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Murrah Buffalo Breed Overview

The Murrah breed of buffalo, also known as Delhi, Kundi, and Kali, is primarily found in Haryana and Delhi, with significant populations in Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. This breed is notable for its large body, high milk yield ranging from 1003 to 2057 kg per lactation, and is widely used for improving local buffalo populations in various countries. Murrah buffaloes are typically jet black with some white markings and are primarily stall-fed with seasonal fodder.

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Murrah Buffalo Breed Overview

The Murrah breed of buffalo, also known as Delhi, Kundi, and Kali, is primarily found in Haryana and Delhi, with significant populations in Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. This breed is notable for its large body, high milk yield ranging from 1003 to 2057 kg per lactation, and is widely used for improving local buffalo populations in various countries. Murrah buffaloes are typically jet black with some white markings and are primarily stall-fed with seasonal fodder.

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Murrah

“Murrah” breed is also known as “Delhi”, “Kundi”


and “Kali”. The breeding tract of “Murrah”
includes Hisar, Rohtak, Gurgaon and Jind district
of Haryana and Delhi. However, Murrah
buffaloes are also found in Punjab and Western
Uttar Pradesh*. The breed is used for grading-up
non-descript buffaloes almost in all parts of
world and has even formed an important place
in the livestock industry of many developing
countries like Bulgaria, Philippines, Malaysia,
Vietnam, Brazil and Sri Lanka. The breed has a
massive body, long head and neck, short and
tightly coiled horn, well developed udder and
broad hips. Usually the buffaloes of this breed
are jet black in colour with occasional white
marking on switch of tail. The buffaloes are
reared in mixed type of housing with provision
of shed during weather extremes. Animals are
mostly stall fed with available seasonal green
fodder. The milk yield of the breed ranges from
1003 to 2057 kilo grams per lactation with 6.9
to 8.3 % fat with an average of 1752 Kg per
lactation and 7.3% fat.

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of Animal genetic Resources, Karnal, Hariana,
India.

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