Question

Which of the following breeds of milk yielding cows has been formed of Indian and Swiss cows?
A. Red Sindhi
B. Sahiwal
C. Sunandini
D. Deoni

Answer 1

Breeding of cows means the production of cattles by the process of hybridization or inbreeding to produce the cow of desired qualities of both the parent cattles. Mostly cows are breeded to enhance the milk production.

Complete answer:
Indian cows and Swiss bulls were bred to produce a cow with high milk production. The Jersey and HF bulls are widely used to produce this breed. Lets see the options and find our correct answer;

Option A- Red Sindhi: This cow is best known for dairy breeds meant for milk yielding. These are widely kept for milk production in Sri lanka, India, Pakistan and other countries. It is a heat tolerant red cow originated from Sindh province of Pakistan.

Option B- Sahiwal: This cow is named after an area in Punjab. It is a heat tolerant cattle breed. Its colour is brownish red to greyish red it is used for dairy as well as draft.

Option C- Sunandini: It is a composite breed of cattle developed in India by breeding with brown swiss cattle, jersey cattle, Holstein Friesian cattle.

Option D- It is an Indian breed of draught cattle, it is distributed mainly in Latur, Nanded and many other regions in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Gir cow of Gujarat is the most milk producing cow found in India and milk produce by this cow is very costly because of premium quality and there is A-2 beta casein protein present in the milk of Gir cow. Of all dairy breeds Jersey cows produce richest milk in terms of fat. The cow that gives more milk per day is the Holstein cow.