Friends, in the last topic 2.1.1 we had seen many reasons, why we should go for a dairy farm. We have noted that a dairy farm in India not only produces milk & dung & urine, but also Cattle heads too.
Milk, dung& urine can be processed to some extent in farm levelto make them gainful. We will be discussing them later. But what about the heifers, male calves that our farm will produce? Once born the genes will not change. The only option we will have is to provide good nourishment.
Friends! Gene will speak 50% and husbandry will speak 50%. Good & bad characteristics (traits) depend mainly on composition. So we must plan to have calves that have genetic strength most suitable for us. Let us study some good qualities of our proposed farm.
You have to study it and edit column 5 as you like. I will say what I think afterwards.
Please remember Indian cattle are species“Bosindicus” while Holstein & Jersey are quite different, termed “Bostaurus”- So we will call them exotic breeds.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Your score |
| Characteristics | Desirable | Exotic breeds | Indian (Good ones) Sahiwal /Gir/Tharparkar | |
| Milk yield | ++++ | HF ++++ Jersey+++(+) | +++ | |
| Fat % (usual) | 4% | HF 3.5% Jersey 4% | 4-5% ; even more | |
| Calving interval | 12-13 months | HF 15; Jersey 12/13 |
15 to 18 months
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| Lactation length | 305 days | Fulfill | Fulfill. sometimes short | |
| Mothering age | 24 months | Jersey 22- 24; HF 2 | 29 to 39 months | |
| Male calf utility | ++++ |
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S ++, Gir+++ Th+++; RS++ | |
| Heat tolerance | 32 ° C | HF 26; Jersey 30 | 32 & more | |
| Humidity tolerance | Relative Humidity at 30°C at least 82 | 70 | 82 & more | |
| Docile (obedient) | ++++ | ++++ | S +++; Gir++(+); Th +++;Rs++ | |
| Disease tolerance | ++++ | HF+;Jersey++ | ++++ | |
| No Hard-milker | ++++ | + | S +, Gir++ Th+; RS++ | |
| Drought (low food)resistance | ++++ | + | ++++ |
We can guess what threat is there in rearing Exotic animals. Within Indian we prefer GIR. What will you prefer?
Thanks. Dr. Ranjit Dash. 9th May 2017. For circulation within GOG only.
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I am Babula from Athagarh,Cuttack,Odisha. I am working as software engineer in Delhi. I am planning to start diary farming in my native. Though i am in different profession, I don’t have much knowledge in diary. I have gone through your article, good to know that you have done some exceptional work in this sector especially in odisha. So i need your assistant to understand all the aspect of diary sector.
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