Native. Local communities identify the cattle breed as Poda Edlu (Poda locally means spotted/ speckles/blotches), the cattle usually has speckled/blotched coat (brown spots on white skin). The cattle breed is commonly known as Thurpu Edlu in western parts of Telangana. Farmers who use bullocks of the breed for draught purposes call them as Thurpu Edlu (means East, and Edlu means bullocks in local language Telugu), because they are believed to have come from the eastern side of the Telangana district
Major utility
Draught, milk and manure
Comments on utility
Bullocks are powerful and very good for heavy ploughing and carting heavy loads. They are quick and agile
Comments on breeding tract
Amrabad forest and its adjoining areas of Achampet, Amrabad, Lingal, Padra Mandals are the native habitat of the Poda Thurpu cattle breed. Majority of this cattle population and uniformity/purity of the breed is found in the surrounding areas of Amrabad forest
Adaptability to environment
Wild & aggressive nature of these animals is helpful to protect themselves from predators in the forest area. Poda Thurpu breed has the excellent tolerant capacity to drought conditions and can sustain during less fodder and water availability.
Population
Year
Population
Other information
2016
15000
Source: Population estimated by CONARE (local NGO) with cattle breeders in the native habitat tract
Management
Management system
Extensive
Mobility
Stationary
Feeding of adults
Grazing
Comments on Management
Herd size ranges from 23 to 75. The breeders of this cattle breed do not provide any additional supplementary feed to animals, except salt. Animals are maintained exclusively under open grazing system in forest. Some farmers follow migratory grazing system.
Morphology
Colour
Light brown to dark brown patches on white coat
Horn shape and size
Mostly straight, sometimes curved backward and upward or forward pointing.
Size: Male- 31.85, Female- 29.98 cm
Visible characteristics
Medium size cattle with compact body. White coat with brown patches or Red/brown coat with white patches. Patches are seen on the entire body. Majority of patches are seen on the lateral sides of the body. Horns are broad at base. Forehead is convex with deep groove at the centre in majority of animals
Male
Female
Overall
Height (avg. cm.)
121.9
111.8
Body Length (avg. cm.)
105.5
98.8
Heart girth (avg. cm.)
164.9
150.2
Body weight (avg. kg.)
255.0
208.0
Birth weight (avg. kg.)
18.76
17.86
Performance
Average
Minimum
Maximum
Litter size born
1.0
Age at first parturition (months)
50.3
47.0
57.0
Parturition interval (months)
11.9
11.0
12.0
Milk yield per lactation (kg)
570.0
494.0
646.0
Milk Fat (%)
3.9
3.7
4.1
Any Peculiarity of the breed
Bullock are preferred in both dryland and wetland agriculture and have excellent draught power in terms of endurance, speed & stamina. This is due to strong and well developed hoof which can work for long duration in wetland
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.
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