CATTLE MILCH BREEDS OF CATTLE RED SINDHI BULL

CATTLE MILCH BREEDS OF CATTLE

RED SINDHI BULL

RED SINDHI COW

RED SINDHI • KARACHI, THATTA, DADU, HYDERABAD, LASBELA DISTRICT IN BALOCHISTAN • MEDIUM SIZED BREED • RED BODY COLOUR • HUMP IS WELL DEVELOPED IN MALES • DEWLAP MODERATE • SHEATH IS PENDULOUS IN MALES • UDDER MEDIUM-LARGE AND STRONG • MILK YIELD PER LACTATION 1500 -2000 LITRES

• MALES 425 -525 KG • FEMALES 300 -350 KG

SAHIWAL BULL

SAHIWAL COW

SAHIWAL BREED • SAHIWAL IS HOME TRACT • SAHIWAL, OKARA, MULTAN, FAISALABAD • MEDIUM SIZED • FLESHY BODY • FEMALES REDDISH DUN COLOUR • MALES HAVE DARKER COLOURE AROUND THE ORBIT NECK AND HIND QUARTERS

• • • MALES STUMPY HORNS FEMALES DEHORNED EARS MEDIUM SIZED TAIL ENDS IN BLACK SWITCH MASSIVE HUMP IN MALES UDDER LARGE AND STRONG 1500 -2200 LIT PER LACTATION FAT CONTENT 4. 5 % MALE 400 -500 KG FEMALES 300 -350 KG

DRAUGHT BREEDS OF CATTLE HEAVY DRAUGHT

BHAGNARI • JACOBABAD (SINDH) • SIBI (BALOCHISTAN) • BODY COLOUR WHITE OR GREY • SMALL DEWLAP • SMALL POINTED EARS • STUMPY HORNS • MEDIUM SIZED HUMP

• LOW MILK YIELDER • MALES 450 -600 KG • FEMALES 325 -425 KG • MALES HEAVY DRAUGHT WORK

DAJAL • D. G. KHAN • COWS LOW YIELDERS

MEDIUM DRAUGHT DHANNI

• • ATTOCK, CHAKWAL, RAWALPINDI, JEHLUM MALES POPULAR MEDIUM SIZED WHITE COAT WITH BLACK SPOTS BLACK COAT WITH WHITE SPOTS RED COAT WITH WHITE SPOTS WHITE MOTTLES WITH BROWN AND BLACK PATCHES • HORNS STUMPY • DEWLAP SMALL

• LOW MILK YIELDERS • MALES 350 -450 KG • FEMALES 270 -330 KG

LIGHT DRAUGHT LOHANI

• LORALAI , D. I. KHAN • SMALL SIZED • BODY COLOUR RED SPLASHED WITH WHITE SPOTS • WELL DEVELOPED HUMP • MODERATE DEWLAP • BLACK TAIL SWITCH • SMALL UDDER • MALE 300 -350 KG • FEMALE 230 -280 KG

ROJHAN

• • • D. G. KHAN, D. I. KHAN SMALL SIZED RED AND WHITE SPOTTED COAT TIGHT SKIN TAIL WITH WHITE END SWITCH SMALL UDDER LOW MILK YIELDER MALE 300 -350 KG FEMALE 230 -280 KG

DUAL PURPOSE BREEDS KANKREJ

• THARPARKER, BADIN • ITS SMALLER STRAIN, LOCALLY NAMED KACHHI OR WADHIARI IS FOUND IN THATTA AND SANGHAR • BODY COLOUR SILVER-GREY TO DARKER GREY • EARS PENDULOUS • FEMALES 350 -400 KG • MEDIUM SIZED UDDER • MALES 500 -650 KG

THARPARKER (THARI)

• • • THARPARKER MEDIUM SIZED ANIMALS SEMI PENDULOUS EARS MEDIUM SIZED HORNS THAT CURVE UPWARD AND OUTWARD LIGHT GREY COLOUR A WHITE STRIP RUNS ALONG THE BACKBONE WELL DEVELOPED HUMP MEDIUM DEWLAP UDDER MEDIUM SIZED MALES 400 -500 KG FEMALES 300 -380 KG

BUFFALOES KUNDI

• • • SINDH MASSIVE JET BLACK ANIMALS HORNS KUNDI LIKE SHAPE AVERAGE OF MATURITY IN MALES 30 MONTHS AVERAGE OF MATURITY IN FEMALES 36 MONTHS MALE 500 -600 KG FEMALES 300 -400 KG STRONG UDDERS 1700 -2200 LIT PER LACTATION 6% FAT IN MILK

NILI RAVI

• LAHORE, SHIEKHUPURA, FAISALABAD, OKARA, SAHIWAL, MULTAN, BAHWALPUR, BAHAWALNAGAR • MASSIVE • WEDGE SHAPED • MOSTLY BLACK BUT OFTEN HAVE WHITE MARKINGS ON FORE HEAD, FACE, AND MUZZLE AND LOWER PARTS OF LEG • TAIL SWITCH IS OFTEN WHITE

• CURLY HORNS • STRONG UDDER • AVERAGE OF MATURITY IN MALES 30 MONTHS • AVERAGE OF MATURITY IN FEMALES 36 MONTHS • MILK YIELD 1800 -2500 LITRES PER LACTATION • 6. 5 % BUTTER FAT • MALES 550 -650 KG • FEMALES 350 -450 KG