4. HERD STRUCTURE OF KANKREJ CATTLE AT AN ORGANIZED FARM by Dr. K. J. ANKUYA1, DR. K. B. PRAJAPATI2 AND DR. ABHINAV JOSHI3
Abstract
An analysis was performed to study the herd structure of Kankrej cattle at an organized farm of Gujarat State. The data were collected from Livestock Research Station, S. D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar. Data were collected from Livestock records from January 2003 to December 2013. The herd strength ranged between 199.50 to 230.00 with a mean of 176.86 ± 08.25 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 89.91 ± 04.11, 28.55 ± 01.73, 10.09 ± 00.45, 08.43 ± 00.37, 07.88 ± 01.35, 06.91 ± 00.60, 08.57 ± 00.62, 09.89 ± 03.24 and 06.64 ± 01.48 units, respectively. The average proportion of animals against respective categories was 50.84, 16.14, 05.71, 04.77, 04.45, 03.91, 04.84, 05.59 and 03.75 per cent.
KEY WORD: Herd structure, Kankrej, LRS.
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