BREED OF SHEEP AND GOAT

BREED OF SHEEP AND GOAT

In this blog, we will see breeds of sheep and cattle with their important characteristics for exam point of view.

Sheep Breed (Indian)

Meat purpose breed are-

Mandya

Found in Mandya district of Karnataka.
Small animal, compact body with typical reversed “U” shaped conformation from the rear.
Both sexes are polled.
Coat extremely coarse and hairy adult male weighs 35 kg and female weighs 23 kg.
Best mutton type Indian breeds.

Mecheri

Found in Salem, Erode, Karur, Namakkal, and Dharmapuri districts of Tamilnadu.
Medium sized body with pale purplish skin color.
No horns are found.
Average body weight- Adult male 36kg, whereas, Adult female weight is 22kg.

Chennai red

Distributed in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Thiruvannamalai districts of Tamilnadu.
Majority are purple in color.
Adult male- 36kg, Adult females- 24 kg.

Ramanadhapuram white

This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai, and Virudhunagar districts of Tamilnadu.
Medium sized body, Majority of them is white in color.
Females with absence of horns.
Adult male average body weight 31kg, Adult female average body weight 23kg.

Keezhakaraisal

This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai and Thirunelveli districts of Tamilnadu.
Medium sized body, found in black red skin colour.
Adult male goats are found with stronger coiled horns.
Majority of the goats are found with wattle, under the jaw/throat.
Adult male average body weight is 29kg, while Adult female weigh 22kg.

Vembur

It is distributed in Vembur, melakarandhai, keezha karandhai, nagalapuram regions of Tamilnadu.
These are taller breeds.
They have white color skin with red color spots over their body.
Adult males are found with horns and absence of horns in case of females.
Average body weight Adult male- 35kgs, Adult female- 28kgs.

Deccani

It is found in Bombay-Deccan region and parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States.
The sheep is small and hardy, and well adapted to poor pastoral conditions.
Average annual yield of wool- 54 kg per sheep.
The wool is of a low grade and is a mixture of hair and fine fibres, mostly consumed for the manufacture of rough blankets (Kambals).
The flocks are maintained chiefly for mutton.

Wool purpose breed are-

Neelagiri

Distributed in Neelagiri district of Tamilnadu.
They are medium weighed animal.
Majority are found in white colors.
Ears are broad and drooped out.
Females are without horns.
Adult male average body weight is 31kg, Adult female – 31kg.

Trichy black

These are distributed in Trichy, Perambalur, Dharmapuri and Salem districts of Tamilnadu.
Smaller breeds with black colour.
Adult males are found with horns and females without horns.
Average body weight, Adult male- 26kg, Adult female- 19kg.

Coimbatore

Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu.
Medium weighed animal, found in white colors, with black or purple colored bands.
1/3^rd of adult females are free of horns.
Adult male average body weight- 25kg, female- 20kg.

Nellore

Found in Nellore, Prakasam and Ongole districts of Andhra Pradesh.
They are tallest breed of sheep in India with little hair, resembling goats in appearance.
Rams are horned ewes are polled.
Majority of animals carry wattles.
Average body weight of male- 36 kg, female- 28 kg.

Marwari

Sheep are hardy, yielding coarser carpet variety white wool of a mixed hairy composition.
This sheep is characterized by long legs, black face and a prominent nose.
The sheep are found all over Jodhpur and parts of Jaipur districts.
They possess high resistance to disease and worms.
The yield of wool per year is 90-1.81 kg per animal.

Gaddi

Found in Kishtwar and Bhadarwah tehsils of Jammu.
Rams are horned, ewes hornless; fleece is generally white with brown coloured hair on the face.
Wool is fine and lustrous; average annual yield is 1.13 kg per sheep, clipped thrice a year.
Undercoat is used for the manufacture of high quality Kulu shawls and blankets.

Exotic sheep breed

Merino

The most popular fine wool breed of the world.
Origin- Spain.
Rams have horns whereas the ewes are hornless.
Most of the head and legs are covered by wool.
Extremely hardy, able to survive under adverse weather and poor grazing conditions.
The ewes live and yield longer than any other breed.

Dorset

Native- U.K.
It is a hardy breed and capable of performing well under most conditions.
Face, ears and legs white in colour and free from wool.
Wool yields 2.75 to 3.25 kg, also produce mutton of superior quality.
Rams weight 80-110 kg and ewes’ weigh- 50 to 80 kg.

