Exotic Breeds, Cross-Breeds

Exotic Breeds Some of the exotic breeds, with heavy milk yielding capacity, have also been developed in India, especially in military farms. The maximum milk yield per lactation IS 6,000 kg in military farms, while the average milk yield of exotic breeds is 2,600 kg. The individual maximum daily yields are above 50 kg.
Some of the important exotic breeds are: Jersey, Holstein-Friesian, Swiss-Brown, Gurnsey, German Fleckvich and Ayreshire.

Cross-Breeds Karan Swiss and Karan Freis are two important cross-breeds of cattle in India.
Karal! Swiss Karan Swiss--evolved out of cross-breed­ing American Brown Swiss with Indian Sahiwal and Red Sindhi-is an important cross-breed of cattle. The overall inheritance of the Brown Swiss is 50 per cent in the breed. The colour of the breed is red dun. It resembles Sahiwal in its body size and general appearance. The average age at first calving is 32 months and the lactation yield is 3,000 to 4,500 kg with 4.2 to 4.4 fat percentage. The intercalving period is 400 to 425 days.

Karan Freis This breed is evolved out of cross-breeding between Tharparkar and Holstein-Friesian. This has inher­itance of 50 per cent from the Friesian. The animals are extremely docile. The average age of first calving is 30-32 months and the milk production is 3,700 kg per lactation with 3.8 to 4.0 per cent fat. The intercalving period is 400­430 days.