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Cattle Breeds

Indigenous dairy breeds of cattle

1. Gir

• This breed is otherwise known as Desan, Gujarati, Kathiawari, Sorthi, and Surati.
• Originated in Gir forests of S Kathiawar in Gujarat.
• Basic colours of peel are white with night cherry-red or chocolate-brown patches or sometimes black or purely red.
• Horns are particularly curved, giving a 'half moon' appearance.
• Milk yield ranges from 1200-1800 kgs.
• Age at showtime calving 45-54 months and inter calving period from 515 to 600 days.

ii. Scarlet Sindhi

• This brood is otherwise called as Red Karachi and Sindhi.
• This breed by and large constitute in Karachi and Hyderabad district of Islamic republic of pakistan.
• Color is red with shades varying from dark cerise to light, strips of white.
• Milk yield ranges from 1100-2600 kgs.
• Widely used in crossbreeding programmes.
• Age at first calving 39-50 months and inter calving period from 425-540 days.

iii. Sahiwal

• Originated in Montgomery district in present Pakistan.
• This brood otherwise known as Lola (loose peel), Lambi Bar, Montgomery, Multani, Teli.
• The colour is reddish dun or pale red, sometimes flashed with white patches.
• The boilerplate milk yield of this brood is betwixt 2,725 and iii,175 kgs in lactation menstruation of 300 days

four. Deoni

• This breed otherwise known as Dongerpati, Dongari, Wannera, Waghyd, Balankya, Shevera.
• Originated in Marathwada region of Maharashtra country and bordering office of Karnataka and western Andhra Pradesh states.
• Body color is usually spotted black and white.
• Age at commencement calving ranges from 894 to 1540 days with an boilerplate of 1391 days.
• Milk yield ranges from 636 to 1230 kgs with an average of 940 days.
• Caving interval averages 447 days.

Ethnic Draught breeds of cattle

ane. Hallikar

• Originated from the former princely state of Vijayanagarm, presently role of Karnataka.
• The colour is gray.
• They are compact, muscular and medium size animal.
• The brood is all-time known for its draught capacity and specially for its trotting ability.

2. Amritmahal

• Originated in Hassan, Chikmagalur and Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
• Amiritmahals are grey cattle merely their shade varies from virtually white to about black.
• Horns are long and end in sharp black points.

3. Khillari

• Originated from Sholapur and Sitapur districts of Maharashtra.
• Grey-white in colour and have quick gait

four. Kangayam

• Originated in Kangayam, Dharapuram, Perundurai, Erode, Bhavani and part of Gobichettipalayam taluk of Erode and Coimbatore commune.
• The Kangayam breed was developed by the efforts of the late Pattogar of Palayakottai, Sri Northward. Nallathambi Sarkari Manradiar.
• Coat is crimson at nativity, but changes to grayness at about 6 months of age.
• Bulls are gray with dark color in hump, fore and hind quarters.
• Bullocks are grey.
• Cows are grey or white. However, animals with reddish, blackness, fawn and broken colours are also observed.
• The eyes are dark and prominent with black rings effectually them.

5. Bargur

• Institute around Bargur hills in Bhavani taluk of Erode district.
• Bargur cattle are of brown colour with white markings. Some white or dark brown animal are also seen.
• Animals are well built, compact and medium in size.

6. Umblachery

• It is otherwise called as Jathi madu, Mottai madu, Molai madu, Therkathi madu.
• Originated in Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagappattinam districts of Tamil Nadu.
• Umblachery calves are generally red or chocolate-brown at nativity with all the characteristic white marking on the face, on limbs and tail.
• The practice of dehorning of bullocks is peculiar in Umblachery cattle.

7. Pullikulam / Alambadi

• This breed is unremarkably seen in Salem and Coimbatore commune of Tamil Nadu and part of Bangalore district of Karnataka.
• Pulikulam / Alambadi bulls are nighttime grey, almost black and cows grayness or white.
• They have the typical astern curving horns of Mysore type cattle.
• They are active, useful draught animals but non fast trotter.

