Swine and Poultry breeds Duck breeds Quail breeds

1. BREEDS OF
PIGS
Sus scrofa
Sus domesticus
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University

2. Ghungroo
 North Bengal
 Black coloured with bull dog
appearance.
 Other pigs :
 Khasi, Garo, Mizo, Nagas,
Arunachali, Tenyi Vo Pig, Doom
pig (North east india).
 Nicobari breed.
Ghungroo pig

3. Black Berkshire
 White points on feet, nose and tail.
 Short snout and upturned nose. Male
– 400 Kg and Female – 350 Kg.
Berkshire

4. Large white Yorkshire
 Solid white with black color freckles.
 Cross breeding in India.
Male – 400 Kg and Female – 300 Kg.
Large white yorkshire

5. White landrace
 Solid white with black color freckles.
 Short legs.
Male – 400 Kg and Female – 300 Kg.
Landrace

6. Red duroc
 Medium sized pigs.
Male – 230 Kg and Female – 170 Kg.
Duroc

7. White band Hampshire
 Medium sized pigs.
Male – 300 Kg and Female – 250 Kg.
Hampshire

8. BREEDS OF
POULTRY
Gallus domesticus

9. Non descriptive chicken
 Low in egg production but has good
resistance.
ABCD FF G KK NN PT
Assel, Brown desi, Chittogong, Denki, Frizzle fowl, Faverolla, Ghagus,
Kalasthi, Kadaknath, Naked neck, Nicobari, Punjab brown,
Telicherry

10. Asseel
 Andhra Pradesh
 Fighting breed
 Small pea comb
 Plumage colour – Red or Black

11. Denki
 Andhra Pradesh
 North coastal area
 Fighting breed
 pea comb

12. Kalasti
 Andhra Pradesh
 Chittoor, Nellore,
and Cuddapah areas.
 Fighting breed
 pea comb or mixed
comb

13. Ghagus
 Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
 Pea comb or single
comb

14.  Madhya Pradesh
 Internal organs show black
colour pigments.
Khadaknath

16. (1) AMERICAN CLASS
Dual purpose breeds
 Rhode island red
 Wyandotte
 Plymouth rock
 New Hampshire
(2) ENGLISH CLASS
Dual or Egg breeds, but Fleshy breeds
 Cornish
 Orphington
(2) ENGLISH CLASS
 Australorp
(3) MEDITERRANEAN CLASS
 Egg producing only
 Minorca, Leghorn, Ancona
(4) ASIATIC CLASS
Poor egg producers
and broody
 Brahma
 Cochin
 Langshan Broody

17. (1) American Class
Rhode
Island
Red
Wyandotte
New
Hampshire
Plymouth
Rock
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 Dual purpose
 Yellow skin,
 Clean shanks free from
feathers,
 Red ear lobes,
 Brown shelled eggs (except
Lamona breed).

18. (2) English Class
Australo
rp
Orphingt
on
Cornish
 Excellent fleshing properties
 White skin and red ear lobes
(Except Cornish &
Australorp)

19. (3) Mediterranean
Class
Minorca Ancona Leghorn
 Egg production
 Light bodied
 White ear lobes,
 Relatively large combs,
 Non-broodiness,
 Early maturity
 White-shelled eggs

20. (4) Asiatic Class
Brahma Cochin
Langsh
an
 Virtually extinct now
 Broody and poor layers
 Helped in development of
American breeds

21. BREEDS OF
DUCKS

22. Egg type
 Indian runner
 Khaki campbell.
Indian Runner Khaki campbell

23. Meat type
 White peckin
 Mouscovy
 Rouven
 Aylesbury
White peckin

24. BREEDS OF
TURKEYS

25.  Broad breasted large white,
 Broad breasted bronze,
 White Holland,
 Bourbon red
Broad breasted bronze turkey

26. BREEDS OF
QUAILS

27.  Japanese Quail
 Rain Quail
 Bobwhite Quail
 Common Quail
Japanese Quail