NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Livestock

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Agricultural Regions and Systems

Livestock

  • The British consume great quantities of lamb whereas the continental Europeans eat mainly beef and veal -Beef cattle Hereford and Aberdeen Angus.
  • Dairy cattle Ayrshire, Jersey and Guernsey.
  • Dual purpose Shorthorn and Galloway
  • Draught Zebu (Asia and Africa) .
  • While beef cattle can be kept on relatively poor pastures at great distance from markets, dairy cattle are confined to the most favoured areas.
  • For dairying, the climate should with a moderate to heavy rainfall and the ground should be moisture retentive. Lowland areas are more suitable than Uplands
  • In China, dairy farming is poorly developed, where as in Japan, increasing westernization of the diet has led to the growth of dairy farming
  • India has the world՚s largest cattle and buffalo population and is also the largest milk producing nation.