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WHY WE CAN’T KEEP THE ANGLO NUBIAN OR SAANEN GOAT IN PLACE OF DESI COW
Most of our Desi cows are low milk producer, producing 2 or 3 lire of milk per day with a shorter lactation period of 150 days, these Desi cows are seasonal breeder giving milk in the summer months. However, some Desi milk breed like Gir, Sahiwal and Red Sindhi producing over 3000-litre milk in a…
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100 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Dairy Animals PART – 2
Difference between cheese and curd? Curd is formed by microbial growth, in this case a lactose is broken down into lactic acid, and this reaction takes place at 37°C. Whereas, cheese making is enzymatic reaction, the movement enzyme rennin is added to the milk is curdled. It takes few minute then the curdle milk is…
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USE OF SEXED SEMEN IN DAIRY ANIMALS
POSSIBILITY AND PITFALL AND EMERGING REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES The sperm concentration in cow semen is 200 to 2000 million sperms per ml and bull gives 5 to 10 ml of semen and for artificial insemination we need 15 million spermatozoa. So from one ejaculate we can inseminate many cows. The semen can be diluted in semen…
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