Khamarguru

  • Selection of Dairy Breeds
  • Dairy Breeds
  • Housing
  • Weighing dairy cows by weight calculator
  • Feed requirement calculation using a meal calculator
  • Feed preparation using ration calculator
  • Breeding and Reproduction
  • Breeding management guideline
  • Care
  • Feeding management
  • Milk preservation and processing
  • Pasteurization Calculator
  • Disease prevention

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  • Buffalo
  • Cattle fattening
  • Dairy farm
  • Goat
  • Poultry

Points to be considered to select a dairy cow:

Well-developed breeds adaptive to Bangladeshi climate should be selected
Locally available popular dairy breeds are Red Chittagong cattle (RCC), Pabna Cows, Munshigonj cows and North Bengal Gray
Availability:
Red Chittagong Cow (Chattogram and Chattogram hill tracts)
Pabna Cows (Pabna and Sirajgonj))
Munshigonj ( Munshigonj and Manikgonj)
North Bengal Grey (Rajshahi and Rangpur)
Standard dairy rearing system has been fixed in National Dairy Development Policy, 2016 of Bangladesh.
Dairy farm can also be made of high yielding crossbred dairy cows
Cows of enlarged body and udder size produces more milk
Milk production is associated with the age of cow and number of parity
Cows usually give maximum milk during third to sixth parity
Milk production increases steadily since first parity and reaches at peak after fifth parity
Generally milk production start to decrease compared to previous from sixth parity and continues up to tenth parity
Diseased cow should not select to start a farm
The exact age and health status, number of parity, physical condition, previous lactation record (ancestral history if possible) etc. should be checked during the collection of a cow
Physical Characteristics of high yielding lactating cows:
Angular body shape
Long and narrow head
Stout legs and enough space between two legs
Wide chest and spacious ribs
Large abdomen
Enlarged udder with visible milk vein tightly attached with body
Lean body with less fat
Incase of buffalo, River buffalo of indigenous type produce maximum milk
In addition, Murrah or Niliravi cross buffalo and Gujrati cross cows produce more milk