Cattle farming .species of cattle and finest dairy breeds

 Cattle farming

Raising and breeding cattle with the intention of producing something or using them for a specific purpose.

There are two basic reasons for raising cattle:

1. Milk

1. Draught labor                                                                                                                                                               is used in agriculture for activities including tilling, irrigation, and hauling.                    

There are two species of cattle:

1. 
2. Indicus Bos (Cows)
3. Bubalis Bos (Buffaloes)

• Animals that produce milk are referred to as milch animals.
• They go by the name diary animals as well
• Typically, they are cows (female).
• Draught animals are the animals utilized for farm labor.
• Typically, they are buffaloes (male)                 

FINEST DAIRY BREEDS

• NILI. RAVI

Weight of Nili-Ravi: 600–750 kg

6-7 kg/day during lactation

Duration of lactation: 325 days

  

• kundi buffaloes

Kundi buffaloes 600 kg have a 325-day lactation period.

6.8L/day .  

The kundi buffalo is a breed of water buffalo that is primarily raised for its milk. It is kept in the Indian districts of Bhiwani, Hisar, Rohtak, Jind, Jhajhar, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, and the Delhi capital region. It is originally from Haryana and Punjab.

  

• RED SINDHI,

 Red Sindhi cattle are the most well-liked. The breed was developed in Pakistan's Sindh province, and it is now kept widely for milk production in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and other nations. To combine their tropical adaptations—heat tolerance, tick resistance, disease resistance, fertility at higher temperatures, etc.—with the higher milk production observed in temperate settings, they have been crossed with dairy breeds of temperate (European) origin in several nations. In various locations, including India, the United States, Australia, and Sri Lanka, 

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