Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

The population of female was higher in all age groups. The Kathani cattle were of small size, light built and having compact body. Body coat colour were mostly white colour and muzzle, hoof, eyelid and tail switch were mostly black and horn colour was grey. The horns were medium and curved like shape and orientation of horn was outward and upward. The ears have horizontal orientation. The forehead was medium with straight profile. The body characteristics such as hump as well as dewlap were medium in size and navel flap was small in size. The udder was mostly in bowl shape, teat shape was mostly cylindrical shape and milk vein was small in size. The average body weight in Kathani cattle for different age group were found to be 43.26±1.03 (up to 1 year), 71.10±1.85 (1 to 2 year), 112.97±3.04 (2 to 3 year) and 215.96±2.92 (above 3 year) kg, respectively. In biometric measurement average length of neck was 41.90±0.35 cm, chest girth was 142.86±1.24cm, body length was 113.10±0.60 cm, length of tail was 76.00±1.80 cm and height at wither was 115.04±0.72 cm. The lactation performance of average lactational milk yield was obtained to be 520.61±21.59 kg, with average lactation period as 153.21±1.81 days and lactational milk yield per day was 2.95±0.17 kg.