Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4213814
P. C. Chandran, A. Dey, S. Barari, R. Kamal
{"title":"Scenario and strategies for sustainable buffalo production in Eastern region of India","authors":"P. C. Chandran, A. Dey, S. Barari, R. Kamal","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4213814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4213814","url":null,"abstract":"Rearing buffaloes is one of the important activities in low input livestock management system of Eastern region of India. The region possesses almost 20% of total buffalo population of the country though the population is declining in many states. Bihar and Jharkhand are the only states in which growth in buffalo population is witnessed. Most of the buffaloes in the Eastern region belong to riverine type. Performance of the buffaloes in terms of milk production traits, though varying, it is significant in many pockets in the region. Various strategies which comprise field, farm and laboratory activities have been discussed in this paper in order to improve the productivity of buffaloes vis-à-vis livelihood status of poor and needy farmers.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41382297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144354
Rajiv Singh, Vinit Singhal, R. Agrawal, S. Upadhyay
{"title":"Etiology of diarrhoea among adult buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and their impact on haemato-biochemical and mineral profile","authors":"Rajiv Singh, Vinit Singhal, R. Agrawal, S. Upadhyay","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144354","url":null,"abstract":"80 adult buffaloes suffering from diarrhea from sub-tropical and temperate zones of Jammu division were selected to establish etiology and to evaluate hemato-biochemical and mineral alterations. Clinico-haemato-biochemical,mineral and faecal evaluation was carried to relate alterations with respect to etiologies of diarrhoea. Strongyle infection was recorded among 32.5% buffaloes followed by amphistomiasis (18.75%), coccidiosis (7.5%), salmonellosis (7.5%) and balantidiasis (7.5%). 23.45% of affected buffaloes were placed under miscellaneous group as definite etiology could not be established. Season-wise, analysis revealed maximum prevalence of diarrhoea during rainy season (47.5%) followed by summer (35%) and winter (17.5%). Animals of 1 to 3 years age group had higher prevalence of coccidiosis (50%), strongyle infection (46.1%) and salmonellosis (37.5%) whereas, >6 years age group had higher prevalence amphistomiasis (66.7%) and balantidiasis (50%). Significant reduction (P<0.05) in hemoglobin, TEC, TPP, albumin, sodium, chloride, calcium and copper levels was recorded along with significant increase in plasma fibrinogen level among the diarrheic buffaloes. The results of blood gas analysis revealed significant (P<0.05) decrease in pH, pCO2, HCO3 and base excess and significant (P<0.05) increase in anion gap. Since, diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease leading to varying clinical signs, haemato-biochemical, mineral and blood gas changes which needs to be evaluated before recommending therapeutic regimen for recovery.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47762258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144683
S. Chaudhary, V. Singh, T. D. Manat, S. Patel, Navin Babulal Patel
{"title":"Heat ameliorative effects of rumen protected niacin supplementation in lactating Surti buffaloes","authors":"S. Chaudhary, V. Singh, T. D. Manat, S. Patel, Navin Babulal Patel","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144683","url":null,"abstract":"Niacin may cause evaporative thermolysis through cutaneous hyperemia, vasodilation, increased sweating rate and decreased skin temperature. It is antilipolytic and can improve metabolic responses. Heat stress ameliorative effects of rumen protected niacin (RPN) supplementation in lactating Surti buffaloes during summer has been investigated in present study. Fourteen lactating Surti buffaloes were divided into two groups (Control-T1, N=7; RPN-T2, N=7). T2 (RPN) group was supplemented with RPN 6 g/ animal/ day in two divided dose for 4 weeks. Meteorological, physiological, sweating rate and skin temperature parameters, milk yield and composition were recorded at weekly intervals. Hematological and biochemical analytes were analyzed at week 1 and 4. RPN supplementation decreased physiological parameters RT, RR and TT; increased (P≤0.05) sweating rate and decreased (P≤0.05) skin surface temperature; increased (P≤0.05) TEC, Hb, HCT, LYM and decreased (P≤0.05) GRAN in hematological profile; increased (P≤0.05) glucose and decreased (P≤0.05) cholesterol, triglyceride, NEFA and BHB among biochemical metabolites and increased (P≤0.05) GSH and SOD and decreased (P≤0.05) LPO in oxidative stress profile. RPN supplementation increased milk yield and milk fat. It was concluded that supplementation of rumen protected niacin in lactating Surti buffaloes increases sweating rate, reduces oxidative stress and increases milk fat and milk production. ","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48860919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144572
Inderpreet Kaur, N. ., V. Singh, Hanish Sharma
