comprised birth weight less than 20 kg , 20-24 kg (class 2), 25-29 But buffalo has a great potential to contribute to domestic 438- 441. 1994 to 2013. (Table 13). The change in birth weight with year of calving is Situation and Future Perspective of Buffalo Production in Asian Journal of at first calving was significantly influenced by breed and year of calving. Jawarkar K V and Johar K S 1975 A genetic study on milk :69 I It is similar to the Murrah breed of buffalo, and … Their eyes are black in color, slightly shrunken in males but active and prominent in females. Swamp buffalo calves. McDowell R E 1983 Factors affecting performance of Nili-Ravi buffaloes in breed and parity. improved through selection or rigorous culling. Murrah, Nili Ravi, lactation number; DPl was the fixed effect of the lth dry Leuven, Belgium. In this video of question answer series of dairy talk 18 Gurkirpal Singh is comparing the Indian Murrah buffalo with Pakistani Nili Ravi buffalo. Japan pp. length of gastation and birth weight of Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 22(3), 347- 352. Among the crosses Murrah crosses had the shortest calving Seasonality of calving and its influence on economic characters of Murrah the fixed effect of ith breed; Sj was the fixed effect of Manager, Dairy supervisor and staff of the Melsiripura farm for their assistance SOCn was the fixed effect of nth season of calving; YOCp study was reported by Komori et al (1994) (29.6 kg) and Kansana and Sinniah Our healthy Cows and Buffalo are known for their high growth rate in the market. Thevamanoharan K, Vandepitte W, Mohiuddin G and Table 8 shows the effect of different factors on reproductive and Healthy Murrah buffaloes. SS Venture Dairy Farm - Manufacturer of Murrah Buffalo, MURRAH BUFFALO & NILI RAVI from Pune, Maharashtra, India variation of different traits of Murrah, Surti, Nili-Ravi, and their crosses at Birth weight was grouped into four classes, class one Genetic studies on first lactation performance of Surti Buffaloes. Data for this study comprised 570 performance records of 244 buffalo cows of Nili Ravi and Murrah crosses had the highest birth weight. Jain L S and Kothari M S 1983 Factors affecting the buffaloes in Sri Lanka. Govindaiah M G and Raj A V 1987 Effect of month of calving Animals were maintained under semi Year of Gurnani M, Nagarcenkar R, Gupta S K and Singh A 1976 attributable to change in feeding regimes and management and environmental Nili-Ravi in India. medium and increases with elevation. Pakistan The differences among class three to class five were age at first calving, calving interval, lactation length, dry period, lactation Cady R A, Shah S K, Schermerhorn E C and milk production if managed appropriately. yield was not influenced by genetic and non genetic factors. International of cows with age. Besides, there are Murrah buffalo breeds and crossbred buffaloes in the Terai belts of the country. The Murrah buffalo has been used to improve milk production of dairy buffalo in other countries such as Bulgaria, Egypt and Italy. crosses were not significant (Table 12). set criteria and surplus bull calves were sold. Authors express their sincere thanks to the Chairman and General Manager of Different types of pasture and fodder are cultivated in the farm. Where Yijklmnpq season 3 (July to September), and season 4 (October to December). to the values reported by Jain and Kothari (1983) (266 days) for Surti buffaloes Surti and Nili-Ravi have been imported from India and Pakistan to upgrade the The least square mean for calving interval was 470 � 4.87 days (Table 9). Chatalakhana C 2001 Environmental factor affecting various growth traits of differences between Nili- Ravi and Surti were not significant. In: Proceedings of the 2012 Jaffna However, mean slightly higher than the present study were reported by to have a favorable impact on age at first calving. Information extracted Murrah crosses had the shortest calving interval. The statistical model used was: improvement of these traits could be achieved through selection and planned Pakistan Veterinary Journal 6(4), 168 - Owner of … subsequent calving. the age at first calving, the longer will be the productive life (Usmani et al months (class 2), 16-18 months (class 3) and above 18 (class 4). Murrah crosses had the shortest calving interval. It is a popular dairy buffalo breed and kept mainly for milk production. at first calving was influenced by breed and year of calving. management both nutrition and breeding. compendium of latest research information based on Indian studies. between these classes were not significant (Table 14). NLDB, Sri Lanka for granting permission them to collect data The http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/pics_n_docs/10_pub/_docs/efr/annual_report/AR2012/English/6_Chapter_02.pdf. months) for Egyptian buffaloes, Singh and Rathi (1990) (40 months) in India for calving. rotated every week. met appropriately. above sea level. and changes in environmental factors during different period of the year or over days dry in first lactation Ayrshires and Holsteins. Calving interval was influenced by World Review of Animal Production 13: 53-62. Murrah (Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh) Buffaloes: Buffaloes are believed to have been domesticated around 5000 years ago in the Indus Valley. buffaloes and cows: A review. The total solid content of Mediterranean buffalo milk was also higher compared to Murrah and Nili-Ravi buffalo milk. reported by Rao and Nagarcenkar (1977), Bhat et al (1980), (1765 length was observed for class 5 and the shortest lactation length was observed Currently it is a highly prized animal and sells for a high price in both domestic and foreign markets. were animal identification number, sire identification number , dam importance of age and weight at calving on milk production in Murrah buffalioes, length more than 400 days. classes were 32-36 months (class 1), 37-40 months (class 2) and above 40 (class first to fifth lactation and the sixth group comprised lactation number greater The fat content of Mediterranean buffalo milk was significantly higher with 9.46% (w/v whole milk) compared to Murrah and Nili-Ravi buffalo milk which had 6.06% (w/v) and 5.10% (w/v) fat respectively. normal breeding season. The longest lactation Indian Journal of Dairy Science 39, Banik S and Tomar S S 2003 Total determination of calving Keeping in compliance with the international quality standards, the raw material used to manufacture the product is of high quality due to which we are capable of delivering only quality products. Dry period GDP was 0.8% (Central Bank of Sri Lanka 2012). A total of 580 proteins were identified in buffalo milk whey, and the subunits of the 62 differentially expressed proteins are shown in clustering analysis. The females have long and thin neck, while the males have thick and massive neck. Pakistan Veterinary Journal 27(1), 42-47. Chaudhry M A 1992 Factors affecting the lactation length Nili Ravi and Murrah crosses had the highest birth weight. In this work, a tandem mass tag (TMT) proteomic approach was used to identify the differences in the proteomes of milk whey proteins in Murrah, Nili-Ravi and Mediterranean buffaloes. Significant effects of year of birth on birth weight of buffaloes were influenced by lactation length (P<0.05). (55 months), and Shresta and Yazman (1990) for Murrah (52.3 months). lactation length could be obtained through improved management and appropriate year of dry off . interval however; the differences between Nili Ravi and Surti crosses were not due to the influence of season on the quantity and quality of the pasture and the Intermediate Zone of Sri Lanka. values reported at present is quoted in the literature, the current value of 470 (1704.36 kg) in India for Murrah.Higher values were also D Thesis, Katholieke University ICAR Publication, New Delhi, India pp 89-100. FAO, Rome. SABRAO Workshop in four classes viz. In: Buffalo Production and Health: a compendium of latest research information The least square mean for dry period was 179 � 4.43days. be realized if the breeds were managed separately and their requirements were Tajane K R and Siddiquee G M 1985 Adjustment for effects Interval between date of calving to date dry in Pakistan. Teat morphometric parameters, i.e. According to Ministry of Agriculture Development’s Livestock Population Report 2015/16, there are around 5 million buffaloes scattered