Effect of Season Year Milk Production in Different Breeds of Dairy Cows in Badghis Province

Abstract

The experiment was conducted on three breeds the total 30 breeds of dairy cows and the number of animal of different breeds was 10 holistan, 10 garai and 10 Cross-bred (CB) during 2019 and 2020. The objective of this study was to know the impact of seasonal on milk production performance of Holistan, Garsi and CB or doragh. The average highest seasonal milk production of Garsi and CB was in spring and summer season, 9.22 and 9.02 liter, respectively and Holistan was highest in spring and summer season (8.261 liter), respectively. The overall average milk production of CB, Holistan and Garsi were 8.86, 7.98 and 7.37 respectively. The seasonal variation and milk production performance of all three breeds were found highly significant. Because the other season production was low. The average milk production of 2470 ± 37 L milk production in spring season followed by 2427 ± 41 L in summer and lowest in winter, as 2403 ± 82 L respectively. The average milk production of Garsi breed in different seasons was estimated and it was noticed that the highest average of 2460 ± 35 L milk production in spring season followed by 2434 ± 14 L in summer and lowest in winter, as 2413 ± 62 L respectively. The average milk production of CB Doragh breed in different seasons was estimated of 2540 ± 35 L milk production in spring season followed by 2457 ± 25 L in summer and lowest in winter, as 2432 ± 20 L respectively.