Bachaur

• Bachaur is draught breed of Bihar which as well known equally "Bhutia".
• Colour : Gray
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are stumpy, curving outward and upward. Medium in size
• Visible Characteristic: Medium sized compact animals with straight back. Forehead flat or slightly convex

Dagri

• Dagri Moo-cow Dagri BullDagri is draught brood of Gujarat, also known as "Gujarat Malvi". Dagri in vernacular linguistic communication means 'Deshi' or former or native.
• Colour is predominantly white, sometimes with greyness shade. Small sized animal with meaty torso and straight brow. Torso length is proportionally more than height.
• Horn are curt, thin, curved upward in a lyre shaped or in directly fashion with pointed tip.

Himachali Pahari

• Glaze colour is primarily black and blackish brown with compact cylindrical trunk, short legs, medium hump, horizontally placed ears and insufficiently long tail..
• Horns are medium sized, mainly curved in lateral and up management. Size: Male person- xvi.1, Female person- 12.nine cm.

Kenkatha

• Colour veries from grey on the barrel to nighttime grayness on the rest of body.
• Horns sally from the outer angles of the poll in markedly frontwards direction and terminate in sharp points.
• Small, sturdy and adequately powerful animal. Horns directed forwards.

Kherigarh

• Animals have white glaze color. Some animals have grey colour distributed all over body especially on face up.
• Horns are upstanding, curving outward and upward. These are thick at the base. Horn formation is typical of lyre-horned Malvi type. Horns are medium in size (15 cm).
• Modest only agile animal.

Konkan Kapila

• Animals are of various coat colours, predominant being reddish dark-brown followed by black. Nonetheless white/grey, mixed, brown or fawn coat colour animals are also available.
• Small to medium sized and meaty body, horizontal ears and straight forehead. Eyelids, cage, hoof and tail switch are generally blackness.
• Horns are generally straight. Emerge from side of the poll behind and above eyes in outward management and going upwards and backwards ending with pointed tips. Male-eighteen.45cm; Female person-18.30cm.

Ladakhi

• Coat colour is mostly black followed by chocolate-brown.
• Body is compact with short legs that make it more adapted to mountainous terrains.
• Small hairy, forehead with slightly long face and accept small hump.
• Horns are curved, directed slightly upwardly and forward ending with pointed tips over the brow. Average size: 16cm in male and 11cm in female.
• Well adapted to high distance, extreme cold climatic and hypoxic conditions

Mewati

• Mewati cattle are usually white with cervix, shoulders and quarters of a darker shade.
• Face is long and narrow with straight, sometimes slightly bulging forehead.
• Horns are outwards, upwardly, inwards in majority of animals; and outwards and upward in some animals. Tips pointed. Small to medium in size.

Motu

• Colour: Mainly Brownish (Reddish) some times Grey. Few animals are white in colour
• Horn Shape &Size : Straight, Up ward with rounded tip. Male: 6.23±0.21, Female: three.35±0.18cm
• Visible Characteristic : Small sized, strong and draft type cattle. Animals are mostly polled and brown in colour

Siri

• Siri is a modest sized draught purpose breed of hilly region of West Bengal and Sikkim. The breed is likewise known equally "Trahbum"
• Colour: Animals are either black with white patches or Dark-brown with white patches. In some cases they are totally blackness or brown.
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are curved outward, frontwards and slightly up, and are medium in size.
• Visible Characteristic: Colour blueprint similar to that of Holstein Friesian, Cervico-thoracic type of hump.

Ethnic Dual purpose breeds of Cattle

1. Tharparkar

• Originated in Tharparkar commune of southeast Sind in Islamic republic of pakistan.
• Otherwise known equally White Sindhi, Gray Sindhi and Thari.
• Body colour is white or calorie-free greyness.
• The bullocks are quite suitable for ploughing and casting and the cows are good milch animals (1,800 – 2600 kgs).
• Age at showtime calving ranges from 38-42 months and inter calving period from 430 to 460 days.

ii. Hariana

• It was originated from Rohtak, Hisar, Jind and Gurgaon districts of Haryana.
• Horns are pocket-sized.
• The bullocks are good workers.
• Hariana cows are good milkers yielding on an average i.five kg/cow/solar day in a lactation menstruation of 300 days.
• Average milk yield is 600 to 800 kgs per lactation. The age at first calving is twoscore-sixty months.

