Breeds of Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goat, Pig and Poultry
What is tested
Placing a named breed in the correct species, stating its home tract and classifying it as milch, draught, dual, wool, meat, fibre or layer type.
Cattle (Bos indicus)
- Milch: Sahiwal, Red Sindhi, Gir, Rathi.
- Dual: Hariana, Kankrej, Ongole (also called Nellore), Tharparkar, Deoni, Mewati.
- Draught: Khillari, Nagori, Malvi, Hallikar, Amritmahal, Kangayam, Siri, Nimari, Umblachery.
- Exotic dairy: Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire.
Buffalo
Murrah (Haryana; black, tightly coiled horns, highest yield), Nili-Ravi, Mehsana, Surti (sickle-shaped horns), Jaffarabadi, Bhadawari, Nagpuri, Toda.
Sheep and goat
- Sheep: Chokla, Magra, Nali, Marwari, Sonadi, Muzaffarnagari, Nellore, Deccani, Mandya.
- Goat: Jamunapari (Etawah, UP; tall, long pendulous ears), Barbari (UP; small, dual), Beetal, Sirohi, Marwari, Black Bengal (prolific, meat), Osmanabadi, Surti; fibre - Angora (mohair); exotic - Saanen, Boer.
Pig and poultry
- Pig: Ghungroo, Niang Megha, Agra, Doom; exotic - Large White Yorkshire, Landrace, Duroc, Hampshire.
- Poultry: Aseel, Kadaknath (black meat), Chittagong, Brahma; Leghorn (layer), Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Cornish (broiler), New Hampshire; improved desi - Giriraja, Vanaraja, Gramapriya, CARI Shyama.
Worked example
"A black buffalo with tightly coiled horns yielding 7% fat milk near Rohtak" → Murrah. Reasoning: colour, horn shape, high fat and home tract together point to Murrah; Nili-Ravi is also black but differs in horns and tract.
Traps
Surti is both a buffalo and a goat breed; Nellore denotes a cattle breed and a sheep breed; Kankrej and Hariana are dual-purpose, not pure milch; Jamunapari is a goat.