Study on the Importation of cattle and Buffalo through Indian border

Abstract

The study was conducted in Indian border to scrutinize the number and categories of cattle and buffalo that are imported from India to Bangladesh, Age and weight of animal was counted by visiting the Bakerali border frequently. The percent of importation of animal in July was (79.95%), in February (12.03%) and in March (8.02%) among them cattle were (57.57%) and Buffalo were (42.43%). There was found two breed of cattle, Hariana (86.06%) and Nepali (13.93%) where Bullock (90.15%), Male (8.49%), and Female (1.36%) among them white (48.97%), red (8.01%) and rest of them was black buffalo of Murrah breed (43.02%). The white Hariana bullock were highest percent of importation due to Hariana bullock was used to draught purpose when it was culled those animal were imported from India to Bangladesh. In July the highest percent of cattle and buffalo were imported through this border during the eve of Eid–Ul- Azha, the check post remain easy and river is full of water. That’s why importation of animal was easy. Age of animals under this study was within a range of 5-8 years and their mean weight lies within 250-400 kg where maximum animal is of 350 kg. However, these types of way to import cattle must be banned and government should take necessary steps to increase the domestic production of cattle in Bangladesh.