4. Kankrej

• It is otherwise called as Wadad or Waged, Wadhiar.
• Originated from Southeast Rann of Kutch of Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan (Barmer and Jodhpur district).
• Colour of the animal varies from silver-grey to iron-grey or steel black.
• The gait of Kankrej is peculiar chosen as i ¼ paces (sawai chal).
• Kankrej is valued for fast, powerful, draught cattle. Useful in ploughing and carting.
• The cows are good milkers, yielding nigh 1360 kgs.

5. Ongole

• Otherwise known as Nellore.
• Home tract is Ongole taluk in Gantur commune of Andhra Pradesh.
• Boilerplate milk yield is yard kgs. Historic period at beginning calving is 38-45 months with an intercalving period of 470 days.

vi. Krishna Valley

• Originated from black cotton wool soil of the water shed of the river Krishna in Karnataka.
• Animals are large, having a massive frame with deep, loosely built short torso.
• Tail near reaches the footing.
• Common colour grey white with a darker shade on fore quarters and hind quarters in male. Developed females are more whitish in appearance.
• The bullocks of this breed are powerful animals useful for slow ploughing, and valued for their good working qualities.
• The cows are fair milkers, average yield existence nearly 916 kgs during the lactation period.

Badri

• Badri is dual purpose brood of Uttarakhand which also known as "Pahadi"; as they are mainly plant in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand.
• Colour :Badri Cattle are small-scale in size having varied body colours- Black, Chocolate-brown, Ruby-red, White or gray.
• Horn Shape & Size: small-scale in Size Having long Legs. Hump is prominent .udder is minor in size, tucked up with the torso.
• Visible Characteristic: Hump is prominent .udder is small in size, tucked upward with the body. Hooves and muzzle are black or chocolate-brown in colour.

Gaolao

• Madhya Pradesh, Commune: Balaghat, Chhindwara, Seoni, Durg
• Colour: Gaolao animals are white or light gray. Males are more often than not grey over the neck
• Horn Shape & Size :Horns are brusk and stumpy, blunt at the points and curve slightly backward
• Visible Characteristic: Head markedly long and narrow tapering towards cage. Forehead recedes at the tiptop giving a slightly convex appearance. Optics almond shaped and placed slightly at angles.

Nari

• Nari is dual purpose breed of cattle known equally "Sirohi".
• Coat colour varies from white or greyish white in colour in majority of animals and bulls are either white, greyish white or black.
• Body is medium in size.
• Horns are spirally curved & outward/ frontward in orientation. Size: Male person- 55.56, Female- 51.68 cm. Horns of males are more often than not frontwards in orientation (59%) whereas, the females has the horns mostly oriented outwards. More often than not wide-spread, long, and thick at bottom and pointed at tips.
• Brow is broad and slightly concave in bulk of cases

Tharparkar

• Tharparkar (named subsequently the Thar Desert in Rajasthan) is a dual purpose and disease resistant cattle breed. The breed is also known as "White Sindhi", "Gray Sindhi" and "Thari" equally per the place of its actual origin (Sind, Islamic republic of pakistan).
• Animals are white or lite grayness.
• Face is and extremities are of a darker shade than the trunk. These animals have convex forehead. In bulls cervix, hump, and fore and hind quarters are also nighttime.
• Horns are set up well autonomously curving gradually upward and outward in the aforementioned line equally that of the poll, with blunt points inclined inward, moderatly thick at the base

Belahi

• Belahi breed of cattle are as well known as Morni/ Desi.
• Colour: Ruby-red the face and lower belly and feet are White in colour with black muzzle.
• Horn Shape &Size :Curved upwardly and inward , sickle shaped.
• Characteristic: Medium sized potent dual type, and migratory animal of lower Himalayas. White face up a long with some regions of Hump , cervix, and dewlap are white. In males, Hump and cervix region are dark in colour irrespective of coat colour.

