Thutho Breed

Thutho

Male	Female

Breeding Tract
State: Nagaland	Nagaland
Location
Longitude (deg.)	93.20 - 95.15
Latitude (deg.)	25.60 - 27.27
General Information
Synonyms	Ameshi, Sheapi, Chokru, Tseso
Origin	Native
Major utility	Mainly meat, and also draught, manure
Comments on utility
Comments on breeding tract	Thutho cattle are available in all districts of Nagaland. Climate is hot to warm sub-tropical. Annual raifall ranges from 1400-1800mm
Adaptability to environment	Well adapted to hilly region and able to graze on hill slopes even during rainfall

Population
	Year	Population	Other information
	2012	53000	Source: Survey, ICAR-NBAGR and 2012 Livestock Census

Management
Management system	Extensive
Mobility	Stationary
Feeding of adults	Grazing
Comments on Management

Morphology
Colour	Black or brown, sometimes white patches on face and body
Horn shape and size	Curved outward and upward. Short and stumpy
Visible characteristics	Medium in size, hardy, well-built and docile. Fore-head is small and straight. Backline is uneven, slopes behind the small hump, rises to peak between hipbones and then drops sharply to the tail head
	Male	Female	Overall
Height (avg. cm.)	107.6	106.2
Body Length (avg. cm.)	103.9	103.4
Heart girth (avg. cm.)	148.0	142.4
Body weight (avg. kg.)	320.0	280.0
Birth weight (avg. kg.)	15.6	14.8

Performance
	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Litter size born	1.0
Age at first parturition (months)	30.0	24.0	42.0
Parturition interval (months)	15.8	12.0	17.0
Any Peculiarity of the breed	Cows are generally not milked

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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.