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On holidays, Rahul used to go to morning walk with his grandfather and on the way he used to collect milk from milk man for his home. One day, the milkman told dadaji that he is going to purchase a Murrah breed buffalo as he is not able to fulfill the demand of his customers to supply good quality milk. Rahul asked his grandfather following questions;

(i) What are Murrah buffaloes?


(ii) What are the advantages of keeping them in dairy?

(i) Murrah is a high-milk yielding variety of buffaloes. It can yield 1800-2500 litres of milk. They are the Cross breeds of buffalo that have been developed at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana. They will produce maximum quantity of milk and will bring economic benefit to milkman.


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