Binjharpuri

• Binjharpuri, also known equally "Deshi", is a breed of cattle found in Jajpur, Kendrapara and Bhadrak districts of Odisha, maintained for milk, draught and manure.
• Colour: White. Some animals are Grey, Black or Brown in Colour.
• Horn Shape & Size: Curved up and inward.
• Boilerplate size in Male person: 21.17±2.86, Female: 12.lxx±1.31cm
• Visible Characteristic: Medium sized, strong dual type creature. Hump, neck, and some region of confront and back are black in colour irrespective of coat colour in males

Dangi

• Nashik, Ahmadnagar (Akola taluka of Ahmadnagar district, Sinner and Igatpuritaluka of Nashik districts) More often than not these animals are found nigh the hilly tract where forest is available in the ranges of Sahyadri.
• Colour : Dangi cattle have distinct white coat color with red or blackness spots distributed unevenly over the body
• Horn Shape & Size :Horns are brusque (12-15 cm) and thick with lateral pointing tips Animals with inward and too with downwards pointing horn tips are also available in sizable numbers
• Visible Characteristic: Uneven distribution of blackness or red spots over the trunk. Forehead is slightly protruding

Gangatiri

• Bhojpur district of Bihar, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Ballia districts of Uttar Pradesh.
• Coat colour is consummate white (Dhawar), Grey (Sokan).
• Horns are medium sized. Emerges from side of the poll behind and above eyes in outward and curving upwards and inward ending with pointed tips.
• Forehead is Prominent, directly and wide with shallow groove in the middle. Eyelids, muzzle, hooves and tail switch are mostly black.

Ghumusari

• Colour :Mainly White sometimes Grayness
• Horn Shape & Size: Curved upward and inwards. Some animals have directly horns.
• Male: 8.72±1.54, Female person: 7.47±1.67cm
• Visible Feature: Small sized, strong and draft blazon animal. Pocket-sized head with forehead being flat, broad and depressed in between the eyes

Lakhimi

• Lakhimi is dual purpose breed of cattle is found in entire land of Assam.
• Dark-brown & Grey coat color. Animals are modest sized, horned and have relatively short legs. Coat colour is variable mainly chocolate-brown and grey. Hump is medium in size and the backline is slightly curved. Udder is small and bowel shaped.

Malnad

• Colour: blackness with calorie-free shades of fawn on thigh and Shoulder region
• Horn Shape &Size: Generally minor and directly. Outward, up and in ward
• Visible Characteristic: Gidda means dwarf and Malnad means a place receiving heavy pelting fall. They are small in size with compact body frame counterbalance in garound 80-120 Kg. Tail switch - black, hump - small, udder small and bowl shaped.

Malvi

• Colour: Malvi cattle are greyness- darker in males, with neck, shoulders, hump and quarters nearly black. Cows and bullocks go near pure white with age
• Horn Shape & Size: Strong and pointed, emerge from the outer angle of the poll in an outward and up ward direction. Average Size of 20-25 cm in length
• Visible Characteristic: Strong well-built whitish grey animal with lyre shaped strong and pointed horns

Rathi

• Color: The animals are usually brown with white patches Allover the body, simply animals having completely chocolate-brown, or black coat with white patches are often encountered. The lower body parts are by and large lighter in color as compared to the residual of body.
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are curving out ward, upward and inwards. Horns are short to medium in size.
• Visible Characteristic: Body colour and horns type

Red kandhari

• Colour: The color is uniform deep dark red, merely varations From adullred to near dark-brown are besides found. Bulls as a rule areas hade darker than cows.
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are evenly curved and medium sized.
• Visible Characteristic : Body colour and horns type.

Shweta Kapila

• Shweta Kapila breed of cattle is likewise known as "Gaunthi/Gavthi dhavi".
• Coat colour is white.
• Horns are straight and maybe slightly curved upward and outward. Size: 20-27cm.
• White colour extends from muzzle to tail switch including eyelashes and muzzle (whitish brown).
• Short to medium statured beast with direct face and small to medium hump.