{"title":"Assessment of production traits and lactation wise economics of buffalo in Punjab state of India","authors":"Inderpreet Kaur, N. ., V. Singh, Hanish Sharma","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144572","url":null,"abstract":"Buffalo is considered as the dairy animal for modern times due to its higher adaptability and productivity in the changing climatic conditions. In India, large part of the milk production comes from small and medium dairy farmers. Buffalo contributes 45.44% to the total milk production in India. With only 3.65% of the total buffalo population of India, Punjab contributes 7.91% of the total buffalo milk production. In Punjab, around 70% milk production comes from small and medium dairy farms with herd size of 2 to 10 animals, another 25% from large/commercial herds and the rest from domestic (1%) and peri-urban dairies (4%), which are concentrated around big cities. In Punjab, buffaloes produce about 56.38% of the total annual milk production in the state. The current study was conducted in three agro-climatic zones of Punjab by selected 90 buffaloes farmers in the district viz. Hoshiarpur, Patiala and Mansa by simple random sampling method. The economics of buffalo was calculated on lactation basis. The average age at 1st calving was 43 months, and inter-calving period was 469 days, lactation length (days) was 281 days, dry period (days) was 188 days, average milk yield (liters/day) was 8.3 lts/day. The lactation-wise total cost of rearing buffalo was highest in 2nd lactation i.e. Rs. 95393 and the net profit was Rs. 52335 in 4th lactation period. Thus, buffaloes contribute positively to the income which makes its rearing beneficial financially.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44939334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144815
T. Deği̇rmenci̇oğlu
{"title":"The comparison of two different protein-containing rations (CP;17.82% vs CP;19.18%) for Anatolian water buffaloes","authors":"T. Deği̇rmenci̇oğlu","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144815","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of feeding with diets (D1 and D2), Crude protein (CP) 17.82% and CP;19.18% contents on dry matter intake, milk yield, and composition were compared for 20 Anatolian Water buffaloes, distributed in two groups (T, E). Diets did not affect DM intake of concentrate and silage among buffaloes. Milk yield got improved (4.93 to 5.63 kg d-1) (P<0.05) in buffaloes fed by a diet D2 (CP;19.18%) as compared to diet D1 (CP; 17.82%). In general, D1 and D2 diets did not cause any difference in the milk compositions examined of buffaloes on the other hand, using of sunflower cake should be encouraged on the buffalo’s farm.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47522830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143083
Andrey Carlos do Sacramento de Oliveira, Bárbara Cristina Amorim Ferreira, G. Ferreira, Andreia Silva da Silva, Milena Martins Andrade Fernandes, Josyane Brasil da Silva, Karla Fernanda Viana Mendonça Jardim, E. M. Dias, F. Leite, T. Roos, C. M. Moraes
{"title":"Evaluation of a multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of Bos taurus, Bubalus bubalis and Salmonella spp. in ground beef marketed in Marajó island","authors":"Andrey Carlos do Sacramento de Oliveira, Bárbara Cristina Amorim Ferreira, G. Ferreira, Andreia Silva da Silva, Milena Martins Andrade Fernandes, Josyane Brasil da Silva, Karla Fernanda Viana Mendonça Jardim, E. M. Dias, F. Leite, T. Roos, C. M. Moraes","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143083","url":null,"abstract":"The present work intends to use a mPCR for simultaneous detection of Bos taurus, Bubalus bubalis and Salmonella spp. in samples commercially available on Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil. For this purpose, a mPCR reaction with different concentrations of DNA and primers with different annealing temperatures was optimized. Next, 28 samples of ground meat marketed as being of bovine origin were collected and a mPCR for the determination of species and for the detection of Salmonella spp. were realized. The results demonstrated the efficiency of the proposed technique for identification of Bos taurus, Bubalus bubalis and Salmonella spp. We conclude that the proposed mPCR technique is efficient and that buffalo meat is marketed as bovine on the Island of Marajó and that such frauds violating the current legislation that normalizes the commercialization of ground beef.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43408975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143539
A. Tripathi, J. S. Mehta
{"title":"Reproductive screening and enhancement of reproductive performance of buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) on feeding bypass fat and area specific mineral mixture","authors":"A. Tripathi, J. S. Mehta","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143539","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 491 buffaloes (Murrah and non-descript) reared under unorganized system from semi-arid and arid areas of Rajasthan, India, were screened for their reproductive status. These were screened by history taking, rectal palpation, Ultrasonography and follow up. Out of these screened animals 65.59% were of normal reproductive status (Involved recently parturiated, pregnant etc. animals) while remaining included 11% cases of delayed puberty, 7.94% of delayed post-partum estrus, 5.5% of anestrus/ subestrus, 3.87% of repeat breeding, 2.85% of prolapse, 2.44% of infectious infertility and only 0.81% cases were of cystic ovarian degeneration (COD). Thirty animals were given bypass fat and area specific mineral mixture (ASMM) following parturition till 90 days postpartum, and results were compared with 20 animals from Control group. The uterus of animals given bypass fat and ASMM took significantly less time (24.50±0.34 mean days) for involution than Control group (33±0.61 mean days) also Experimental group took significantly less days (62.60±0.77 mean days) to show first estrus postpartum than Control group (87.00±0.44 mean days). First AI conception rate of Experimental group (60%) was also better than Control group (45%). ","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48878852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143526
