On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India

Vrindavani cattle are recently developed synthetic crossbred cattle strain of India. It has the exotic inheritance of Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, Jersey and indigenous inheritance of Hariana cattle. The present study was undertaken to characterize the Vrindavani cattle maintained at cattle and b...

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Autores principales: Singh, R.R., Dutt, T., Kumar, A., Tomar, A.K.S., Singh, M.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67295
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author Singh, R.R.
Dutt, T.
Kumar, A.
Tomar, A.K.S.
Singh, M.
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Kumar, A.
Singh, M.
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Tomar, A.K.S.
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description Vrindavani cattle are recently developed synthetic crossbred cattle strain of India. It has the exotic inheritance of Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, Jersey and indigenous inheritance of Hariana cattle. The present study was undertaken to characterize the Vrindavani cattle maintained at cattle and buffalo farm, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, India. The physical, morphological characteristics and production performances of Vrindavani cattle were studied. The coat colour of Vrindavani was predominantly brown though some animals had black, white and beige coat colour. Head was clean cut well proportionate with prominent poll and concave forehead. The ears were medium sized, laterally orientated with round edge. Hip bone was broad and prominent with wide, smooth and level pin bone. Udder was generally trough type. These animals were docile to moderate in temperament. Morphometric measurements of males were higher than females. The mean birth weight of Vrindavani calves were 22.13±0.12 kg. The mean lactation milk yield, 305 day milk yield and peak yield was 3219.75±41.09, 3047.42±33.8 and 16.58±0.16 kg, respectively. The average age at first successful service, age at first calving, service period and dry period was 746.28±8.94, 1 012.14±9.32, and 149.54±4.55 and 99.65±5.75 days respectively.
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spelling CGSpace672952023-02-15T09:59:32Z On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India Singh, R.R. Dutt, T. Kumar, A. Tomar, A.K.S. Singh, M. animal production research cattle Vrindavani cattle are recently developed synthetic crossbred cattle strain of India. It has the exotic inheritance of Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, Jersey and indigenous inheritance of Hariana cattle. The present study was undertaken to characterize the Vrindavani cattle maintained at cattle and buffalo farm, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, India. The physical, morphological characteristics and production performances of Vrindavani cattle were studied. The coat colour of Vrindavani was predominantly brown though some animals had black, white and beige coat colour. Head was clean cut well proportionate with prominent poll and concave forehead. The ears were medium sized, laterally orientated with round edge. Hip bone was broad and prominent with wide, smooth and level pin bone. Udder was generally trough type. These animals were docile to moderate in temperament. Morphometric measurements of males were higher than females. The mean birth weight of Vrindavani calves were 22.13±0.12 kg. The mean lactation milk yield, 305 day milk yield and peak yield was 3219.75±41.09, 3047.42±33.8 and 16.58±0.16 kg, respectively. The average age at first successful service, age at first calving, service period and dry period was 746.28±8.94, 1 012.14±9.32, and 149.54±4.55 and 99.65±5.75 days respectively. 2011 2015-07-15T06:53:38Z 2015-07-15T06:53:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67295 en Open Access Singh, R.R., Dutt, T., Kumar, A., Tomar, A.K.S. and Singh, M. 2011. On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 81 (3): 267–71.
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On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India
title On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India
title_full On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India
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title_short On-farm characterization of Vrindavani cattle in India
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