Recently Recognized Indigenous Cattle Breeds of India: A Review

Savalia, K. B.; Ahlawat, A. R.; Gamit, VV; Parikh, S.S.; Verma, A. K.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.812.024

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“…Common problems encountered with cross-bred cows in Wayanad such as mastitis, production related diseases and the occurrence of protozoan and endo-ectoparasitic among these animals were according to the respondent farmers totally unheard of. Similar themes have also emerged on review of previous studies among various tribal groups in the country such as the hardiness of the cattle reared by the Soliga tribesmen of the hilly forest areas of Bili Giri Rangana Hills and Mahadeshwara Hills of Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka (Dash and Sethi (2007), Savalia et al (2019) and Somagond et al,2020), the strength and ability of the Motu cattle of Orissa to subsist on the barest of vegetation (Dash and Sethi,2007). Similar fi ndings were made by Gaur et al (2003) who observed that the Gir animals that were reared by the Rabaris, Bharwads, Maldharis, Ahirs and Charans tribes of the Gir hills and forests of Kathiawar including Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Amreli districts of Gujarat were famous for their tolerance to stress conditions and resistance to various tropical diseases.…”

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“…The fi ndings of this study are in consonance with those of Dash and Sethi (2007) who observed that among the Koya tribesmen and the origins of the the Motu cattle in their native regions of Malkangiri, Orissa also observed that their cattle were small, hardy and easy to maintain and high fat percentages of upto 5.3 per cent were recorded. Savalia et al (2019) also observed that the milk of the Belahi cattle reared by the Gujjar had a higher milk fat of 5.2 per cent. Theme 2: Zero input-based system : The unique adaptation of the Wayanad Dwarf cattle to the local vagaries of climate and fl ora of their breeding tract was a boon for the resource scarce tribal folk.…”

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Perceived Biological Attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle – A Qualitative Study Using Thematic Analysis

George¹

2022

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The Wayanad Dwarf Cattle have been reared traditionally by the Kuruma tribes of Wayanad district of Kerala. This paper uses unstructured interviews with thematic analysis of interviews to explore the perceptions of the Kuruma cattle keepers about the important biological attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle. The results of the study shed light on important perceived biological attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle such as the perceived higher milk non-fat solid and fat, higher quality of animal dung, the fact that these animals did could be reared without feeding them expensive concentrates. The hardiness of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle was also an important perceived biological attribute with the ensuring advantages of very minimum housing facilities, rare incidence of diseases and their ability to withstand extremes of climate and terrain. Important recurring themes in this regard included the adaptable nature of the animal in seasons of water scarcity and their unique grazing behaviour wherein they used their straight pointed horns to dig on the hard barks of the tall trees of the Wayanad forests, for feeding on the exposed softer, green, inner parts of tree stems. Policy interventions to for sustainable community based conservation of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle would inevitably have to take into consideration the perceptions of the traditional stakeholders in this sector.

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Perceived Biological Attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle – A Qualitative Study Using Thematic Analysis

George¹

2022

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“…However, the Malnad Gidda breed was included in the recognized breeds of India only in the year 2012 (Accession No. INDIA_CATTLE_0800_MALNADGIDDA_03037) . There is an urgent need to take up a genetic resource improvement program that aids to conserve and raise the Malnad Gidda cattle population.…”

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“…8 DA_03037). 9 There is an urgent need to take up a genetic resource improvement program that aids to conserve and raise the Malnad Gidda cattle population. For preserving any such high-quality indigenous germplasm for future generations and for preventing further loss of any vital gene pool, specific breed studies based on genetic and protein uniqueness are of priority.…”

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Deep Proteome Profiling of Semen of Indian Indigenous Malnad Gidda (Bos indicus) Cattle

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Malnad Gidda is a dwarf indigenous cattle breed of India, which is known for its uniqueness of calving every year under a low input grazing system of rearing. Bulls of Malnad Gidda are known to be highly fertile even in stress conditions. However, the proteomic profiling of semen of this breed has not been investigated so far, which might provide a platform for a better understanding of its semen quality and male fertility. Therefore, we made an effort to characterize and quantify the proteome of seminal plasma and spermatozoa components of Malnad Gidda semen using a high-resolution mass spectrometry platform. We identified 2814 proteins from spermatozoa and 1974 proteins from the seminal plasma of this breed. Furthermore, >90% of proteins from each fraction were quantified using the intensity-based absolute quantification. We observed signal peptides in 33% of seminal plasma proteins, indicating their secretory nature. Gene Ontology analysis revealed their involvement in cytoskeletal assembly associated with sperm head, sperm motility, acrosome reaction, seminal plasma binding, and spermatogenesis-associated protein. An in-depth proteome profiling of semen of a unique indigenous cattle breed of India was carried out. Our findings could provide a reference for further studies on sperm functions, semen quality, and reproductive health of Bos indicus cattle. Mass spectrometry data generated in this study is deposited and publicly made available through ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD014172.

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“…These native cattle breeds are particularly well suited to various agroclimatic conditions of India, and some of these kinds of cattle are also doing very well in other places across the world. Additionally, indigenous cattle breeds are essential due to their advantages in terms of disease resistance, low input management, and better survival in adverse weather conditions and climate change (Savalia et al, 2019;Panigrahi et al, 2022a). One of the key challenges in studying the signature of selection underlying climate adaptation is distinguishing between genetic changes that are driven by natural selection and those that result from other factors such as genetic drift or gene flow (Kumar et al, 2022).…”

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Deciphering climate resilience in Indian cattle breeds by selection signature analyses

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Panigrahi,

Rajawat

et al. 2024

Trop Anim Health Prod

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The signature of selection is a crucial concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the pattern of genetic variation which arises in a population due to natural selection. In the context of climate adaptation, the signature of selection can reveal the genetic basis of adaptive traits that enable organisms to survive and thrive in changing environmental conditions. Breeds cultivated in diverse agroecological zones exhibit genetic "footprints" within their genomes that mirror the influence of climate-induced selective pressures, subsequently impacting phenotypic variance. We examined genotypic data from eight different cattle breeds (Gir, Hariana, Kankrej, Nelore, Ongole, Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, and Tharparkar) that are adapted to diverse regional climates in India. It is assumed that the genomes of animals residing in these regions have been altered through selection for various climatic adaptations. In this study, we utilized bovine 50K chip data and four genome scan techniques to assess the genetic regions of positive selection for high-temperature adaptation. We have also performed genome-wide investigation of genetic diversity, inbreeding, and effective population size in our target dataset. To identify selection signature regions in this work, we used four intra-population statistics: Tajima's D, CLR, iHS, and ROH. We identified potential regions for selection that is likely to be caused by adverse climatic conditions. We observed many adaption genes as several potential selection signature areas. These include genes like HSPB2, HSPB3, HSP20, HSP90AB1, HSF4, HSPA1B, CLPB, GAP43, MITF, and MCHR1, which have been reported in the cattle population that lives in varied climatic regions.

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Recently Recognized Indigenous Cattle Breeds of India: A Review

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Perceived Biological Attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle – A Qualitative Study Using Thematic Analysis

Perceived Biological Attributes of the Wayanad Dwarf Cattle – A Qualitative Study Using Thematic Analysis

Deep Proteome Profiling of Semen of Indian Indigenous Malnad Gidda (Bos indicus) Cattle

Deciphering climate resilience in Indian cattle breeds by selection signature analyses

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