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🇵🇰 The cattle breeds of Pakistan

8 breeds from Pakistan, best known first, across 14 towns, fairs and pastures.

Cattle town Fair or market Pasture Ranch country Sanctuary or reserve City

Cattle towns and fairs of Pakistan

Sindh 2 Tharparkar District 2 Bahawalnagar 1 Bahawalpur 1 Cholistan Desert 1 Gilgit-Baltistan 1 Las Bela 1 Mehrgarh 1 Rahim Yar Khan 1 Sahiwal District 1 Dajal Dera Ghazi Khan Sahiwal Tharparkar

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 5 moreZebu Humped, heat-tolerant cattle of South Asia, kept for milk, meat, work and ridingZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSahiwal A heat-tolerant zebu from the Punjab, kept for milk, meat and draught workZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreRed Sindhi A humped dairy zebu from Sindh in Pakistan, deep red, with short curved hornsZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreTharparkarٿرپارڪر A hardy zebu breed from the Thar Desert, white to grey with a firm hump, kept for milk and work.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant

🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant 🇵🇰 PakistanCholistani A large white-spotted zebu of Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, kept for milk, meat and workZebu · Dairy · Disease-resistant

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sahiwal: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Zebu: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Tharparkar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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