Cattle and Buffalo breeds Having similar characters. 27 indigenous cattle breeds. Milch breeds:- Sahiwal Gir Red sindhi Dual purpose short horned Hariana Ongole Krishna valley Deoni Dual purpose long horned Tharparker Kankrej Draft purpose Hallikar Amritamahal Khillari Kangayam Umbalacherry

1. BREEDS OF
CATTLE AND
BUFFALOES
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University

2. Breeds of Cattle
 Having similar characters.
 27 indigenous cattle breeds.
 Sahiwal
 Gir
 Red sindhi
MILCH BREEDS

3. Sahiwal
 Highest milk production in india.
 Yield – 1400 – 2500 Kg per lactation.
 Reddish dun colour.
 Origin - Paksitan
Sahiwal cattle

4. Sahiwal cattle

5. Leafy Gir
 Yield – 1200 - 1800 Kg per
lactation.
 White with dark red patches or
chocolate-brown patches or pure
red or pure black.
 Origin – Gujarat, Maharastra,
Rajasthan.
 Leafy ears
Gir cattle

6. Gir cattle

7. Gir cattle

8. Red Sindhi
 Yield – 1250 – 1800 Kg per
lactation.
 Red colour.
 Origin – Karachi and Hyderabad.
Red sindhi cattle

9. Red sindhi cattle

10.  Hariana
 Ongole
 Krishna valley
 Deoni
DUAL-PURPOSE BREEDS
SHORT HORNED LYRE HORNED
 Half-moon
Tharparker
 Bahubali Kankrej
Greece - Lyre

11. Ongole
 White or light grey in colour.
 Yield – 1000 Kg per lactation.
 Large muscular breed with a well-
developed hump.
Ongole cattle

12. Ongole cattle

13. Krishna valley
 Karnataka and maharastra region.
 Yield – 900 Kg per lactation.
Krishna valley cattle

15. Hariana
 White in colour.
 Yield – 600 - 800 Kg per
lactation.
Haryana cattle

16. Hariana cattle

17. Deoni
 Spotted black and white.
 Andhra, Karnataka, and
Maharastra border.
 Yield – 650-1250 Kg per
lactation.
Deoni cattle

18. Deoni cattle

19. Half-moon Tharparker
 White or light grey
 Yield – 1800 to 2600 Kg per
lactation.
 Rajasthan and Pakistan.
Tharparker cattle

20. Tharparker cattle

21. Tharparker bull

22. Bahubali Kankrej
 Gujarat and Rajasthan.
 Yield – 1400 Kgs per lactation.
 Fast, powerful drought cattle also.
Kankrej cattle

23. Kankrej cattle

24. DRAFT BREEDS
 Trotting Hallikar
 Point Amritamahal
 Killing Khillari
 Grey Kangayam
 White leg Umbalacherry

25. Trotting Hallikar
 Halli ?
 Long horns and strong legs.
 Trotting ability.
Hallikar cattle

26. Point Amritmahal
 Grey cattle.
 Black muzzle, feet and tail.
 Horns are long and end in sharp
balck points.
Amritmahal cattle

27. Amritmahal bull

28. Killing Khillari
 Maharastra
 Grey-white in colour
 Peculiar fashion horns.
 Fast bullocks.
Khillari cattle

29. Khillari cattle Khillari cattle

31. Grey Kangayam
 Grey cattle.
 Horns are nearly straight with
curve backwards.
Kangayam cattle

32. White leg Umbalacherry
 Tamil nadu.
 Suitable for wet ploughing.
 Legs have white markings below
the hocks.
Umbalacherry cattle

33. Exotic Breeds of Cattle
 Large Holstein Friesian
 Small Jersey
 Brown swiss
 Red dane
 Ayrshire

34. Holstein Friesian
 Netherland
 Yield – 6000 - 7000 Kg
 Largest dairy breed.
Holstein Friesian cattle

35. Jersey
 Reddish fawn
 Yield – 4500 Kg
 UK
 Smallest of dairy breeds.
Jersey cattle

36. Brown swiss
 Switzerland
 Yield – 5000 Kg
 Karan Swiss – With Sahiwal.
Brown swiss cattle

37. Red dane
 Denmark
 Reddish brown
 Yield – 3000 to 4000 Kg
Red dane cattle

38. Ayrshire
 Scotland
 Red and white markings.
 Yield – 4000 to 5000 Kg milk.
Ayrshire cattle

39. NATIVE BUFFALO BREEDS
 10 indigenous standard buffalo
breeds.
 Sickle surti
 Drooping Jaffrabadi
 Wall-eyed Niliravi
 Tightly curved Murrah [Mehsana
and Godavari]

40. Sickle Surti
 Gujarat
 Sickle shaped horn
 Coat colour rusty brown to silver-
grey.
 2 white collars – 1 round the jaw
and 1 at brisket region.
 Yield – 1000 to 1300 Kg
Surti buffaloe

41. Surti buffaloe

42. Drooping Jaffrabadi
 Gujarat
 Heaviest indian breed of
buffalo
 Drooping horns.
 Yield – 1000 to 1200 Kg
Jaffrabadi buffaloe

43. Wall-eyed Nili ravi
 Punjab and Pakistan.
 Black with white
markings on forehead, tail,
muzzle, legs, and tail.
 Yield – 1000 to 1200 Kg.
Nili ravi buffaloe

44. Tightly curved Murrah
 Haryana, Punjab.
 Tightly curved horns.
 Yield – 1500 to 2500 Kg
 For grading up of local
inferior breeds.
Murrah buffaloe

45. Mehasana
 Surti and Murrah
Crossing.
 Yield – 1200 to 1500 Kg
 Horns are less curved
compared to Murrah.
Mehasana buffaloe

46. Godavari
 By crossing native buffaloes with
Murrah buffaloe.
 Yield – 1200 to 1500 Kg
 Black colour with sparse hair
coat of coarse brown hair.
Godavari buffaloe

47. Pandharpuri - Maharastra

48. Pandharpuri - Maharastra