Ludhiana cow creates national record in milk production

“This is the best milk production by a crossbred cow at any of the government institutional dairy farms in the country and is comparable to the milk yield of cows in dairy-developed countries like USA,Israel and Denmark,” said Dr M L Mehra,principal investigator of the government-funded Cattle Cross Breeding project at the institute.

Born in August 2003 at the University Dairy Farm,the cow has genes of a Holstein Friesian bull from Denmark,said Dr Mehra,while adding that the cow has 87.5 per cent Holstein Friesian,6.25 per cent Red Dane and 6.25 per cent Sahiwal inheritance.

A herd of outstanding cows with an average lactation yield of 5,877 litres has been established at the university dairy farm,said Dr Mehra,while acknowledging the efforts of GADVASU vice-chancellor Dr V K Taneja.

Dr Taneja,meanwhile,added: “At our Kalcharan research station in Bathinda district,we are breeding high-value Sahiwal animals that will help us increase milk production in the state.”