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High link yielding crossbred Frieswal cow is the product of
A)Brown Swiss × Sahiwal
B)Friesian × Sahiwal
C)Holstein × Tharparkar
D)Brown Swiss × Red Sindhi

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Hint: The crossbred Semens help in producing the crossbred cattles in India. Search cattles are a blend of the high-quality breed that has an exotic inheritance from their parents and also they are resistant to various diseases. They are also tolerant to heat from their indigenous pedigree.

Complete answer:
-Frieswal cattle is a crossbred cattle developed by ICAR - CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON CATTLE, Meerut in collaboration with the military farm, ministry of defense.
-These crossbred cattles have ⅝ inheritance of Holstein Friesian and ⅜ inheritance of Sahiwal cattle. The Frieswal cattle yield 4,000 kg of milk with 4% butterfat in a mature lactation of 300 days.
-The military dairy forms are one of the largest sources of crossbred animals in India, not only play an important role in providing high-quality milk for defense forces but also set a standard for dairy animal management.
-The military dairy farm through the introduction of superior exotic inheritance, has a rich source of data for the study of dairy animal improvement.

Additional Information: -With the intention of creating offspring that share the traits of both the parent lineages and produces an animal with improved functions of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring is known as cross-breeding.

Friesian cattle- It is a breed of dairy cattle. This breed is mainly found in the Netherlands, USA, and the UK. They are known for their versatility, high-quality milk, lifetime yielding of milk.
Sahiwal cattle - it is considered as a heat order in cattle breed. They are the breed of zebu cow.
-The name Sahiwal is named after an area in the Punjab region which is divided between Pakistan and India. This breed is considered to be one of the best milch cattle breeds of India and provides very good specialized dairy products.

So, the correct answer is,” Friesian × Sahiwal”.
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 Frieswal Cow


Note: -Crossbreeding is a mechanism of breeding an organism with the intention to produce offspring that shows the traits of both the parent lineages and producing an organism with hybrid qualities.
-Crossbreeding sometimes called designer crossbreeding.
-ICAR produced a crossbred variety of cattle that is Frieswal cattle. It is produced by cross-breeding between Friesian and Sahiwal cattle.