Abstract
The study was aimed to reveal the morphological features of local Pabna cattle at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), Regional Station, Sirajganj and community levels. Data of various morphological features were collected from total 24 cattle from on-station and 8 cattle from community. It was observed that most of the morphological features were not varied between the studied cattle populations except body length, height at wither, pelvic length, tail dock circumference and mouth circumference (p <0.05). Pigmentation pattern revealed that light red was dominated for coat color in both cattle population while black color was most frequently observed in muzzle, eyelid, eyelash, horn, hoof, dew claw and tail switch. As most of the phenotypic observation and pigmentation patterns were unique between two existing Pabna cattle population, an open nucleus breeding system might be enhanced the desire dairy breed development from those cattle population regarding the uniformity of morphological features.Res. Agric. Livest. Fish.4(3): 201-208, December 2017
Highlights
Indigenous cattle population of Bangladesh are mainly indicus type encompassing various cattle genetic resources like Non-descript, Red Chittagong, Pabna, North Bengal Grey, Madaripur, and Munshiganj cattle
Data of morphological measurements and pigmentation patterns of selected body parts were collected from 24 cattle (19 cows and 5 heifers) at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) Regional Station, Baghabari, Shahjadpur, Sirajganj using a pretested questionnaire including measuring tape and a recognized color chart (Aluminium Allied Centre, Kerala, India) for the white (01712), light red (02131), red (02412), black (03915) and the combination of red and black colors during the period of August to September in 2017
Most of the studied morphological traits related to body, head and udder characteristics (Table 1) were not varied statistically between cattle of BLRI Regional Station and farmer’s community (p >0.05)
Summary
Indigenous cattle population of Bangladesh are mainly indicus type encompassing various cattle genetic resources like Non-descript, Red Chittagong, Pabna, North Bengal Grey, Madaripur, and Munshiganj cattle. Pabna type cattle are considered as notable milch type cattle and famous for larger body size and better milk production among all the indigenous cattle populations, and characterized by prominent hump and large dewlap (Hoque et al, 1999). This variety was developed at Shahjadpur of Sirajganj district by breeding with indigenous cows with Hariana and Sahiwal bulls in early 1900s (Bett et al, 2013). This study was aimed to evaluate morphological characteristics of Pabna cattle at BLRI Regional Station, Sirajganj and at farmers’ community beside the river of Jamuna at Bera upazila of Pabna district in Bangladesh
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