Correlation of age with body weight and testicular biometry in developing buffalo males of Murrah breed

Lal Chand Ranga; Ramesh Kumar Chandolia; Laxman Singh; Ravi Dutt

doi:10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243987

Authors

Lal Chand Ranga Haryana Livestock Development Board, Panchkula, India
Ramesh Kumar Chandolia Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Haryana, India
Laxman Singh Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Bichpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ravi Dutt Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Haryana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243987

Keywords:

Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, body weight, biometry, scrotal circumference, testicular length, width

Abstract

The current investigation was conducted on one hundred and eighty Murrah buffalo male calves from the age of one to thirty months, to investigate the correlation of age with body weight and testicular biometry. Six animals were included in each month. The body weight (b. wt) of the male calves was recorded on the weight bridge balance and the circumference of scrotum was measured by inch tape. The testicular dimensions were measured ultasonographically. Mean body weight from one to thirty month ranged between 57.0±1.99 and 433.0±9.81 kg. It increased 12.52 kg per month. The mean testicular circumference at 1, 12, 18 and 30 months was 9.00±00, 20.25±0.64, 21.42±0.64 and 26.67±0.42 cm, respectively. The overall increase in testicular circumference from one to thirty months was 0.59 cm per month. The mean length of right testes at one month was 2.89±0.15 cm and at eighteenth month was 6.87±0.27 cm. It increased in parallel pattern with b.wt and age. The width of right testes ranged between 1.01±0.05 to 4.53±0.211 cm. The length of left testes from one to eighteen month ranged between 2.73±0.19 to 6.49±0.10 cm with an increase of 0.21 cm per month. Similarly, the mean width of left testes ranged between 1.12±0.02 to 4.61±0.17 cm and significantly increased 0.12 cm/month. The data obtained in the current extensive study may serve as reference values for Murrah buffalo bulls.

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