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Practical Guide: TAS 1102 Principles of Livestock Production

This document provides instructions for a practical guide on cattle and buffalo breed identification and body weight measurement. It includes 4 activities: 1) Identifying phenotypic characteristics of local breeds, 2) Indicating traits of specific breeds using a reference sheet, 3) Measuring body weight of cattle and buffalo using a weight band and formula, and 4) Listing the composition of the farm herd and commenting on management practices. The goal is to teach students to identify breeds based on appearance, measure live weight, and analyze a farm's herd composition.

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Practical Guide: TAS 1102 Principles of Livestock Production

This document provides instructions for a practical guide on cattle and buffalo breed identification and body weight measurement. It includes 4 activities: 1) Identifying phenotypic characteristics of local breeds, 2) Indicating traits of specific breeds using a reference sheet, 3) Measuring body weight of cattle and buffalo using a weight band and formula, and 4) Listing the composition of the farm herd and commenting on management practices. The goal is to teach students to identify breeds based on appearance, measure live weight, and analyze a farm's herd composition.

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Practical Guide (Practical No 1)

TAS 1102 Principles of Livestock production


Bachelor of Bio-System Technology program
Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Title: Breed Identification and body weight measurement of cattle and Buffaloes
 To Identify the External anatomy of cattle/buffalo and physio anatomical
importance of those parts.
Objectives:
 To Identify the cattle /buffalo breed based on the phenotypic characters

 To measure the live weight of cattle or buffalo

1. Activity 1: Indicate the phenotypic characters of cattle and buffalo breeds that are reared in the farm by
filling the following table.

Breed Color Body Heart Shape of the Horn (shape & Other
Girth head Length) characters

With Identified breed’s information state weather, it is cross breed or pure one, if the breed is not pure
comments about the discrepancies with pure breed.

2. Activity 2: With provided reference sheet, Indicate the phenotypic characters of following breeds.

Breed Color Body Head & Horn Avg. Avg Castration


shape eye (shape & Milking milking priod
Length) Yield /fat /day
content
Jersey
Friesian
Ayrshire
Brown Swiss
Sahiwal
Red Sindhi
SL Local
Murrah
Nilli Ravi

Prepared By :R.Vijayakumar BST-TAS1102 EUSL


3. Activity 3: Measure the body weight of two cattle and one buffalo using the weigh band and formula
method. Provide the comments about these measurements. Use the following formula to estimate the
body weights.
𝑳𝑮𝟐
𝑾=
𝟑𝟎𝟎

W- Body weight in lbs., L- Body length in inches and G- Heart girth in inches

Identification No Weigh Band Formula

4. Activity 4: List composition of the cattle and buffalo herd maintained at Livestock farm and comment
on it regarding the management practices.

Breed Calves Heifers Cows in milk Dry cows Non-pregnant Bulls


Cows

Prepared By :R.Vijayakumar BST-TAS1102 EUSL

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