Thutho

• Glaze colour is blackness or brownish, sometimes white patches on face and body.
• Medium in size, hardy, well-built and docile.
• Fore-head is modest and straight. Backline is uneven, slopes behind the small hump, and rises to peak between hipbones and and so drops sharply to the tail head
• Horns are curved outward and upward. Brusque and stumpy

Vechur

• Vechur is one of the dwarf cattle breeds of India, with an boilerplate length of 124 cm and meridian of 87 cm, it is considered to the smallest cattle breed in the world. Information technology is known by the proper noun of a place Vechur - a small place by the side of Vembanad lake near Vaikam in Kottayam commune of S Kerala.
• Colour: Animals are light cherry, black or fawn and white
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are small, sparse curving forwards and downward. In some cases they are extremely small and are hardly visible.
• Visible Feature: Extremely small sized brute

Exotic dairy breeds of cattle

i. Bailiwick of jersey

• It is the smallest of the dairy types of cattle developed on isle of Bailiwick of jersey, U.M.
• In Republic of india this brood has acclimatized well and is widely used in cantankerous breeding with ethnic cows.
• The typical color of Jersey cattle is reddish fawn.
• Dished fore head and compact and angular trunk.
• These are economical producers of milk with v.3% fat and 15% SNF.

2. Holstein Friesian

• This breed was adult in the northern parts of Netherlands, especially in the province of Friesland.
• They are ruggedly built and they possess big udder.
• They are the largest dairy breed and mature cows weigh as much as 700kg.
• They have typical marking of blackness and white that make them easily distinguishable.
• The average production of cow is 6000 to 7000 kgs per lactation. Even so, the fatty content in their milk is rather depression (3.45 per cent).

three. Chocolate-brown Swiss

• The mountainous region of Switzerland is the place of origin of Chocolate-brown Swiss breed.
• Information technology is famous in its abode tract for its rugged nature and skillful milk production.
• The Karan Swiss is the excellent crossbred cattle obtained by crossing this breed with recognized Indian breeds of cattle.

4. Scarlet Dane

• The typical trunk colour of this Danish breed is scarlet, reddish brown or even dark brown.
• Information technology is also a heavy breed; mature males weighing upward to 950 kgs and mature female counterbalance 600 kgs.
• The lactation yield of Blood-red Dane cattle varies from 3000 to 4000 kgs with a fatty content of four per cent and above.

5. Ayrshire

• Origin Ayrshire in Scotland is considered as almost beautiful dairy breed. These are very active animals but difficult to manage.
• They exercise not produce as much milk or butter fat (just 4%) as some of the other dairy breeds.
• The breed was as well known as Dunlop cattle or Cunningham cattle.

6. Guernsey

• Originated from Small isle of Guernsey (France).
• The milk has a aureate colour due to an exceptionally high content of beta carotene which may help to reduce the risks of certain cancers.
• The milk also has a high butterfat content of five% and a high poly peptide content of 3.7%.
• Guernsey cows produce around 6000 litres per moo-cow per annum.
• The Guernsey cow has many notable advantages for the dairy farmer over other breeds includes high efficiency of milk product, low incidence of calving difficulty and longevity.

Buffalo breeds

Indigenous buffalo breeds

1. Murrah

• It is the most important breed of buffaloes whose abode is Rohtak, Hisar and Jind of Haryana, Nabha and Patiala districts of Punjab and southern parts of Delhi state.
• This is otherwise called every bit Delhi, Kundi and Kali.
• The color is commonly jet black with white markings on tail and face and extremities sometimes establish.
• The tightly curved horn is an important character of this brood.
• The buffalo cows of this breed are one of the most efficient milk and butter fat producers in India.
• Butter fat content is 7%. Average lactation yield is varying from 1500-2500 kgs and the boilerplate milk yield is six.8 kgs /twenty-four hour period.
• It is likewise used for the grading up of inferior local buffaloes.

