Production of buffalo milk (Bubalus bubalis) in Brazil

Authors

  • Amanda de Sousa Matos Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Amazônia Oriental, State of Pará, Brazil
  • Cláudio Vieira de Araújo Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Av. Alexandre Ferronato, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
  • Concepta Margaret Mcmanus Pimentel Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia, Brazil
  • Monyka Marianna Massolini Laureano Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Av. Alexandre Ferronato, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
  • Larissa Coelho Marques Universidade da Amazônia - Av. Alcindo Cacela, State of Pará, Brazil
  • Rodrigo Lima Sales Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Amazônia Oriental, State of Pará, Brazil
  • Caio Santos Silva Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Amazônia Oriental, State of Pará, Brazil
  • Ednaldo da Silva Filho Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Av. Tancredo Neves, State of Pará, Brazil
  • José Ribamar Felipe Marques Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Amazônia Oriental, State of Pará, Brazil

Keywords:

buffaloes, Bubalus bubalis, buffalo farming, phenotypic, milk, promebull

Abstract

The objective of this work was to estimate the influence of environmental factors on milk production traits in buffalo from the herds participating in the Programa de Melhoramento Genético de Búfalos do Brasil (Brazilian Buffalo Breeding Program - PROMEBULL). The data file consisted of 80,408 dairy control data, 9,286 delivery records from 1969 to 2016, with information on total milk production corrected for 305 days (TMP), lactation length (LL) and percentage of fat (% F). Analysis of variance was performed using the SAS PROC MIXED, using fixed effects of farm, calving season (PS), farm * calving season interaction and buffalo age class at calving (CABC), and the animal as random effect. Means were differentiated using the Tukey test. The average production was 1,963.42+713.94 kg TMP, 281.71+53.89 days for LL and 7.07+0.86 % for % F, with influence of farm, farm * PS interaction and CABC; farm, PS and farm interaction * PS; and CABC for TMP, LL and % F, respectively. The phenotypic correlations were 0.32, 0.03 and 0.26 for TMP and LL, TMP and % F, and LL and % F, respectively. From the results, it was concluded that the studied characteristics show reasonable phenotypic variability, making buffalo farming a promising activity in the national scenario.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Matos, A. de S., Araújo, C. V. de, Pimentel, C. M. M., Laureano, M. M. M., Marques, L. C., Sales, R. L., … Marques, J. R. F. (2020). Production of buffalo milk (Bubalus bubalis) in Brazil. Buffalo Bulletin, 39(3), 323–329. Retrieved from https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/2268

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 3 (2020): July-September

Section

Original Article

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