Cattle & Buffalo

Cattle & Buffalo

This section provides information about breeding management in cattle and buffalo.

Indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle and buffalo used for dairy, draught and dual purposes are explained here

This topic provides a monthly calendar of activities for cattle management.

This topic provides information about Clean milk production.

Important activities one should take care in dairy farming including weaning, disbudding, ear tagging, castration, vaccination, quarantine and record maintenance are explained here

Commonly available fodders for dairy animals including legume, cereal and azolla are described in this section

This topic provides information about Grazing and feed management.

Causes, symptoms and treatment of important health problems in cattle, including ffot and mouth disease (FMD), bloat, enteritis, mastitis, abortion, milk fever, downer cow syndrome are discussed here

This topic provides information on Housing for Dairy Cattle

Various systems for housing milch animals, space requirement for establishing a commercial dairy shed and related activities are explained in detail in this topic

This topic provides information about the importance of record keeping at livestock farm.

Explains the health benefits of the milk and urine of Indian Pure Breed Cow Gir.

This topic provides information on Ketosis in Dairy Animals and its Management.

Provides information and advisory on Lumpy Skin Disease

This topic provides strategies for alleviating heat stress in dairy animals during summer

This topic provides information about Managing Buffaloes during Drought.

This topic gives information about Prevention Strategies with Special Emphasis on Nutritional Management

Use of milking machines in modern dairy farms, how to use these machines for cows and buffaloes, suppliers of milking machines in various states etc are covered here

Management of calves at various stages including requirements for a calf house, feeding schedule, vaccination schedule and deworming are covered here

This topic provides information about the restraining techniques carried out in cattle and buffalo.

This topic provides information about Vaccination schedule in cattle and buffalo.

Calves are considered as future herd so calf welfare plays an integral part for dairy enterprise. Knowledge about good care and management husbandry practices will optimize calf's welfare in a holistic way.