2. Surti

• The breeding tract of this breed is Kaira and Baroda district of Gujarat.
• Coat color varies from rusty dark-brown to silver-grey. Skin is black or dark-brown.
• The horns are sickle shaped, moderately long and flat.
• The peculiarity of the brood is two white collars, ane round the jaw and the other at the brisket.
• The milk yield ranges from 900 to 1300 kgs.
• The peculiarity of this brood is very high fat percent in milk (viii-12per cent).

iii. Jaffrabadi

• The convenance tract of this breed is Gir forests, Kutch and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat.
• The horns are heavy, inclined to droop at each side of the neck and then turning up at point (drooping horns).
• The average milk yield is 100 to 1200 kgs.
• The bullocks are heavy and used for ploughing and carting.
• These animals are generally maintained by traditional breeders called Maldharis, who are nomads.

4. Bhadawari

• Habitation tract of this breed is Agra and Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh and Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh.
• The body is usually light or copper coloured is a peculiarity of this brood. Eye lids are generally copper or light brown colour.
• Two white lines 'Chevron' are present at the lower side of the neck similar to that of Surti buffaloes.
• The average milk yield is 800 to one thousand kgs.
• The bullocks are good draught creature with loftier heat tolerance.
• The fatty content varies from 6 to 12.5 per cent. This breed is an efficient converter of coarse feed into butterfat and is known for its loftier butter fatty content.

5. Nili Ravi

• This breed is found in Sutlej valley in Ferozpur district of Punjab and in the Sahiwal commune of Pakistan. (Bred around Ravi river).
• The peculiarity of the breed is the wall eyes.
• The milk yield is 1500-1850 kgs per lactation.
• The intercalving menstruum is 500-550 days and age at first calving is 45-l months.

six. Mehsana

• Mehsana is a dairy breed of buffalo found in Mehsana town in Gujarat and adjoining Maharashtra state.
• The brood is supposed to have been evolved out of crossbreeding between the Surti and the Murrah.
• The milk yield is 1200-1500 kgs. The breed is supposed to take adept persistency.
• The intercalving period ranges between 450-550 days.

7. Nagpuri

• The breeding tract of this brood is Nagpur, Akola and Amrawati districts of Maharashtra.
• These are black coloured animal with white patches on face, legs and tail. This is likewise called every bit Elitchpuri or Barari.
• The horns are long, flat and curved, angle backward on each side of the back. (Sward shaped horns).
• The age at first calving is 45-50 months with an intercalving menstruation of 450-550 days.

8. Toda

• Toda breed of buffaloes is named after an aboriginal tribe, Toda of Nilgiris of south Republic of india.
• The predominate coat colours are fawn and ash-greyness.
• These buffaloes are quite distinct from other breeds and are ethnic to Nilgiris hills.
• Thick hair coat is found all over the body.
• They are gregarious in nature.

Banni

• Colour: Mainly Black, some times Copper colour
• Horn Shape & Size : Curved. Medium to large, heavy with 24 to 30cm bore in developed animals
• Visible Characteristic : Horns are vertical and upward in management with inverted double/single coiling
• Districts: Kachchh, Sabarkantha, Surendranagar, Kheda, Banaskantha

Bargur

• Coat colors vary from black to light dark-brown or chocolate-brown black. Greyish white stockings from carpal/tarsal joint to fetlock are present predominantly in females.
• These buffaloes are maintained under all-encompassing system and are reared for manure, milk and meat (male person calves are sold for cara-beef).
• The animals are adjusted to graze in the hilly terrain due its small size (about 102cm in height).
• The milk yield of the animals ranges from 1.5 to two.0 liters per day and mainly used for house hold consumption.

Chhattisgarhi

• Coat color is black. Animals are medium built with proportionate body.
• Horns are medium to large in size and directed laterally backwards and so upwards with pointing tips.
• These buffaloes are reared under extensive system for providing draught power, milk and meat.
• Males take excellent ploughing ability, and preferred over cow bullocks specifically in rice fields.
• Milk yield ranges from 3 to 6 kg/day.

