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Journal of Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volume  7, Issue 1, January-June 2019, Pages 9-13
 

Original Article

Herd Structure of Kankrej Cattle at Cattle Breeding Farm

K.J. Ankuya1, A.K. Srivastava2, H.D. Chauhan3, V.K. Patel4

1,3Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor, Department of LPM, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU), Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat 385506, India, 4Scientist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, SDAU, Tharad, Banaskantha, Gujarat 385565, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jafst.2321.1628.7119.2

Abstract

An analysis was performed to study the herd structure of Kankrej cattle at Cattle Breeding Farm of Gujarat State. The data were collected from Cattle Breeding Farm, Thara (Gujarat). Data were collected from Livestock records from January 2003 to December 2013. The herd strength ranged between 118.00 to 195.67.00 with a mean of 149.02 ± 08.38 units. The average herd composition includes cow, heifer (above two year), heifer (1-2 year), heifer calf, male (above two year), male (1-2 year), male calf, breeding bull and bullock/teaser was 71.00 ± 4.19, 33.70 ± 2.54, 06.12 ± 0.49, 04.93 ± 0.18, 07.61 ± 1.51, 05.39 ± 1.11, 05.21 ± 0.67, 06.32 ± 0.61 and 08.73 ± 2.80 units, respectively. The average proportion of animals against respective categories was 47.65, 22.61, 04.11, 03.31, 03.62, 03.50, 04.24, 05.11 and 05.86 per cent. Female: male ratio was found to be 71: 29.

Keywords: Herd structure; Kankrej; LRS.


Corresponding Author : A.K. Srivastava