Vol. 8, Issue 3 (2019)

Author(s):
Aayush Yadav, Jyotimala Sahu, Pankaj Kumar Patel and Ashutosh Dubey

Abstract:
The study on skin thickness of dairy animals is helpful in evaluation of their production potential. The skin thickness is measured at 7 sites i.e. neck, chest, dewlap, abdomen, rump, udder and hind quarter with the help of Vernier caliper or Beeston micrometer. Later, the measurements are categorised into thin, moderately thick and thick skin. It is concluded that milk production of thin skin fold dairy animals is higher than that of moderately thick and thick skin folds due to better heat dissipation and effective utilization of energy for milk production.