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On holidays, Rahul used to go to morning walk with his grandfather and on the way he used to collect milk from milk man for his home. One day, the milkman told dadaji that he is going to purchase a Murrah breed buffalo as he is not able to fulfill the demand of his customers to supply good quality milk. Rahul asked his grandfather following questions:
(i) What are Murrah buffaloes?
(ii) What are the advantages of keeping them in diary?

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(i) Murrah is a breed of buffalo, which originally belongs to Punjab and Haryana. This breed is characterised by large body size and short-curved horns.

(ii) The advantages of keeping Murrah buffaloes in diary are as follows:
1. These buffaloes can produce a large amount of milk during their lactation period. Typically 1800-2500 llitres of milk can be produced by these buffaloes.
2. These buffaloes are disease resistant.

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