Rathi গরু

राठी

The desert dairy cow of Bikaner.

আদি অঞ্চল: Bikaner, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh

দৈনিক দুধ (সর্বোচ্চ)

8–12 L

প্রতি ল্যাকটেশন দুধ (~300 দিন)

1,500–3,000 L

দুধের চর্বি

4.0–4.8%

প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক ওজন

300–400 kg

স্বতন্ত্র বৈশিষ্ট্য

চামড়া/রোম: Brown with white patches; some animals are nearly all-brown or all-white.

Medium-sized, compact body
Lyre-shaped horns
Well-developed hump and dewlap
Black muzzle and eyelashes

মেজাজ এবং উপযোগিতা

Excellent milk yield for an arid-zone breed
High heat and drought tolerance
Adapts to scarce fodder
A2 milk, high fat

ইতিহাস এবং বংশানুক্রম

Rathi was developed by the Raths, a pastoral community of Bikaner, by selectively crossing Sahiwal, Red Sindhi, Tharparkar, and Dhanni cattle over generations. The result is a small but productive desert dairy cow that has become the backbone of the Bikaner milk economy. Rajasthan Livestock Development Board maintains nucleus herds at Nohar.

Rathi কেন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

Rathi shows that careful, community-led breeding can produce a cow as productive as Sahiwal but adapted to half the rainfall. It is a model for what climate-adaptive Indian dairy looks like.