Morphometric, Productive and Reproductive Traits of Local Cattle (Zobawng) of Mizoram

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in Mizoram state of India with the objective to describe the physical characteristics, reproductive performance and production performance of local cattle (Zobawng) of Mizoram. A total 300 dairy cattle were studied from all the eight the districts of the state by using survey method. The average chest girth, body length, height at wither, head length, forehead width, horn size, tail length and leg length observed were 133±0.62cm, 121.44±0.90 cm, 108.42±0.73 cm, 38.69±0.25 cm, 4.29±0.15cm, 5.05±1.27cm, 85.64±0.66 cm and 92.05±0.51 cm respectively. The average age at first estrous was 31.45± 0.87 months, average age at first service was 32.65±0.96 months, average age at first calving was 43.60±0.96 months, average gestation length was 296.19 ± 0.26 days, average calving interval was 533.63± 0.87 days, average Post-partum heat period was 7.78±0.19 months and average service per conception was 2.47±0.11. The production performance of the local cattle was studied as mean milk yield per day was 1.61±0.19 litre, mean peak milk yield was 2.44±0.11 litre, mean lactation length was 232.68±0.90 days, mean dry period was 241.76± 0.89 days. It is found that the local cattle of Mizoram state is at par with the other non-descript cattle of different parts of the country.