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Surti Buffalo from Dairy Farm Guide

Surti Buffalo
The breeding tract of this breed is Kaira and Baroda districts of Gujarat. medium sized; the barrel is wedge shaped. The head is long. prominent. The horns are sickle shaped, moderately long and flat. The body is well shaped and The eyes are The colour is The back is straight. The tail is fairly long.

black or brown. The peculiarity of the breed is that there are two white collars, one round the jaw and the other at the brisket. The milk yield ranges from 900 to 1,300 kg. The age at first calving is 40 to 50 months with an intercalving period of 400 to 500 days. light work. The heritability of the trait is 0.2 to 0.3. The peculiarity of this breed is very high fat percentage in milk (8 to 12 per cent). The bullocks are good for

A V ER A GE PR O DUC T IO N T R A IT S 305 day s Milk Y ield Age at First Calving Lac tation Length Calving Interval

PH ENO T Y PIC T R A IT S

1400 Kg 56.4 months 290 days 535 days

Horns Colour Size Forehead Tail

Sickle shaped, growing downward, tip upward Black as well as brown Medium Broad, long and convex between horns Long thin flexible, White switch common

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