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Red Purnia cattle – an unexplored indigenous germplasm

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Title Red Purnia cattle – an unexplored indigenous germplasm
 
Creator CHANDRAN, P C
DEY, A
PANDIAN, S JEGAVEERA
BARARI, S K
KAUSHAL, D K
 
Subject Red Purnia
Indigenous germplasm
Performance
 
Description Purnia cattle are small-to medium-size, distributed in Purnia district and adjoining areas of Araria and Katihar districts of Bihar. Red Purnia are not enlisted among the recognized breeds of cattle in India, as there is lack of preliminary information about the cattle. The cattle exist in two different varieties viz. grey and red. The estimated population of Red Purnia is 2.19 lakhs. The herd size was small with the average of 3.6 and 81% of herds possessed at least 1 cow with 1 or 2 calves. Various morphometric characteristics and body weight of Red Purnia cattle were evaluated on randomly selected 875 animals. Red Purnia cattle are low milk yielders with the average peak yield is 2.88±0.31 litres. These cattle have better reproducing ability with the calving interval of 15.0±0.41 months and 1.31±0.11 number of services/conception. Strategies for genetic improvement of the cattle are discussed.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2012-12-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/25704
10.56093/ijans.v82i12.25704
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol. 82 No. 12 (2012); 1594–1597
2394-3327
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/25704/11891
 
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