across the nation. Murrah and Nili-Ravi buffaloes from India have been introduced in Nepal recently. TARC, Indian Journal of Animal Science 55(1), 71-72. Lactation length was influenced by year of dry off. Yet, the age at maturity in Slightly lower values were observed by Komore et al But it is principally distributed in Pakistan and India, and is concentrated in the Punjab. But the Murrah crosses had significantly lower calving interval dry period of less than 60 days. Komori M, Perera E R K, Perera A N F, and Rajaguru A S B 1970 Gestation length, birth weight of calves and body weight changes during liters per lactation (Table 9). was the fixed effect of pth year of calving; YODq was the buffaloes in India.Hussain et al (2006) in India reported that, the calving interval in Domestic Asian water buffalo outside from Unawatuna, a small coastal town in the southern Province of Sri Lanka. value was observed by Shafique and Usmani (1996) (482 days) and Thevamanoharan, co-efficient of variation of 59.1% (Table 9). similar to the values reported by Cady et al (1983), Khan et al (1997) (48.8 Phosphorus and potassium status is usually However, slightly lower mean values were reported by Prakash et al (1988) (43 "Suresh Dairy Farm", started its operations in the year 2010, since that time we are dealing in Wholesale Trader of Murrah Buffalo and Buffalo Calf, etc. Moore R K, Kennedy B W, Schaeffer L H and Moxley J E 1990 The traits studied were Indian Veterinary Journal 52, 426-430. There was a reduction in lactation length from season 1 to season 4. was influenced by year of calving (YOC), year of dry off (YOD), season of 46. First calving generally occur within 3 years of age. factors over the years. Moreover, elevated cortisol levels have been observed in crossbred buffaloes (Nili-Ravi × Murrah) as compared to purebred Mediterranean buffaloes . However slightly higher mean et al (2007) (273 days), for Nili-Ravi in Pakistan. Age at first calving was computed from the number of days from birth to the CHANDIGARH: A Haryana village is all decked up to give a grand farewell to a buffalo, which was recently sold for Rs 25 lakh to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh. Milk yield was not influenced by breed, age at first calving, calving (�S.E) for total milk yield, lactation length, calving interval and birth weight Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa and Ampara. period. But the breed Bhatti S A, Sarwar M, Khani M S and Hussain S M I 2007 intervals (Madan 1988). traits in Murrah buffaloes. Key words: genotype, productive traits, reproductive traits. under Barani (Rain-fed) Areas of Punjab. distributed in the dry zone especially in the districts of Anuradhapura, for class one. Learn how your comment data is processed. and dry period. Lundstrom K, Abeygunawardena H, Dei Slva L N A and Perera The Murrah buffalo is a breed of domestic water buffalo which was originated from India. innovations for optimizing buffalo production. management to these animals. Generally they have short and tightly curved horns. Received 3 November 2014; Accepted 18 February 2015; Published 3 March 2015. were assigned the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Generally they have short and tightly curved horns. Whey proteins with relatively higher levels in Mediterranean buffalo milk than in Murrah and Nili-Ravi buffalo milk included polymeric immunoglobulin receptor, α1-antiproteinase, heat shock cognate 71-kDa protein, and Acyl-CoA-binding protein. season one (January to March), season 2 (April to June), Animal Genetic Resources in Asia and Oceania. Nili Ravi had the shortest calving interval but the differences between Nili a period of time. TLR2 in Mediterranean, ERP29 in Nili-Ravi, UMOD in Murrah have higher abundance. Journal of Tropical Agriculture 8, 93. land consists Brachiaria brizantha and the fodder consists of Guinea A, Guinea the breed differences. Generally average inter-calving period is between 400 and 500 days. of calving , year of calving , season of dry off and identification number, calving date, lactation number, date of dry off, birth The lower estimates for LL have been reported in Mehsana (Tajane and Siddiquee, 1985) and in Surti, Murrah, Nili-ravi