Amruthamahal
The Amritmahal breed is found in Hassan, Chikmagalur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka state. It is a famous draught breed. It is a famous draught breed known for its energy, power and endurance. Bullocks are especially-suited for quick transportation. This breed is developed by the rulers of mysore state between 1572-1636 AD mainly for the transportation of army equipments and was named as. -'benne chawdi' renamed by tippu as amrit mahal.
Physical Characteristics:
- Colour ranges from white to black, mainly grey, cows are white and bulls are dark, brownish are also seen. Skin is thin, oily deep black in colour and furry.
- Face, nose and tail are evenly black and lighter in aged ones
- Head is long and tapering towards muzzle. Forchcad is narrow, bulging out with a furrow in the middle
- Horns are long running back and up, turn in and end in sharp black points.
- Eyes are shiny, ears small and placed parallel to the earth.
- Hump is fully developed and slightly bent forward,
- legs are medium in length and in proportion to the rest of the body
- Dewlap/neck wrinkles are small and not too long
- Hooves/heels are small and hard
- An adult male weighs around 500 kg and female around 318 kg.
- age at first calving is 1337.6+- 166.52 days and milk yield is 572+-24 Kg
- calving interval is 577.6+24.3 days and lactation length 299+=10 days
