The ongoing three-day ‘Desi Cow Utsav' at People's Plaza, which was inaugurated on Wednesday, put up new varieties of cows on display, a press release informed.
The additions included the Punganur dwarf cow, Ongole breed, Kapila variety in Ongole breed and Gir breed from Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
With a height of just 2.6 feet, the Punganur dwarf cow is the shortest cow in the world and is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records soon, the owner of the cow at the show, Srinivas Rao, said.
“This Punganur variety cow, which originated in Chittoor district, is a miniature cow and gives three to five litres milk a day. Cows of this variety cost from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 1 lakh,” Mr. Rao said. But with only about 60 cows of this breed alive, the Punganur breed is on the verge of extinction, he lamented.
Another attraction on the second day of the utsav was the Kapila variety cow belonging to Ongole breed.
The cow is small in stature and its milk, dung and urine are believed to be highly medicinal.
The Kapila variety is believed to have high resistance to diseases.