Chilika

• Colour : Brownish is hblack or Black
• Horn Shape & Size :Curved Upward, inward.
• Visible Characteristic: Medium sized with compact body, stiff legs and small udder. Habitatis chilka lake
• Districts:Khurda,Puri, krishnaprasad, Panaspandhaand Ganjam

Gojri

• These buffaloes have proportionate and medium built body and are mostly brown or black in colour. Horns are medium sized; generally curved to form a big loop.
• Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar and SAS Nagar (Mohali) districts of Punjab and Kangra and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh

Kalahandi

• Colour: Coat color is normally a mix of black and grey, Some times grey
• Horn Shape & Size: Horizontal going backwards, up, and inward, Curved to brand half circle appearance. About l cm long
• Visible Feature: Muzzle, eyelids, tail and hoofs are black. Long horns. Caput convex, udder round and medium in size. Tail extends beneath hock

Luit (Swamp)

• Luit is a medium sized black coloured buffalo with compact body and strong built upwardly.
• Brow is broad with conical face and wide muzzle. Eyes are prominent.
• Horns are broad at base, curved upward to form a semi circle and taper to a narrow tip.
• Lite white stockings upwards to the human knee are present in both fore and hind legs.
• Tail is brusque reaching up to the hocks.
• Udder is bowl shaped and small-scale in size.

Marathwadi

• Colour: Greyish blackness to jet black. Some animals have white Marking son brow and lower parts of the limbs
• Horn Shape & Size: Horns are parallel to the neck, reaching up to shoulder merely never beyond shoulder blade. Medium in length
• Visible Characteristic: Length of horns differentiates these buffaloes from Pandharpuri buffaloes. Horns reach upwards to the shoulder unlike in Pandharpuri buffaloes where these may achieve upward to pin bones some time

Pandharpuri

• Colour: Usually black but varies from light to deep black. White markings are plant on fore head, legs and tail in few animals
• Horn Shape &Size: Horns are very long and extend beyond shoulder bract, some fourth dimension suptopin basic. These are of iii types i.east.1. Bharkand- curving dorsum ward and usually twisted.2.Toki- curving back ward, upward and usually twisted out ward.3. Meti- apartment running down
• Visible Feature: Very long horns. Nasal bone is very prominent ,long and straight

Source: Proficient System for Cattle & Buffalo, TANUVAS & Vishwa Mangala Gou Grama Yathra

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• Sheep Breeding Farms, Section of Animal Husbandry, Himachal Pradesh

Cattle Convenance farm, Palampur, Distt. Kangra Ph: 1894-230467	Cattle Breeding subcontract, Kothipura, Distt. Bilaspur Ph: 1978-280034
Cattle Breeding subcontract, Bagthan, Distt. Sirmaur	Cattle Breeding farm, Bhangrotu, Distt. Mandi Ph: 1905-223077
Cattle Breeding farm, Kamand, Mandi Ph: 1905-269811

• Rabbit Farms, Department of Animal Husbandry, Himachal Pradesh

Rabbit Breeding Farm, Nagwain, Distt. Mandi Ph: 1905-287584

Rabbit Convenance Farm, Kandwari, Distt. Kangra Ph: 1894-230467

Kerala

Cattle Breeding Farm, Thumburmuzhi Chalakudy, Thrissur-680721 Phone: 0480-2746065 E-mail: cbfthumburmuzhy@kau.in Poultry and Duck Farm Mannuthy P.O., Thrissur-680651 Phone: 0487-2370237 Email: pdfmannuthy@kau.in	Livestock Enquiry Station Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad-678606 Phone: 04924-262243 E-mail: lrsthiru@kau.in University Livestock Farm Mannuthy P.O., Thrissur-680651 Telephone: 0487-2370302 Email: ulfmannuthy@kau.in
Centre for Pig Breeding & Enquiry Mannuthy P.O., Thrissur -680651 Phone: 0487-2370378 Email: pigcenter@kau.in

Karnataka

tate Livestock Breeding & Training Center, Hesaraghatta, Bangalore Ph: 080-28466397	Livestock Breeding Subcontract, Hesaraghatta, Bangalore Ph: 080-28466456
Hallikar Cattle Breeding Center, Kunikenahalli, Tumkur Dist Ph: 808139-286805	Livestock Research and Information Eye, Deoni, Karanja, Hallikhed-585415, Bidar, Karnataka Ph: 08482 - 200219

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