Herd life traits of Mehsana buffalo disposed off at organized farm

Abstract

The study was made on herd life traits of Mehsana buffalo disposed off at organized farm Livestock Research Station, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar for the period of 5 years from 2009 to 2013. The least squares means for various life time traits like Herd Life (HL), Herd Productive Life (HPL), Herd Unproductive Life (HUNPL), Life Time Milk Yield (LTMY), Total Number of Lactations Completed (LN), Milk Yield Per Day of Productive Life (MYPDPL), Age at First Calving (AFC) and Milk Yield Per Day of Herd Life (MYPDHL) in Mehsana buffalo were 2909.10±131.49 days, 1574.19±129.41 days, 1915.96±56.86 days, 6913.21±646.92 kg, 3.56±0.30 nos., 4.33±0.20 kg, 2.04±0.13 kg and 1334.91±22.32 days, respectively at Sardarkrushinagar. The effect of reasons for disposal was found significant (P≤0.05) for all the traits except age of first calving.