Question

The world’s best milch breed of cattle is
(a)Jersey
(b)Brown swiss
(c)Sahiwal
(d)Holstein-Friesian

Answer 1

Hint: Cattle are raised for various purposes such as meat or milk. Milch breed of cattle refers to the cattle that are raised for the purpose of getting milk from them. Thus the best milch breed of cattle will be the one which produces more milk per day with higher nutrition value.

Complete answer:
The world’s best milch breed of cattle is the Holstein-Friesian breed because it is the highest producer of milk with a capacity of producing 33 thousand kg of milk in 1 year. This breed of cattle originates from the Dutch province of Friesland and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany. It is also the most widespread cattle breed as it is present in more than 150 countries.

Additional Information: Let us look at the other cattle breeds mentioned in the options.
Jersey: It is a breed originating from Jersey in the British Channel Islands and is known to be highly productive as it can give 10 times its own weight of milk per lactation.
Brown swiss: It is a dairy breed originating from America. The milk from this breed is used to make cheese.
Sahiwal: It originates from the Sahiwal region of Punjab and is known as one of the best milch breeds of India and Pakistan.
So, the correct option is ‘Holstein-Friesian’.

Note: -The best milch breed of India is the Gir cattle. It comes from the Gir forests of Gujarat and can produce 1200 kg of milk per lactation.
-Other examples of the milch breed of cattle in India include Rathi, Tharparkar, Deoni, and Red Sindhi.
-In 1997, a cow named Rosie was mage transgenic by introducing genes in it which enabled it to produce human protein alpha-lactalbumin enriched milk which was more balanced milk for human babies than regular cow milk.