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NEW BREEDS/LINES REGISTERED

S.N. Breed Home Tract Accession number

Cattle
1 Poda Thurpu Telangana INDIA_CATTLE_3600_PODATHURPU_03044
2 Nari Rajasthan and Gujarat INDIA_CATTLE_1704_NARI_03045
3 Dagri Gujarat INDIA_CATTLE_0400_DAGRI_03046
4 Thutho Nagaland INDIA_CATTLE_1400_THUTHO_03047
5 Shweta Kapila Goa INDIA_CATTLE_3500_SHWETAKAPILA_03048
6 Himachali Pahari Himachal Pradesh INDIA_CATTLE_0600_HIMACHALIPAHARI_03049
7 Purnea Bihar INDIA_CATTLE_0300_PURNEA_03050
Buffalo
8 Gojri Punjab and Himachal Pradesh INDIA_BUFFALO_1606_GOJRI_01017
Sheep
9 Kajali Punjab INDIA_SHEEP_1600_KAJALI_14044
Pig
10 Mali Tripura INDIA_PIG_1900_MALI_09009
11 Purnea Bihar and Jharkhand INDIA_PIG_0325_PURNEA_09010
Donkey
12 Kachchhi Gujarat INDIA_DONKEY_0400_KACHCHHI_05003
Duck
13 Maithili Bihar INDIA_DUCK_0300_MAITHILI_11002
CHICKEN-LINE
S.N. Line Organization Accession number
01 PD2 (Vanaraja ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, INDIA_CHICKEN_001_PD2_13002
Female) Line Hyderabad

Poda Thurpu cattle: These are medium
sized cattle with compact body distributed in
Nagarkurnool district of Telangana. Animals have
white coat with brown patches or Red/brown
coat with white patches. Horns are straight and
upward or forward pointing in orientation, and
broad at the base. Forehead is convex with deep
groove at the centre in majority of cases. These
animals are usually maintained under open
grazing system and have excellent long migration
capacity over undulated forest topography. Poda
Thurpu cattle are reared mainly for draught
purposes. Bullocks have excellent draught
capacity in terms of endurance, speed & stamina
and are preferred in both dryland and wetland
agriculture. Daily milk yield ranges from 2 to 3
kg and lactation milk yield from 494 to 646 kg.
Herd size ranges from 23 to 75. Population size
is approximately 15,000.

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