Exterior Characteristics of Jabres Cattle at Brebes Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia

Abstract

This study was conducted to observe the exterior characteristics of Jawa Brebes (Jabres) cattle at Brebes Regency, Central Java Province. The study was conducted at Bantar Kawung and Ketanggungan Districts, Brebes Regency. One hundred and eighty eigh heads of cattle, which were consisted of 76 heads of male and 112 heads of female, were used in this study. The age of animal was ranged from calf up to 60 months. The exterior characteristics of cattle were directly observed in the farm. One hundred farmers were also involved in this study to investigate their characteristics preferences. The data collected was analyzed as quantitative description. The most body color of males were whitish brown (54.83%) and that of females were brown (47.36%). The most legs color of males were white (47.61%) and that of females were brown (38.77%). The most bottom color of males and females were white (61.53% and 42.10%). The most forehead color of males and females were plain brown without any white mark (88.58% and 86.49%). The most tail tips color of males and females were black (100.00% and 93.25%). Most of cattle had black line color on the back (66.00% of males and 65.49% of females). The most face profile of males and females were flat (60.00% and 69.62 %). All of cattle were having black lips, small and erect sideways ears, small dewlap and hump, and straight back. The horn of males was usually shorter than that of females. The withers height, body length, heart girth, and body weight of males and females were 119,50±3,26 and 117,72±3,14 cm; 115,33±1,87 and 115,18±3,90 cm; 151,50±1,78 and 151,27±3,65 cm; 239,68±5,79and 238,43±7,72 kg, respectively.