the area and
uniquely adapted to the condition where they developed.
TOTAL NO. OF INDIGENOUS BREED NOW IN COUNTRY IS 197 WHICH INCLUDE

50 FOR CATTLE ,117FOR BUFFALO, 34 FOR GOAT ,44 FOR SHEEP, 7 FOR HORSE
AND PONIES ,9 FOR CAMEL,10 FOR PIG,3 FOR DONKEY,1 FOR YAK, 19 FOR
CHICKEN ,2 FOR DUCK AND 1 FOR GEESE.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIGENOUS BREED :-

 Ease of parturition.
 Draught ability which which include stamina,strength, and food
conservation ability.
 Heat tolerance.
 Draught resistance (ability to survive on diet with a very low
nutritive value).
 Good feeding and milking ability.
 Diseases Reistance .
 Easy to manage .
 Adaptation to local condition .
 Help in conservation of local gene and breed.
 Well adapted to agroclimatic condition .
 Indigenous breed can survive on poor feed and fodder resource.
 Vital for livelihood of millions of farmer and livestock keeper
throughout world .
 Keeping of indigenous breed also assit in maintain local
biodiversity and conservation of of indigenous farm animals genetic
resource .
 Indigenous Breed help in maintance of biological diversity .
 Well productive and reproductive performance of indigenous
breed.
 For small scale farmer ,keeping of indigenous livestock may be
advantageous over exotic one in that they are adapted local
condition and will give some level of production even under
adverse condition such as limited supply of feed and water ,
prevalence of pests and parasite and disease outbreak.
 Indigenous breed are well adapted to our climatic condition and
resistance to many tropical disease and can survive and produce
milk on poor feed and fodder resource .Some of these breed are
well known for their high milk and fat production {ex.Sahiwal(the
avg. milk yield 2725-3175kg)} and Gir (milk yield 2200-2800kg).
Sahiwal
Indigenous Breed of cattle :-
1. Milch purpose breed of cattle = Sahiwal ,Red
Sindhi ,Tharparkar and Gir.
2. Draught purpose breed of cattle :-
Amirthmahal kenkatha
Kangayam Gaola
Bargur Krishna valley
Alambadi
Malvi
Siri
Hallikar
Khillari
Buchur
Kherigarh
Nagori
Ponwar
3.Dual purpose breed of cattle :-

Mewati Rathi Dangi
Deoni Ongole Haryana
Nimari Kankrej
Kankrej
Adaptibilty of Indigenous breed:-
Condition Adaptability of indigenous breed
1) Desert Tharparkar cattle
2)High altitude Siri Cattle
3)Hot humid climate Kangayam cattle
Livelihood Significance:-
 Indigenous breed may produce less meat and milk
than improved breed but they usually fulfill a wide
range of function for theirs owner sand are much
easy to manage.
 A crossbreed or exotic breed may be higher
producer but their offspring are poorly adapted to
local condition .
 In India many owners of crossbred cows cannot see
A use for mail calves so let them die .
 A local cow on the other hand may produce
bullocks are well suited for work under harsh
condition ,as well as enough milk to cover family
needs.
 The local cow needs fewer input and it is less
susceptible to disease ,draught or heat and making
it lower risk for its owner.
Imp Characteristics of indigenous cattle

breed of India:-
1) Amrithmahal= Best draught breed of India
2) Red sindhi=Resistant to several diseases
3) Hallikar=The Breed is best known for its draught
capability and specially for its trotting ability.
4) Bachur=Best draught breed of Bihar
5) Nagori=Most popular draught breed of northen
western India
6) Kankrej=Sawai –chal
7) Hariana=It is one of most important breed of cattle
in India as first class dual purpose Breed.
Sr Name General Production Origin
no of characteristics and utility
Breed
1. Sahiwal Loose skin (hence Best Indian Punjab,
named lola due dairy breed . Haryana
to loose skin ) The average
lethargic animals. milk yield
Light colour 2725 -
muzzle. 3175kg.
2. Red Resistant to 1474 kg per Hyderabad

sindhi several lactation
diseases,dark
coloured
muzzle,horn
emerges laterally
with blunt point.
3. Gir Tiny curled leaf Milk yield Gujarat
ear, horn half 2200-2800kg
moon Intercalving
appearance,dark period 515 to
red colour 600days
patches. Age at first
calving 45-54
months.
Sr Name of General Production origin

no breed characteristics and utility
1) Amritmahal Long sweeping Best draught Karnatka
horn , grey cattle breed of
but their shade India
vary from almost
white to near
black,horn are
long.
2) Kangayam Colour red at Average milk Tamil
birth,but changes yield 600-700 nadu
to grey at about 6 kg.
months of age.
Bull are grey with
dark colour in
hump, fore and
hind quarter.
3) Bachaur Best draught Average milk Bihar
breed of Bihar yield per
lactation of
Bachaur cow
is 347kg with
an average
milk fat of
5%.
Most popular Average milk Rajasthan
4) Nagori (jodhpur
draught breed of yield per and
north-western lactation Nagore
India 603kg with district)
an average
fat of 5.8%.
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Roll. No. 3022

Admn. No. = 2017v32B

TOTAL NO. OF INDIGENOUS BREED NOW IN COUNTRY IS 197 WHICH INCLUDE

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIGENOUS BREED :-

3.Dual purpose breed of cattle :-

Imp Characteristics of indigenous cattle

2. Red Resistant to 1474 kg per Hyderabad

Sr Name of General Production origin

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