Question

Which of the following is a milch animal?
A. Cow
B. Goat
C. Cattles
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The animals which provide the milk are called milch animals or milk producing animals. Besides milk production animals also provide meat which is also a good source of nutrition.

Complete answer:
-The process of rearing animals providing them food, shelter, taking care and providing them proper health facilities and animal breeding is called animal husbandry. Rearing of animals can provide many benefits and useful products like milk, meat, eggs etc. These can be practised small scale and large scale and can be economically beneficial.
-Milk is one of the basic and good sources of nutrition and is produced by the milch animals. These animals are like a backbone to the dairy industry which includes cows, goats, cattle, buffaloes and camels.
-Cow milk is very nutritious and even cow milk is used for nourishment and is given to infants as it is easy to digest. It is the best animal domesticated for milk production. There are different breeds of milch animals.
-The Indian breeds include Gir, Sahiwal, Ongole, Rathi, Red Sindhi etc. Among them Sahiwal is the best breed which is mostly found in Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The yield of milk is around 1500-2500 kg milk per lactation.
-There are also foreign breeds of high yielding cows like Jersey, Brown Swiss and Guernsey.
-There are also well known goat breeds which are domesticated for obtaining milk like Beetle, Surti and Jamunapuri.
-In the drought areas like in Rajasthan people fetch milk from camels also.
-Milk produced by such animals is a very rich source of milk protein, calcium etc and is also used for the manufacturing of butter, paneer, cheese, ghee, curd, yogurt and many different dairy products.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Animals are bred to fetch out the milk for a long time. Animals which give milk are milch animals. In India 26 November is celebrated as Milk Day and on June 1 in the rest of the world the milk day is celebrated.