COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MITHUN (Bos frontalis)
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Authors
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I. P. BORAH
Department of Livestock Production and Management
Nagaland University, SASRD, Medziphema- 797106, Nagaland
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V. B SHARMA
Department of Livestock Production and Management
Nagaland University, SASRD, Medziphema- 797106, Nagaland
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V. K. VIDYARTHI
Department of Livestock Production and Management
Nagaland University, SASRD, Medziphema- 797106, Nagaland
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study on physical characteristics was carried on 20 Mithuns irrespective of sexes,
5 from each strain collected from the States of Arunachal Pradesh (AR), Mizoram (MZ),
Manipur (MN) and Nagaland (NL). The value for head breadth was significantly (P< 0.05)
higher in MN strain and the least in MZ strain of mithun. The values for muzzle
circumference, wither height, pouch girth, fore shank length, cannon circumference, thigh
length, tail length, tail circumference and body weight were significantly (P< 0.05) higher in
AR strain as compared to other strains of mithun. The values for height at naval and pouch
points were significantly (P< 0.05) higher in NL and the lowest in AR strain. The values for
physical characters like length of head, horn, ear, neck, barrel, croup, fore arm and hind
shank and their circumferences, eye to eye space, rump height, heart girth, abdominal girth
and the heights at sterna did not vary significantly amongst four strains of mithun. It can be
concluded that AR strains of mithuns have better body conformation as compared to other
strains of mithun. Further, all the strains of mithun had almost similar body conformation like
other bovines; however, such study should be repeated with large sized samples keeping
the present investigation as a base-line work.
Key words: Body conformation, Physical characteristics, Mithun.
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