Important India & exotic breeds of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, swine and poultry. Improvement of farm animals and poultry.
Cattle breeds -
Indigenous dairy breeds
1. Gir - Origin- Gir forest of South kathiawar in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan.
- white colour with dark red on chocolate brown patches
- 1200 - 1800 kg per lactation
2. Red sindhi- Origin- karachi & Hyderabad of Pakistan
- red colour
• 1250- 1800 per lactation
3. Sahiwal- Origin- Montgomary Region
• reddish-brown colour or pale red
• 1400 - 2500 per lactation.
Indigenous draught breeds
1. Hallikar- Origin- Vijaynagar, Karnataka
• grey or dark grey colour
2. Amritmahal- Origin- Hassan, Chikmagalur & Chitradurga
• grey (white to near black shades)
3. Khillari- Sholapur & Sitapur districts of Maharashtra
• Grey white colour
4. Kangayam- Kangayam-, Dhrapuram, Perundurai, Bhavani, Erode and Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu
• Bulls- grey with dark colour in hump, fore and hind avatars
• Cow- grey or white
5. Bargur- Bargur- hills in bhavati talukof Erode district of Tamilnadu
6. Umblachery- Thanjavur, Thiruvarur district of Tamilnadu
7. Pulikulam- Madurai district of Tamilnadu
8. Alambadi- Alambadi of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu
• Grey or dark grey in colour
Indigenous dual purpose breeds of cattle
1. Tharparkar- tharparkar district of Pakistan, also in Rajasthan
• white to light grey
• 1800 to 2600 kg milk per lactation
2. Hariana- Rohtak, Hisar, Jind and Gurgaon district of Haryana and popular in Punjab, UP and parts of MP.
3. Kankrej- Southeast Rann of Kutch of Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan.
• Silver grey to iron grey.
• 1400 kgs per lactation.
4. Ongole- Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh
• White or light grey colour
• 1000 kg per lactation
5. Krishna valley- River Krishna in Karnataka
• Border districts of Maharashtra
• Grey white colour
• 900 kgs per lactation
6. Deoni- Western Andhra Pradesh also in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
• Black and white colour
• 636 to 1230 kgs per lactation
Exotic dairy breeds
1. Jersey- Jersey Island, UK
• Reddish Fawn
• 4500 kgs per lactation
2. Holstein Friesian- Netherlands
• Black and white markings
• 6000 to 7000 kgs per lactation
3. Brown Swiss- Switzerland
• 5000 kg per lactation
4. Red dane- Denmark
• Danish breed in red and reddish brown colour
• 3000 to 4000 kgs per lac.
5. Ayrshire- Scotland
6. Guernery- France
• 6000 kgs per lac.
Cross Breed- Dairy Cattle
1. Jersey cross
2. Holestein Friesian Cross
Indigenous Buffalo Breeds
1. Murrah- Rohtak, Hisar and Sind of Haryana, Nabo and Patiala districts of Punjab and Southern parts of Delhi State.
• Jet black colour with white markings on tail and face
• 1500 to 2500 kg per lactation. Butter fat content- 7.839 %.
2. Surti - Deccani, Gujarati, Talabde, Charator and Nadiadi.
• Rusty brown to silver grey colour.
• 1300 kgs per lactation.
3. Jaffrabadi- Gir forests, Kutch and Jamnagar district of Gujarat.
• Heaviest Indian breed.
• 1000 to 1200 kgs per lactation.
4. Bhadawari- Agra, Etawah district of UP and Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh.
• Light or copper coloured.
• Two white lines 'chevron' are present at lower side of neck.
• 800 to 1000 kg per lactation. fat content is 7 - 12.5%.
5. Nili Ravi- origin around river Ravi
• Sutlej valley in Ferozepur district of Punjab and in Sahiwal, Pakistan.
• 1500 to 1850 kgs per location
6. Mehsana- Mehsana, Sabarkanda and Banarkanta districts in Gujarat and adjoining Maharashtra state.
• 1200 to 1500 kg per lactation
7. Nagpuri- Nagpur, Akola, Amravati district of Maharashtra.
• 700 to 1200 kgs.
8. Toda- Nilgris hills of South India.
• Fawn to Ash-grey colour.
• 500 kgs per lactation.
Goat breeds