This document summarizes various breeds of livestock including pigs, poultry, ducks, turkeys and quails. For pigs, it describes native Indian breeds like Ghungroo and Nicobari as well as commercial breeds including Berkshire, Yorkshire, Landrace, Duroc and Hampshire. For poultry, it categorizes breeds into American, English, Mediterranean and Asiatic classes and provides examples such as Rhode Island Red, Leghorn and Brahma. For ducks and turkeys, it distinguishes between egg-laying breeds like Indian Runner and meat-producing breeds like Pekin. Finally, it lists quail breeds including Japanese, Rain and Bobwhite quail.
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1. BREEDS OF
PIGS
Sus scrofa
Sus domesticus
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University
2. Ghungroo
North Bengal
Black coloured with bull dog
appearance.
Other pigs :
Khasi, Garo, Mizo, Nagas,
Arunachali, Tenyi Vo Pig, Doom
pig (North east india).
Nicobari breed.
Ghungroo pig
3. Black Berkshire
White points on feet, nose and tail.
Short snout and upturned nose. Male
400 Kg and Female 350 Kg.
Berkshire
4. Large white Yorkshire
Solid white with black color freckles.
Cross breeding in India.
Male 400 Kg and Female 300 Kg.
Large white yorkshire
5. White landrace
Solid white with black color freckles.
Short legs.
Male 400 Kg and Female 300 Kg.
Landrace
6. Red duroc
Medium sized pigs.
Male 230 Kg and Female 170 Kg.
Duroc
9. Non descriptive chicken
Low in egg production but has good
resistance.
ABCD FF G KK NN PT
Assel, Brown desi, Chittogong, Denki, Frizzle fowl, Faverolla, Ghagus,
Kalasthi, Kadaknath, Naked neck, Nicobari, Punjab brown,
Telicherry
14. Madhya Pradesh
Internal organs show black
colour pigments.
Khadaknath
16. (1) AMERICAN CLASS
Dual purpose breeds
Rhode island red
Wyandotte
Plymouth rock
New Hampshire
(2) ENGLISH CLASS
Dual or Egg breeds, but Fleshy breeds
Cornish
Orphington
(2) ENGLISH CLASS
Australorp
(3) MEDITERRANEAN CLASS
Egg producing only
Minorca, Leghorn, Ancona
(4) ASIATIC CLASS
Poor egg producers
and broody
Brahma
Cochin
Langshan Broody
19. (3) Mediterranean
Class
Minorca Ancona Leghorn
Egg production
Light bodied
White ear lobes,
Relatively large combs,
Non-broodiness,
Early maturity
White-shelled eggs
20. (4) Asiatic Class
Brahma Cochin
Langsh
an
Virtually extinct now
Broody and poor layers
Helped in development of
American breeds