Prediction of total milk yield from hoof circumference in buffaloes

Authors

  • Abdul Waheed Department of Livestock and Poultry Production, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • Asim Faraz Department of Livestock and Poultry Production, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Asif Yaseen Government Livestock Experiment Station, Chak Katora, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Asif Asghar Government Livestock Experiment Station, Chak Katora, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Mohammad Masood Tariq Center of Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Bacteriology, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Keywords:

buffaloes, Bubalus bubalis, milk yield, hoof circumference, prediction, correlations

Abstract

Buffalo is the most popular milk yielding large ruminant of the Bovidae family containing more than 34 million heads in the agricultural systems of Pakistan. The present study comprising of small fresh data set (n=44 buffalo heads) indicated average total milk yield (LMY) of 1968.00±403.82 liters per lactation where lactation period averaged. 273.34±63.68 days. It was hypothesized that LMY could be virtually predicted from hoof circumference (HC) in buffaloes. The front and rear hoof circumferences averaged 19.003±1.140 and 17.740±1.033 inches, respectively. The correlation coefficient between TMY and HC was computed to find the strength of relationship between TMY and HC for predicting the former variable from the later. Meager correlation coefficients (0.077 and 0.084) revealed small amount of relationship that ascertained poor prediction. Hence it was suggested that HC could not be reliably used for predicting milk production in Nili-Ravi buffaloes.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Waheed, A., Faraz, A., Yaseen, M. A., Asghar, M. A., & Tariq, M. M. (2020). Prediction of total milk yield from hoof circumference in buffaloes. Buffalo Bulletin, 39(3), 331–335. Retrieved from https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/2984

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