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Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes
AIM: This study was conducted to find out the relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 12 Nili-Ravi buffalo heifers were selected from Buffalo Farm, Central Institute for Researc...
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Veterinary World
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956764 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2016.1173-1177 |
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author | Chandrasekar, T. Das, Kalyan Sundar Bhat, Showkat A. Singh, J. K. Parkunanan, Thulasiraman Japheth, K. Puhle Thul, Mayur R. Bharti, Pranay |
author_facet | Chandrasekar, T. Das, Kalyan Sundar Bhat, Showkat A. Singh, J. K. Parkunanan, Thulasiraman Japheth, K. Puhle Thul, Mayur R. Bharti, Pranay |
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description | AIM: This study was conducted to find out the relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 12 Nili-Ravi buffalo heifers were selected from Buffalo Farm, Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Regional Station- Bir Dosanjh, Nabha, Patiala, Punjab. The udder length (UL), udder width (UW), udder depth, teat length (TL), teat diameter (TD), and teat distances were measured at fortnightly interval from 60 days prepartum until calving. After calving, 60 days total milk yield (TDMY), peak yield (PY), and days taken to attain PY (DPY) were also recorded. The correlation coefficients of various prepartum udder and teat measurements since 60 days prepartum to calving with 60 days TDMY, PY, and DPY were calculated to find out the relationship between the traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. RESULTS: The result envisaged that all udder and teat measurements were increased gradually toward the date of calving in primiparous buffaloes. The UL, UW, left fore (LF) and right rear (RR)TL, RRTD, and the distance between LF to left rear (LR) teat were positively correlated with 60 days TDMY. The UL and UW depicted positive but nonsignificant correlation with PY. Fore TLs showed positive correlation where as TDs and teat distances had a negative correlation with the DPY in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that milk production performance could be assessed on the basis of prepartum udder and teat measurements in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. |
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spelling | pubmed-51462932016-12-12 Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes Chandrasekar, T. Das, Kalyan Sundar Bhat, Showkat A. Singh, J. K. Parkunanan, Thulasiraman Japheth, K. Puhle Thul, Mayur R. Bharti, Pranay Vet World Research Article AIM: This study was conducted to find out the relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 12 Nili-Ravi buffalo heifers were selected from Buffalo Farm, Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Regional Station- Bir Dosanjh, Nabha, Patiala, Punjab. The udder length (UL), udder width (UW), udder depth, teat length (TL), teat diameter (TD), and teat distances were measured at fortnightly interval from 60 days prepartum until calving. After calving, 60 days total milk yield (TDMY), peak yield (PY), and days taken to attain PY (DPY) were also recorded. The correlation coefficients of various prepartum udder and teat measurements since 60 days prepartum to calving with 60 days TDMY, PY, and DPY were calculated to find out the relationship between the traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. RESULTS: The result envisaged that all udder and teat measurements were increased gradually toward the date of calving in primiparous buffaloes. The UL, UW, left fore (LF) and right rear (RR)TL, RRTD, and the distance between LF to left rear (LR) teat were positively correlated with 60 days TDMY. The UL and UW depicted positive but nonsignificant correlation with PY. Fore TLs showed positive correlation where as TDs and teat distances had a negative correlation with the DPY in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that milk production performance could be assessed on the basis of prepartum udder and teat measurements in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Veterinary World 2016-11 2016-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5146293/ /pubmed/27956764 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2016.1173-1177 Text en Copyright: © Chandrasekar, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chandrasekar, T. Das, Kalyan Sundar Bhat, Showkat A. Singh, J. K. Parkunanan, Thulasiraman Japheth, K. Puhle Thul, Mayur R. Bharti, Pranay Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title | Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title_full | Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title_fullStr | Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title_short | Relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous Nili-Ravi buffaloes |
title_sort | relationship of prepartum udder and teat measurements with subsequent milk production traits in primiparous nili-ravi buffaloes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956764 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2016.1173-1177 |
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