| Species |
Bos indicus - cattle |
| Synonym |
Semmarai |
| Origin |
Bargur hills of Bhavani taluk of Erode District |
| Breeding History |
Nil |
| Breeding tract |
Erode District, Tamil Nadu , India |
| Management System |
Animals are reared in the forest area in semi wild conditions and are penned in enclosures called pattys. They are tended by hired local tribal labours called lingaiys. Each patty has 50 to 200 heads of cattle. They remain in the interior of forest and graze on existing vegetation. They are brought back to villages for harvest operations only. All these cattle are driven to salt licks 43 Km north of Bargur by about January for a few days and then driven to forest again
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| Breed Society |
Nil |
| Phenotypic characters |
| General characters |
Small and compact body, pretty to look at. White red or white patches on the body. Brown horns, eyes, muzzle and hooves. Very good for plough work and carting |
| Colour |
Red with white spots or patches of variable extent on the body. Horns, hooves, muzzle and switch of tail are reddish in colour. |
| Horns |
Very hardy, moderate length closed to the roots inclining, backwards, upwards and outwards with a forward curve and sharp at the tip |
| Visible Markings |
Nil |
| Morphometric characters |
| Body length (Avg cm) |
Male : 177 cm, Female : 121 cm |
| Height (Avg cm) |
Male : 126 cm, Female : 122 cm |
| Girth (Avg cm) |
Male : 156 cm, Female : 124 cm |
| Adult weight (Avg kg) |
Male : 250 kg, Female : 200 kg |
| Performance |
| Age at first calving (m) |
45 months |
| Inter calving period (m) |
16-18 months |
| Milk yield per lactation (kg) |
250-1300 kg per lactation |
| Milk Fat ( % ) |
0 |
| Population status |
14154 (as on 2013) |
| Utility |
Draught purpose |
| Publications |
Kanakaraj P, Ramaswamy V, Natarajan N and Krishnan A R. 1994. Physical traits of Burghur breed of cattle in Tamil Nadu. cheiron 23(3):116-21 |