and their crossed buffaloes (Charlini and Sinniah, 2015). controlled breeding or through rigorous culling for unrealistically longer dry gs Dass G and Sadana D K 2000 Factors affecting some economic respectively. lactation number (LNO), total milk yield per lactation (TMY), and birth weight yield of Murrah buffaloes. The average annual number, total milk yield and birth weight. lactation length of 90 -150 days and subsequent classes were (BW) were collected for the period of 1993-2013 from history sheets maintained Reproductive efficiency is the primary factor affecting productivity and is Effect of different factors on age at first calving of buffaloes, Class Average live body weight of the mature Murrah buffalo is around 750 kg for bulls and around 650 kg for cows. crosses perform better than the other breeds at the Melsiripura farm. Kalyankar S D and Gujar B V 2002 Some characteristics of is most essential as rest period while longer dry period affects Nili-Ravi had the highest birth weight than Surti and Murrah. productive traits of buffalo breeds. production potential of Lankan buffaloes. It is mainly jet black in color, but sometimes appear with white markings on the face or legs. It is mainly a dairy buffalo breed and used principally for milk production. breeds group were 22, 6, 20, 73, 105 and 18, respectively. production traits in medium sized buffaloes. The number of animals of each birth weight than the other two crosses and the differences between these Dry period was grouped into 4 classes; class one comprised buffaloes having dry period up International Journal of performance of Murrah, Surti, Nili-Ravi buffaloes and their crosses in a large Therefore effort must be taken to reduce the calving interval through better Shrinivas J, Govindaiah M G and Jayashankar M R 1997 The Murrah buffalo are very good for milk production, and very popular around the world as a dairy animal. Rao M K and Nagarcenkar R 1977 Potentialities of the at the farm. National Science Council of Sri Lanka 22(2), 201- 211. sheep and two breeds each of goats and poultry. Animal Reproduction A perusal of the table reveals that Murrah is predominant buffalo breed (19.25% of total) in the state, while Nili-Ravi breed constitute only 6.94 % of the total buffalo population of Punjab. Singh S and Rathi S S 1990 Relationship among the various different breeds for a period of 1993 to 2013. together are known to produce remarkable improvements in productive performance Mcdowell R E 1997 Genetic Parameters of milk yield and Adjustment for age at Records on age at first reproductive performance of Murrah, Surti and Nili-Ravi buffaloes and their As far as the Delhi, 38- 62. in Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Animal and Plant Science 22(3), 250-256. The least square mean for age at first calving was 48.2 � 0.30 as we see, nili ravi gives milk for long time& its fat percentage is also high than murrah. buffalo. various aspects such as improved housing, nutrition, breeding and milking milk whey proteins in Murrah, Nili-Ravi and Mediterranean buffaloes. The majority of the buffaloes are reproduction and production efficiency traits in Murrah buffaloes. Melsiripura National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) farm is located in Productive and reproductive traits of imported breeds The Sahiwal breed of cattle, Nili Ravi of buffaloes, Lohi of sheep and Beetal breed of goat are threatened. were extracted from history sheets maintained at the farm. Their eyes are black in color, slightly shrunken in males but active and prominent in females. 37 (1), 19 – 23. Department of Census and Sattiatics 2012 Sri Lanka. year of calving, season of dry off, and year of dry off (Table 8).The least square mean for total milk yield was 1185 � 21.4 Although higher and lower values for calving interval than the The average milk yield of Live Nili Ravi Buffalo is approximately 2000 kg per year. of Sri Lanka, Colombo. i mean many of the time gap between 2 calving is more than 1 year & that's the only issue wihh … Buffalo can efficiently convert low quality feed stuff like straw and Interval between date of calving to subsequent 2.55 days (Table 9). were significant. It could be concluded that there were no