Mehsana
Developed by crossing Murrah with Surti, Mehsana combines high yield with a persistent, long lactation — a favourite of Gujarat's cooperative dairies.
Mehsana
Physical Characteristics
- Colour: black to grey, or black with white markings
- Horns are less curled than Murrah, sickle-shaped and irregular
- Body is longer than Murrah but lighter in build
- Well developed, strongly attached udder
Benefits for Farmers
Very persistent lactation — milks steadily for longer than most breeds
Regular breeder with a shorter inter-calving period
Thrives under intensive, stall-fed cooperative dairy systems
Combines Murrah yield with Surti hardiness and fat
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Buffalo
- Utility
- Milk
- Home Tract
- Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Banaskantha and Ahmedabad
- Found In
- Gujarat
- Yield
- 1,200–1,500 kg per lactation; 7% fat
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Luit (Swamp Buffalo)
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India's only registered swamp buffalo type, genetically distinct from the river buffalo of the mainland and central to paddy cultivation in the Brahmaputra floodplain.
300–500 kg per lactation (kept mainly for draught)
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Bhadawari
Milk
Bhadawari
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
A copper-coloured buffalo of the Chambal ravines, producing the highest fat milk of any buffalo in the world — up to 13% in some animals.
800–1,000 kg per lactation; 6–13% fat
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MURRAH
Milk
Murrah
Haryana, Punjab +1
The world's best dairy buffalo breed and the most widely used for grading up local buffalo across India and abroad. Murrah semen is the backbone of buffalo artificial insemination.
1,500–2,500 kg per lactation; 7% fat
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