Introduction

• Selecting cows and buffaloes based on type and body conformation is very useful particularly when milk production records are not available.
• It is cheap and convenient when an expert is trained to judge dairy type.
• It pays to use good judgment in selecting the cows to be used in starting a dairy enterprise and more useful to cull out unprofitable cows in established herd.
• Four criteria considering at the time of selecting dairy animals are; (a) Breed (b) Pedigree (c) Production records (d) Physical appearance.
• It has been found that certain physical characteristics makes it possible for us to judge the production capacity of an individual for which production records are not available.
• To evaluate good dairy type animal “unified score card” system is being followed.