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 AGE OF MATURITY IN MALES 30
MONTHS
• AVERAGE AGE 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 AGE OF MATURITY IN MALES 30
MONTHS
• AVERAGE AGE 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