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WHAT IS LIVE STOCK BREEDING?

It is the foundation to meet our requirements - milk, draft power etc. It is the application of genetics & physiology of reproduction to animal improvement.       

INDIAN DAIRY BREEDS:-

• RED SINDHI
• SAHIWAL
• GIR
• THARPARKAR

DUAL BREEDS:-

• DEONI
• NIMARI
• HARIYANA
• ONGOLE

EXOTIC DAIRY BREEDS:-

• JERSEY
• HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN
• BROWN SWISS

BUFFALO BREEDS:-

• MURRAH
• MEHSAN
• SURTI
• JEFRA BADI

GOAT BREEDS:-

• DECCANI
• BELLARY
• NELTRA
• MANDYA

SHEEP BREEDS:-

• CHOKLA
• CHOTA NAGPURI
• JAI SALMERI
• MARURAI

EXOTIC GOAT  BREEDS:-

• MILCH - SAMUEN
• MEAT - ANGOLE
• DUAL- ANGOLOTIC
• EXOTIC SHEEP BREEDS:-
• MUTTON - DESERT HORN
• WOOL - MERINO
• FUR - KARAKUL.

BREEDS OF LIVE STOCK:

• CATTLE = 30
• BUFFALO = 10
• SHEEP = 42
• GOATS = 20
• PIGS = 03

Indigenous breeds have special qualities such as adaptability , resistant to diseases,meeting out the local needs,performing well under little & limited feed & fodder resources .They have a wide range of utility

NOTE:

• GOAT & SHEEP ARE CALLED MORTGAGE FILTERS
• GOAT IS CALLED A POOR MANS COW
•  PIGS ARE GENERALLY VERY  CLEAN ,BUT MAN HAS MADE THEM UGLY.

WILD GOAT :

Goat characters:

ANAL GLANDS

PEDAL GLANDS ONLY  ON FORE FEET. 

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