Aayush Yadav, G. Lakhani, B. Roy, Sudipta Ghosh, Aklank Jain, R. Baghel, B. Aharwal
{"title":"Response of diet supplemented with mustard oil on production performance in lactating Murrah buffaloes","authors":"Aayush Yadav, G. Lakhani, B. Roy, Sudipta Ghosh, Aklank Jain, R. Baghel, B. Aharwal","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143526","url":null,"abstract":"The study determined the response of diet supplemented with mustard oil on production performance in lactating Murrah buffaloes at Livestock Farm, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, NDVSU, Jabalpur, M.P., India. A total of 12 advance pregnant Murrah buffaloes were selected 21 days pre-partum and randomly allocated in 2 groups of 6 each: CON as control with basal diet + no oil and MO as treatment with basal diet + mustard oil supplementation 200 ml/animal/day. The trial was continued for 90 days post-partum. Significant positive response (%) in the daily milk yield, milk fat percent and 6% fat corrected milk yield by 8.10, 9.14 and 14.47, respectively was observed in MO in comparison to CON. Besides, there were insignificant findings for DMI, milk solid not fat, protein and lactose per cent, peak milk yield, persistency of lactation and predicted lactation yield (PLY) between the groups. The study affirms that supplementation of mustard oil improves the production potential of lactating Murrah buffaloes and could be recommended to dairy farmers during transition period and early lactation to earn profits.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48501507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143569
Muddarangaiah Madyavenkatapura Rangashamaiah, S. Ghuman, R. Cheema
{"title":"Association of Melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) gene polymorphism with seasonal suppression of fertility in buffaloes","authors":"Muddarangaiah Madyavenkatapura Rangashamaiah, S. Ghuman, R. Cheema","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4143569","url":null,"abstract":"The polymorphism in Melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) gene and its association with reproductive cyclicity (cyclic, n=51; non-cyclic, n=50) during summer season and age at first calving (<3.5 years, n=38; >3.5 years, n=60) was investigated in buffaloes subjected to blood sampling. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of genomic DNA was carried out using three primers viz. 824 bp (primer pair 1), 856 bp (primer pair 2) and 268 bp (primer pair 3) corresponding to exon-II of MTNR1A gene. Restriction fragment length polymorphism was performed using PCR products of primer pair 1 and 2. The digestion of PCR product of primer pair 1 with restriction enzymes viz. MnII, RsaI or Eco3II generated total restriction sites respectively as 14, 4 and 5. Based upon differential restriction sites, six genotypes revealed in buffaloes using MnII were MM-1 to MM-6, four genotypes using RsaI were RR-1 to RR-4, and four genotypes using Eco3II were EE-1 to EE-4. The digestion of PCR product of primer pair 2 with MnII, RsaI or Eco3II generated restriction sites respectively as 13, 5 and 6. Based upon differential restriction sites, six genotypes revealed using MnII were mm-1 to mm-6, five genotypes using RsaI were rr-1to rr-5, and three genotypes using Eco3II were ee-1 to ee-3. For primer pair 3, single stranded conformational polymorphism analysis exhibited 5 genotypes viz. AA, BB, AB, CC and DD. The results revealed that the buffaloes during summer had polymorphic genotypes for MTNR1A gene as buffaloes showing reproductive cyclicity had MM-3, MM-4, RR-2, EE-3, mm-2, mm-4, rr-3, ee-3, CC and DD genotypes, whereas their non-cyclic counterparts had MM-2, MM-6, EE-4, mm-3, mm-6, AA, BB and AB genotypes. However, no such differences were recorded with respect to age at first calving. In conclusion, polymorphic genotypes of MTNR1A gene may be considered as genetic markers to identify buffaloes with better reproductive potential during summer season.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43709899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Buffalo BulletinPub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144309
H. Erdem, S. Atasever, İ. C. Okuyucu
{"title":"Relations of hygiene index scores with milk production in Anatolian buffaloes","authors":"H. Erdem, S. Atasever, İ. C. Okuyucu","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2022.4144309","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study was to determine the relations of hygienic status and milk production of Anatolian buffaloes. Fifty milking buffaloes reared in two farms in the Middle Black Sea region of Turkey were used as the study material. To record hygienic status of the animals, udder and flank hygiene scores (UHS and FHS) of the animal’s bodies were evaluated using a scale with 1 to 4 points (1 = very clean, 2 = clean, 3 = dirty, 4 = very dirty). Hygiene index score (HIS) values were consisted of 60% UHS and 40% FHS. To eliminate environmental factors, two parity (1st and ≥2nd) and stage of lactation (SL1<100d and SL2≥100d) subgroups were constituted. The buffalo cows with first parity and later SL had more udder dirtiness (P<0.05) and, the buffalo cows those in SL1 had higher milk yield compared to the other subgroup. A negative and weak correlation (r = -0.227) was estimated between HIS and test day milk yield (TDMY) of milking buffaloes. Confirming these relationships using more data and keeping buffaloes within more hygiene is advised as beneficial approaches.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42576726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}