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Kankrej
Dual Purpose • Cattle
Indigenous LivestockNative to Kankrej taluka

Kankrej

Primary Purpose
Milk & Farm Work
Origin Tract
Kankrej taluka, Banaskantha and Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
Milk Production
1,400 - 2,600 kg per lactation
Heat Tolerance
Very High

Key Physical & Phenotypic Characteristics

  • •One of the heaviest Indian cattle breeds with powerful, broad shoulders
  • •Magnificent, lyre-shaped horns covered with skin at the base
  • •Silver grey, iron grey to dark grey coat with black hooves and muzzle
  • •Pendulous ears with distinctive folds and dignified majestic gait

Management & Housing Guidelines

  • •Alert and defensive of calves; requires experienced and calm handlers.

Feeding & Nutritional Profile

  • •Efficient utilization of fibrous feeds, millet straw, and native grasses.

IoT Collar & Sensor Considerations

  • • Gait telemetry algorithms should recognize the unique 'Savai chal' movement signature.

Health & Immunity Considerations

Remarkable resistance to contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and tick vectors.

Registered Herd Animals

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Official References & Sources

  • Gujarat Livestock Development Board
  • NBAGR Monograph #14