Suffolk

It is native of U.K. and is large animals with black face, ears and legs.
Average wool yield 2-3 kg.
Mature Rams weigh 100-135 kg and ewes from 70-100 kg.
Ewes are very prolific and excellent milkers.

Rambouillet

Developed in France.
Rams have horns and ewes are hornless.
It produces an excellent fine-wool fleece.
The fleece is heavy, close, compact, covering most of the body.

Southdown

Small sheep excellent for mutton production.
Oldest English breeds used largely for development of many other breeds of sheep.
Rams weigh about 80 kg and ewes 55kg at maturity.

Cheviot

Is a medium wool breed, primarily developed in Scotland.
Rams weigh on an average upto 80 kg and ewes up to 55kg.

Goat Breeds (Indian)

Jamunapari

It is largest and most elegant of the long-legged goats of India.
Mainly found in Uttar Pradesh.
Beard in both sexes; have tuft of long hairs in the buttocks.
Parrot mouth appearance, horns are short, flat and horizontally twisting backward.
Generally found in white colors.
Their ears are large and drooped downwards.
An adult female weighs between 45kgs to 60kgs, whereas an adult male weigh between 65kgs to 80kgs.
Average age at first kidding is 20-25 months.
Average yield is 280 kg / 274 days.
Milk yield– 2 to 2.5kgs/day.

Black Bengal

Most prolific among the Indian breeds.
Coat colour is predominantly black, brown/grey and white with soft, glossy and short hairs.
Dwarf in body size, both sexes are bearded.
Average weight of buck-15 kg, doe-12 kg.
Multiple births are common – two, three or four kids are born at a time.
Kidding is twice a year, Average litter size is 2.1.
Age at first kidding- 9-10 months.
Average lactation yield is 53 kg..
Its skin is in great demand for high quality shoe-making.

Beetal

Found mainly in Punjab and grown mainly for milk and meat.
Coat Colour is predominantly black;or brown with white spots.
Males usually possess beard.
An adult female goat weighs between 40kgs to 50kgs, whereas an adult male- 50kgs to 70kgs.
Age at first kidding– 20-22 months.
Average lactation yield – 150 kg, 1-2 kg milk/day.

Barbari

Popular in urban areas of Delhi, UP, and Gurgaon, Karnal, Panipat and Rohtak of Haryana.
Grown mainly for milk and meat purpose.
The color of this breed is white with light brown patches.
An adult female weighs 25-35kgs, an adult male goat -35kgs to 45kgs.
1- 1.5kgs milk/day.
This breed has better reproductive capabilities.
Give 2 to 3 kids in parturition.
They are prolific breeder and kid twice in 12-15 months.

Tellicherry

Found mostly in Kerala and also called as malabari breed.
Grown mostly for the purpose of meat.
Generally seen in white, purple and black colors.
An adult female weighs from 30 to 40kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 40 to 50kgs.
They can yield 1-2 kgs milk/day.
Better reproductive capabilities, can give 2-3 kids in parturition.

Sirohi

Coat colour is brown, Compact and medium sized body.
Average body weight of buck is 50 and doe is 23 kg.
Kidding is once a year, twins are common.
Average age at first kidding is 19 months.
Average lactation yield – 71 kg.
Average lactation length – 175 days.

Osmanabadi

Coat colour is predominantly black; white, brown and spotted occur.
Tall and large size body and legs.
Kidding is once a year.
Average age at first kidding 19-20 months.
It has good quality meat, also good yielders produce up to 5 kg a day.
Average milk yield 170-180 kg per lactation.

Kanni aadu

These are the tallest goat breeds found in Tamilnadu.
They are usually grown for meat purpose.
Body weight Female- 25-30kgs and adult males- 35-40kgs.
Kidding– 2 to 3 kids.
Grow well in the draught regions.

Kodi aadu

Usually grown for the purpose of guiding the goat flocks, which goes for grazing.
Found in Tamilnadu.

Chegu

Kidding is once a year and mostly single.
Average lactation yield is 69 kg and lactation length is 187 days.
Used for draught to carry salt and small loads.
Have long hair with under coat of delicate fibre below (cashmere or pashm).

Changthangi

Undercoat white/grey; yields warm delicate fibre – pashmina (cashmere, pashm).
Average live weight of buck is 20 and doe is 20 kg.
Kidding is once a year, normally single;
Average age at first kidding is 20 months.

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