{"id":19334,"date":"2024-01-15T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T04:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:20:01","slug":"punganur-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/punganur-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Punganur Cow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Punganur Cow<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing at just around\u00a070-90 cm tall and weighing\u00a0less than 200 kg, it is\u00a0among the world\u2019s most dwarf cattle breeds.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0native to Punganur village in the Chittoor district of\u00a0Andhra Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>It has\u00a0high resilience to drought and can\u00a0adapt to low-quality feed.<\/li>\n<li>It is also\u00a0prized for its milk, which boasts a\u00a0higher fat content, making it ideal for producing ghee.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>A Punganur cow can give\u00a0around 1 to 3 litres a day, and the milk\u00a0fat content is 8 percent as\u00a0compared to 3 to 4 percent in other native\u00a0breeds.<\/li>\n<li>The milk is also\u00a0rich in nutrients such as Omega fatty acids, calcium, potassium, and magnesium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Body colour: It is\u00a0white, grey, or light brown to dark\u00a0brown or red in colour. Sometimes, animals with white colour mixed with red, brown, or black patches are also seen.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It has a\u00a0broad forehead and short horns. The\u00a0horns are crescent-shaped and often lose curving backward and forward in males and lateral and forward in females.<\/li>\n<li>Punganur cows are\u00a0considered eco-friendly,\u00a0requiring less water, feed, and space compared to hybrid breeds.<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Significance: Even today,\u00a0many temples in Andhra Pradesh,\u00a0including the famous\u00a0Tirupati Thirumala Temple, use the milk of a Punganur cow\u00a0for Ksheeraabhishekam (milk offering to the deity).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are fatty acids?<\/h3>\n<p>Fatty acids are the building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in the food we eat. During digestion, the body breaks down fats into fatty acids, which can then be absorbed into the blood. Fatty acid molecules are usually joined together in groups of three, forming a molecule called a triglyceride. Triglycerides are also made in our bodies from the carbohydrates that we eat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/pm-modi-feeds-punganur-cows-on-makar-sankranti-heres-why-you-should-adopt-this-golden-breed-8740237.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PM Modi Feeds Punganur Cows On Makar Sankranti, Here&#8217;s Why You Should Adopt This \u2018Golden&#8217; Breed<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at just around 70-90 cm tall and weighing less than 200 kg, Punganur Cow is among the world\u2019s most dwarf cattle breeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}