Morphometric and Phenotype Characteristics of Female Madura Cattle Sonok Type Ayu Tri Ambarwati Rifai1*, Kuswati2, and Doni Herviyanto2
1 Student of Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
2 Lecturer of Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Abstract
The aim of this research was to determine the morphometric and phenotype characteristics of Madura cattle Sonok type. This research was conducted in Waru District, Pamekasan Regency in September-October 2023. This research used a survey method with purposive sampling for location determination. In this study 140 female Madura cattle were used. The variables observed were body size such as withers height, body length, chest girth, and body weight, and phenotypes characteristic of Madura cows Sonok type. The results showed that the cattle that meet the quantitative requirements of SNI 7651-2:2023 for Class I Madura cattle is 44.29%, Class II is 29.29%, and Class III is 5.71%, while the cattle that do not meet the SNI 7651-2:2023 requirements is 20.71%. The phenotypes characteristics of Sonok cows in Waru District are in accordance with the requirements of SNI 7651-2:2:2023 such as horns point upwards, black line around the eyes, slanted eye, small ear with a black line on the ears, reddish-brown body color, large hump, has muscle tissue in the front legs, a dewlap, a dorsal line, and long black tail fur. The productivity of Sonok cattle is considered good as it has met the requirements of SNI.
