Punganur Breed

Punganur

Male	Female

Breeding Tract
State: Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor
Location
Longitude (deg.)	78.40 - 79.10
Latitude (deg.)	13.10 - 13.40
General Information
Synonyms
Origin	This breed was developed by Rulers of Punganur. Hence this breed is known as Punganur after the name of area.
Major utility	Work - Draught and Transportation; Food - Milk
Comments on utility	These animals are used for agricultural operations on light soil. Bullocks are used for carts like tongas and for special races.
Comments on breeding tract	The breed tract is confined to the taluks of Punganur and adjacent taluks of Vayalpad, Madnapalli and Palamaner in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Adaptability to environment

Population
	Year	Population	Other information
	1997	0	ANGRAU, Palmner conducted survey in the breeding tract covering 150 villaf\ges and could locate only 21 cows.
	2013	2772	Source: Estimated Livestock Population Breed Wise Based on Breed Survey 2013. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of India, New Delhi

Management
Management system	Semi-Intensive
Mobility	Stationary
Feeding of adults	Grazing, Fodder and Concentrate
Comments on Management	Women and children of the family look after the animals. Animals are housed in a small shed made with the help of bamboos and stone pillars. Stacks of paddy straw and groundnut form the roof of cattle shed. Animals are housed only during the night and are grazed in the wastelands in the nearby forests. Soon after the harvest of paddy, animals are allowed to graze over paddy stubbles. Paddy straw forms the major component of fodder. In addition, sugarcane tops, ground nut halms, fingermillet straw and mulberry leaves are fed to cattle. Milking cows are fed concentrates at the time of milking.

Morphology
Colour	Punganur cattle are white, grey or light brown to dark brown or red. White mixed with red or black colour animals are also available. Combination of white with brown or black patches is not uncommon.
Horn shape and size	Horns are crescent shaped and often loose curving backward and forward in males and lateral and forward in females. Short to medium in size.
Visible characteristics	Short stature
	Male	Female	Overall
Height (avg. cm.)	107.0	97.0
Body Length (avg. cm.)	113.0	108.0
Heart girth (avg. cm.)	151.0	128.0
Body weight (avg. kg.)	240.0	170.0
Birth weight (avg. kg.)	12.8	11.4	12.3

Performance
	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Age at first parturition (months)	37.0
Parturition interval (months)	14.88	10.0	27.0
Milk yield per lactation (kg)	546.0	194.0	1100.0
Milk Fat (%)	5.0	3.2	10.0
Any Peculiarity of the breed	Dwarf cattle

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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.