Indian cow goes global

The Gyr is a type of cattle  originating in India. It is an important milch cattle breed of India. The cattle cow best known for its milking prowess.The origin of the breed is in the Gir forest region and surrounding districts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat State.But Gujrat has only around 3,000 pure breed gyr cows left.And now, the Gir breed is set to go global.Brazil has emerged as the world's biggest supplier of improved cattle embryos and semen of Indian origin, now rated among the best dairy breeds in the world. The demand is particularly high from African and Southeast Asian countries. The Indian 'holy cow' has turned out to be a great money-spinner for Brazil.Even NewZealand started research to differentiate between the milk of an Indian cow and a jersey  cow and in 1994, a patent was registered by the NZ Child Health Research Foundation for ‘A Method of Selecting Non-Diabetogenic Milk or Milk Products’. The patent document first identified A1 protein(found n the milk of Holstein cow) as a trigger for diabetogenic activity based on a study on mice. Earlier, a similar hypothesis had been given by R B Elliot based on the observation that children in Polynesian islands like Samoa had a low incidence of Type 1 diabetes than Polynesian children in Auckland.With rising awareness the demand for Indian cow's milk which contains the A2 protein is day by day increasing in Australia, UK, Newzealand as A2 variety of beta casein protein is better for our health as compared to the A1 protein.