Importance of Gir Cow! What is Gir Cow?

Outside India, gir cattle is also very popular. This gir breed of cattle was imported by the United States, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil. And successfully they’re being bred there. The breed was also one of North America’s cattle breeds used to grow the Brahman cattle.

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Description of Gir Cow:

The Gir cattle is an important Indian dairy cattle breed. They are very hardy and well-known for their tolerance to conditions of stress and resistance to various tropical diseases.

Gir bulls are used on all kinds of soil to pull heavy loads. By general, they are very gentle and polite, and love to be with people. The Gir cattle are very gregarious and form a very close circle at night with their calves sleeping under their heads. In India, it is a very popular gir breed of cattle.

Physical Characteristics of Gir Cattle:

On average, the weight of Gir Bulls and Gir breed cow is approx 550-650 kg and 400-475 kg respectively. The height of the bull is 1.35m and the Gir breed cow height is 1.30m on average.

The color of their body is red to spotted white. Although, with large red spots, their body color may vary from pure red to yellowish red to white. The forehead of Gir breed cow is like a bony shield, prominent, convex, and broad.

Because the milk, butter, and ghee of the Gir cow have a natural golden color. In Ayurveda, Gir cow’s milk, gir cow ghee, Curd, Urine, and Dung are known as ‘Panchgavya products'.

This is also very useful to fight and cure many human and animal diseases. From Surya Ketu Nadi, we can find many important 

properties:

MILK: Vitamins, Proteins, Minerals, Amino acids, phosphorus, Glucose, cerebrosides, strontyne, and Carotene with golden abstracts that are very helpful for our body.

DUNG(Panchagvya products): Nitrogen(N7), Potassium, Copper, Molybdenum, Borex, Cobalt Sulphate, Phosphorus, Irons, Manganese, Boron, Sodium. These properties of cow dung(panchgavya products) act as a natural fertilizer and are used as raw manure.

URINE(Gomutra): Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Fluoride, Urea, Phosphorus, Ammonia. Regular consumption of cow gomutra can destroy the Cancer virus. Its gomutra helps to purify the body and keep the mind calm, which makes the body healthy. It is also helpful to prevent diseases.