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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 dairy ?

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(i) Murrah is a high-milk yielding variety of buffaloes. It can yield 1800-2500 liters of milk. [Cross breeds of buffalo have been developed at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana].
(ii) Murrah gives higher quantity of good quality milk in comparison to other local breeds that is why dairy owners prefer to keep them in dairy.
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