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  Calendar of activities for cattle management January Heavy snowfall in Kashmir and  Himachal Pradesh  during this month results in cold breeze and frost in northern India. It is imperative that all necessary steps be taken to protect livestock from this inclement weather. In case of the occurrence of frost, make adequate arrangements for artificial lighting and heating. Weak and sick animals should be covered with sack cloth to protect them from the cold. At the same time, during the night, all the animals should be tethered in a covered shelter. Avoid keeping animals in a damp area, as well as protect them from smoke from fires which are lit to provide warmth. The dampness and smoke increases their chances of contracting pneumonia. Animals should be given lukewarm feed and water to drink. To maintain the body temperature of animals in milk, they should be fed with a mixture of oil cakes and jaggery. It is important to start collecting and storing fodder at this time. To ensure that

  Cattle Breeding Farms Central Cattle Breeding Farms Central Cattle Breeding Farm, P.O. Dhamrod, District : Surat-394 125. Gujarat Ph: 02646-276109 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, P.O. Sunabeda-2, District : Koraput-793 002. Odisha. Ph: 06853-223390 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, Andesh Nagar, P.B. No. 63, District : Lakhimpurkheri 262701. Uttar Pradesh Ph: 05872-252835 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, Cattle Farm (Post) Alamathi Thiruvallur-Redhills Road Chennai-52 Ph: 044-26310884 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, Chiplima, P.O. Basant Pur Via-CA Chiplima, District Sambalpur-768025. Odisha. Ph: 0663-2570722 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, Suratgarh, P.O. Bhagwandar Distt Sriganganagar-335804, Rajasthan. Ph: 01509 268091 Central Cattle Breeding Farm, Hessarghatta, Bangalore North-560 088. Karnataka Ph: 080-28466227   State Cattle Breeding Farms Himachal pradesh Cattle Breeding Farms, Department of Animal Husbandry, Himachal Pradesh Cattle Breeding farm, Palampur, Distt. Kangra Ph: 1894-230467 Ca

  Buffalo breeds Indigenous buffalo breeds 1. Murrah It is the most important breed of buffaloes whose home is Rohtak, Hisar and Jind of Haryana, Nabha and Patiala districts of Punjab and southern parts of Delhi state. This is otherwise called as   Delhi, Kundi and Kali. The colour is usually jet black with white markings on tail and face and extremities sometimes found. The tightly curved horn is an important character of this breed. 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 average milk yield is 6.8 kgs /day. It is also 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 colour varies from rusty brown to silver-grey. Skin is black or brown. The horns are sickle shaped, moderately long and flat. The peculiarity of the breed is two white collars, one rou

  Exotic dairy breeds of cattle 1. Jersey It is the smallest of the dairy types of cattle developed on island of Jersey, U.K. In India this breed has acclimatized well and is widely used in cross breeding with indigenous cows. The typical colour of Jersey cattle is reddish fawn. Dished fore head and compact and angular body. These are economical producers of milk with 5.3% fat and 15% SNF. 2. Holstein Friesian This breed was developed in the northern parts of Netherlands, especially in the province of Friesland. They are ruggedly built and they possess large udder. They are the largest dairy breed and mature cows weigh as much as 700kg. They have typical marking of black and white that make them easily distinguishable. The average production of cow is 6000 to 7000 kgs per lactation. However, the fat content in their milk is rather low (3.45 per cent). 3. Brown Swiss The mountainous region of Switzerland is the place of origin of Brown Swiss breed. It is famous in its home tract for its

 Tharparkar Tharparkar (named after the Thar Desert in Rajasthan) is a dual purpose and disease resistant cattle breed. The breed is also known as “White Sindhi”, “Grey Sindhi” and “Thari” as per the place of its actual origin (Sind, Pakistan).  The breeding tract of the breed includes Kutchchh district of Gujarat and Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts of Rajasthan.  The breed is medium sized compact with white and light grey coloured coat. Face and extremities are darker than rest of the body. In bulls neck, hump, and fore and hind quarters are also dark. The colour gets darker during winter. The animals can thrive well on small bushy vegetation (Sewan grass) during drought and fodder scarcity condition and produce reasonabe amount of milk with an average yield of 1749 kilo grams per lactation (ranging from 913 to 2147 Kg per lactation). Good animals with high nutrition have produced even higher than 3000 litre per lactation in farm condition. The males are also good for drought

 Sahiwal Sahiwal is considered to be one of the best milch cattle breed of India. The breed derives its name from Sahiwal area in Montgomery district of Punjab in Pakistan. These animals are also known as “Lambi Bar”, “Lola”, “Montgomery”, “Multani” and “Teli”. The animals are very good for specialized dairy purpose.  The breeding tract of the breed is Ferozpur and Amritsar districts of Punjab and Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan. Good herds of pure Sahiwal cattle are available around Fazilka and Abohar towns of Ferozepur district in Punjab. The cows are brownish red in colour; shades may vary from a mahogany red brown to more greyish red. Extremities in bulls are darker than rest of body colour. Occasionally there are white patches. Animals have well developed udder, good slope at rump and shorter horns. Dewlap is medium in size. Average lactation yield of Sahiwal cows is 2325 kilo grams. The lactation yield ranges from 1600 to 2750 Kg. However, selected herds may have higher prod

 Red Sindhi Red Sindhi is a reputed heat tolerant milch cattle breed originating from Sindh province of Pakistan. The breed is also known as “Malir”, “Red Karachi” and “Sindhi”.  It is considered that breed is evolved from Las Bela cattle of Bela, Baluchistan.  The breed is of distinct red colour and darker than Sahiwal. Red shades vary from dark red to dim yellow but most commonly, the animals are dark red. Occasionally small white patches are seen in dewlap and forehead. Horns are thick at the base and emerge laterally and curve upward. The Red Sindhi breed has a very high genetic potential for milk production and comparable with Sahiwal. In India, the animals of the breed are not available in field condition. The breed was used in many countries including USA, Australia, Philippines, Brazil and Sri Lanka for breed development. The milk yield of the cattle ranges from 1100 to 2600 kg per lactation with an average yield of 1840 kg per lactation. Fat percentage in the milk varies from