Here is the list of cattle breeds that are mainly found in India:- 1. Milch Breeds 2. Dual Purpose Breeds 3. Draught Purpose Breeds 4. Other New Breeds. A breed is a group of related animals with similar characters like general appearance, size, features and configuration etc. Often breeds resemble each other with slight morphological differences, but because of constant [...]
Here is the list of goat breeds that are mainly found in India:- 1. Jamunapari 2. Barbari 3. Beetal 4. Surti 5. Marwari 6. Mehsana 7. Jhakrana 8. Kutchi 9. Sirohi 10. Zalawadi 11. Osmanabadi 12. Malbari 13. Sangamneri 14. Bengal 15. Ganjam 16. Changthangi 17. Gaddi. I. The North-Western and Central Arid and Semi-Arid Region: This region has the largest number of goats. Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Plains of Uttar Pradesh and [...]
Major contagious and non-contagious diseases of animals, their nature of symptoms and treatment are discussed below: Contagious Diseases: Some contagious diseases are briefly discussed here: (i) Anthrax: Anthrax is an acute disease having rapidly fatal course. It is the oldest disease known in the cattle. The disease is characterised by septicaemia and sudden death with the exudation of tarry blood [...]