Physical and morphometric characterization of indigenous cattle of Assam
Journal Title: Open Veterinary Journal - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken to study the physical and morphometric characteristics in indigenous cattle of Assam. The data pertain to 339 indigenous cattle of different categories. The physical characteristics included colour pattern of body coat, muzzle, tail switch, hoof and horn. Body length, height at wither, heart girth, pouch girth, length of tail, switch, neck, ear and head were taken up for morphometric characterization. The main body coat colour of indigenous cattle was brown (31.18%) followed by white (28.53%), fawn (15.29%), grey (13.53%), black (4.41%) and mixed (7.06%). The prominent colour of tail switch was black (74.53%). Most of animals had black muzzle (86.47%), black hooves (84.71%) and black horn (100%). Morphometric characteristics data obtained were classified according to location, age group and sex of the animal. The means for body length, height at wither, heart girth, pouch girth, length of tail, switch, neck, ear and head were 83.668±0.590, 91.942±0.55, 113.146±0.738, 121.181±0.761, 54.196±0.527, 26.098±0.186, 32.705±0.166, 18.131±0.111 and 35.035±0.195 cm, respectively. Age and sex had significant effect on all the morphometric characters however, location effect was non-significant. The indigenous cattle of Assam are comparatively smaller in size than most of the recognized breeds of cattle however coat colour showed sizeable variation. The data generated for indigenous cattle of Assam would be useful to characterize them.
Authors and Affiliations
R. B. Kayastha| National Research Centre on Pig, ICAR, Rani, Guwahati-781 131, India, G. Zaman| College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, India, R. N. Goswami| College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, India, A. Haque| College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, India
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