Question

Jaffrabadi breed is distributed in
A. Gujarat
B. Malvi
C. Hallikeri
D. None of the Above

Answer 1

Jaffrabadi is a heavy, black-coloured, high fat-yielding, riverine buffalo breed. It is a hybrid of the African Cape Buffalo and the Indian Water Buffalo. These buffaloes are characterised by heavy heads with large, thick horns which drop on the sides of the neck and go on upwards till the ears. They are also known as Bhavnagari, Gir or Jaffari buffaloes.

Complete answer:
1. Malvi is a cattle breed named after the Malwa plateau in Madhya Pradesh. It is a low milk yielding animal. Hence, it is used for draught purposes such as pulling carts. Since it is a cattle breed, it is not the correct answer.
2. Hallikeri or Halliker is a cattle breed from Karnataka. Its bulls are used for draught purposes and have long, vertical and somewhat twisted horns. They have large humps with moderate height and size. They can be white, grey or occasionally black complexioned.
3. We have already stated that the Jafarabadi buffalo is also known as Gir buffalo. We know that Gir is situated in Gujrat. Thus, the Jafarabadi buffalo is a native of the Indian state of Gujarat.
4. So, we can say that the correct option is Gujarat.Jaffarabad is the name of a port city in Saurashtra, Gujarat.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: When foreign animals are brought to our country, it is always checked whether they have got affected by local diseases or not. It is generally found that these animals have good milk yielding properties. In order to solve these kinds of issues, hybridization is implemented. It is done in order to increase yield, growth rate, manipulate sex ratios, produce sterile animals, improve flesh quality, increase disease resistance, and improve environmental tolerance. Thus, the act of hybridization is characterized by the mating of genetically differentiated individuals or groups (in this case, animals) and may involve crossing individuals within a species or crossing individuals (also known as line crossing or strain crossing) between separate species.