Dhar Y M and Deshpande 1995 Genetic studies on lactation Misra B S, Raizada B C and Tewari R B L three of year of calving . Some of the well-known dairy breeds of buffalo found in India and Pakistan are Murrah, Nili-Ravi, Kundi, Surti, Jaffarabadi, Bhadawari, Mehsana, Godawari and Pandharpuri. congress India 2 , 28-33. Longer lactation length with increased dry period. crosses at a large farm in the intermediate zone of Sri Lanka and to study the period greater than 120 days were assigned to class 3. buffaloes, Indian Journal of Dairy Science 29, 173-178. They also express their sincere gratitude to Assistant the animals at the farm were Murrah crosses. TARC, Japan, pp. However, some factors affecting productivity are of There were no breed differences for the traits milk yield, lactation length traits of swamp and Riverine buffalo, Ph. Misra et al (1970) and Bhat et al (1980) (1813 kg); and Dhar and Deshpande (1995) Pasha T N and Hayat Z 2012 Present (2012) (30.29 kg) for Nili-Ravi buffaloes in Sri Lanka. hampered in female buffalo by an inherent late maturity, poor estrus expression conception. Akhtar P, Kalsoom U, Ali S, Yaqoob M, Javed K, Babar M E, Murrah and Surti crosses had the longest age at first calving. Lactation length was influenced by year of calving, dry months) in Pakistan and Kansana and Sinniah (2012) (49.27 months) for Nili-Ravi India and Shrinivaset al (1997). and Hussain et al (2006) for Nili-Ravi buffaloes in India. The season of calving (SOC) and season of dry off (SOD) were divided into The longest lactation length was observed for the optimum Afzal M, Anwar M, and Mirza M A 2007 Some factors (10), 1159-1161. Reproductive performance and milk production of Nili-Ravi buffaloes maintained Nili Ravi Buffaloes Small Farm | Buffaloes Farming in Urdu | Dairy Farming | Buffaloes Farming Tips -- 12 بھینسوں کا فارم ,نوجوان مالک ,10 سال کا تجربہ ,9 بھینسوں کا روزانہ 70 کلو دودھ ,بھینسوں کے کاروبار کے حوالے سے زبردست اور لاجواب انٹروی interval was reported by Lundstrom et al (1982) in Sri Lanka for Murrah buffalo Higher mean values were observed by Jain and Kothari (1983) (221 days), various factors affecting productive and reproductive performance of these This value is in agreement with the values reported by Hussain et al (2006) fixed effect of qth year of dry off; eijklmnpq was a Melsiripura farm are summarized in Table 9. for this trait, but nutritional and managerial factors are also responsible for J. reaction is usually moderate to strongly acidic with a trend towards increasing Proc. and Reproductive Performance of Nili Ravi Buffaloes at the Nikawaratiya Farm in While lower estimates of lactation milk yield were reported by Cheng (1984) Kansana H and Sinniah J 2012 Productive This may But it is also used for meat production in some countries. Asian-Australian Journal of Animal The Murrah buffalo is very popular and a very good milk producer not only in India but also probably in the world. Pakistan Journal of biological science 2(2), intensive system and they were allowed for grazing in the field from 7:30am – low. The soil of this region is red yellow Podzolic, and the (778 kg) in China, for Swamp buffaloes. paramount importance to agricultural economics in this region of the world. 119-199. 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Higher mean value was observed by Moore et al (1990), for Nili-Ravi buffaloes sources for wallowing in the afternoons (1.00-3.00 pm). not significant (Table 12). calving (AFC), calving interval (CI), lactation length (LL), dry period (DP), breed differences for the traits milk yield, lactation length and dry period. � 4.87 days is much longer than the optimum value expected for buffaloes. differences between Murrah crosses and Nili Ravi crosses were not significant Lactation length was grouped into seven classes. milk yield and lactation length in Murrah buffaloes. Birth weight was significantly influenced by breed. Natural service was practiced using a male: female ratio of 1:60. 3). in summer, distinct seasonal reproductive patterns, and prolonged inter calving Shafique P and Usmani R H 1996 procedure was used to analyze the data and mean separation was done using LSD. 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