Sibi bhagnari


The Sibi Bhagnari or Sibi is the largest breed of Zebu cattle and originates from Sibi in the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. The name is derived from the town of Bhag which is found to the south of Sibi and Naari which is a river that flows through the breeding area. Each year the giant cattle are shown at the Sibi Mela.

Description

The breed typically has a white or grey coloured body and is black around the neck and has a black tail switch. The head is medium-sized with a short strong neck, small ears, short horns, small dewlap, straight back, wide chest and a moderate sized hump. Adult bulls can grow to in height with a mass of up to
The bulls of the breed surpass the Brahman by more than in mass. It is still been debated whether the Sibi is the biggest cattle breed in the world. But bulls have shown to compete with Chianina.
Sibi Bhagnari together with the smaller
White Nukra are the only indocine cattle which give complete white coloured animals.

Environment

It is suited to extremes in conditions, in the breeding area it copes with a temperature range from and the average rainfall is less that.

Farming

The cattle are mostly fed on dry fodder with sorghum used as green and grain. Other grains which include wheat, barley, pearl millet also feed them for gaining weight. Other supplements include desi ghee, milk, yogurt, mustatd oil, eggs which are included periodically.