List of Pakistani cattle breeds

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This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in Pakistan to be wholly or partly of Pakistani origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Pakistani.

Local name Other names Notes Image
Achai[2][4]
Bhagnari[1][2] Nari[4]
Cholistani[1][2][4]
Dajal[1][2][4]
Dhanni[1][2] Pothwari[4]
Gabrali[2][4]
Hariana[4]
Hissar[4]
Kankaraj[1][2][4]
Lohani[1][2][4]
Red Sindhi[1][2]
Rojhan[1][2][4]
Sahiwal[1][2]
  • Lola
  • Montgomery[4]
Thari[1][2][4]
  • Tharparkar
  • GreySindhi[4]


References[edit]

  1. Breed data sheet: Pakistan, Cattle. Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2023.
  2. [s.n.] (March 2003). Country Report on State of Animal Genetic Resources of Pakistan. Annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 10 January 2017.
  3. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  4. M. Sajjad Khan, Z. Rehman, Muqarrab A. Khan, Sohail Ahmad (2008). Genetic resources and diversity in Pakistani cattle. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 28 (2): 95–102; page 96.