Gojri Breed

Gojri

Male	Female

Breeding Tract
State: Himachal Pradesh	Kangra
	Chamba
State: Punjab	SAS Nagar (Mohali)
	Pathankot
	Ropar
	Gurdaspur
	Hoshiarpur
Location
Longitude (deg.)	75.27 - 76.13
Latitude (deg.)	32.09 - 32.32
General Information
Synonyms	Desi
Origin	Local. Derived from the name of the pastoralist community Gujjar rearing these buffaloes
Major utility	Milk and Draught
Comments on utility	Gojri buffalo plays a significant role in securing livelihood for Gujjars, and these buffaloes are considered as a symbol of wealth in their community
Comments on breeding tract	Gojri buffaloes are found in sub himalayan region comprising of North Eastern parts of Punjab and Himachal Pardesh
Adaptability to environment	Adapted to foot hills and can travel long distances and can climb easily on hills while grazing

Population
	Year	Population	Other information
	2014	50000	Source: Survey, ICAR-NBAGR, Karnal

Management
Management system	Extensive
Mobility	Nomadic
Feeding of adults	Grazing
Comments on Management	Semi-migratory / Pastoral management. Gojri buffaloes are migratory in nature and are maintained on grazing with very low input system.

Morphology
Colour	Brown or Black
Horn shape and size	Curved. Moves backwards and then upwards towards front to complete a big loop. Size: Male- 35.75, Female- 44.61 cm
Visible characteristics	Straight head. Horns are heavy and medium sized; mostly curved to form a big loop locally known as �Pattih wale seengh�
	Male	Female	Overall
Height (avg. cm.)	136.6	128.7
Body Length (avg. cm.)	138.9	133.3
Heart girth (avg. cm.)	203.5	195.9
Body weight (avg. kg.)	536.0	476.0
Birth weight (avg. kg.)	26.75	26.5

Performance
	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Litter size born	1.0
Age at first parturition (months)	54.0	48.0	60.0
Parturition interval (months)	170.6	15.0	24.0
Milk yield per lactation (kg)	1000.0	800.0	1200.0
Any Peculiarity of the breed

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All the above information of following Indian Breed is collected from Public Database of NBAGR, India. We (Digi Vets) just published information in an original format, without making any changes. The value of statistics can be changed in future according to census.