Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4244792
R. Yadav, Pooja Yadav, Gyan Singh
Uterine torsion is a common obstetrical emergency in buffaloes. It is termed as the rotation of uterus around its longitudinal axis. The incidence of uterine torsion is very common in buffaloes in the advance stage of gestation. Parturition is the most important event in the lifetime of buffalo. Uterine torsion results in unsuccessful parturition which might be associated with the death of fetus in the late gestation. This review discusses about the definition, types, incidence, etiology, hematological changes, biochemical changes, treatment, and management of uterine torsion.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4245440
Lyubov Starodub, Nataliia Mokhnachova
The article presents the results of studying the karyotype of the Ukrainian buffalo population. With the help of routine and GTG methods of analysis of metaphase plates of chromosomes, it was established that in the studied animals the diploid chromosome set was equal to fifty chromosomes (2n=50), which consisted of 5 pairs of meta- and submetacentric and 19 pairs of acrocentric autosomes and one pair (XX) or (XY) sex chromosomes. The total number of chromosome arms (FN) was 60, which correspond to animals of the water buffalo species (Bubalus bubalis), a subspecies of the river buffalo (B. b. Bubalis). Cytogenetic control revealed wide intraspecies limits of spontaneous somatic mutagenesis: absence of constitutive chromosomal disorders; the frequency of metaphases with aneuploidy, the average value (M±m) of which was equal to 10.5±0.13%, polyploidy (M±m=0.7±0.25%), asynchronous separation of the centromeric regions of chromosomes - (M±m=5.3±2.00), chromosomal breaks (M±m=0.7±0.24%), the proportion of cells with micronuclei (M±m=2.5±0.39‰), binucleated cells (M±m=2.6±0.32‰) and mitotic index (M±m=4.8±0.65‰). It has been established that Ukrainian river buffaloes are characterized by high karyotype stability.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4244269
Muhammad Kashif, Amar Nasir, Muhammad Rizwan, A. Hussain, Uasman Waheed, Aziz -ur-Rehman, A. Sikandar, Khizer Muhammad Khizer Aziz
The present study was conducted to evaluate two S. aureus vaccines in 100 mastitis free lactating buffaloes, dividing into 2 equal groups (B1, B2). The animals of B1 and B2 were administered with 2 shots of live attenuated and Dextran sulphate adjuvanted S. aureus vaccine at 15 days sequentially. The evaluation was done with different parameters i.e., serum and whey antibody titers, somatic cell count, milk fat %, milk protein, milk yield, vaccine efficacy, cost-benefit analysis, and colony count. There was a peak of geometric mean antibody titer 291 and 58 in LSAV while its climax 363 and 90 in DSAV at 2 and 6 months of study. In whey this level almost remained the same in both groups. In B1 and B2, somatic cell count kept on decreasing from day zero to the end of study. There was a non-significant difference in milk yield and fat percentage between the 2 groups. Milk protein concentration was significantly different between these groups and was better in B1 than B2. The surf field mastitis test-based quarter point prevalence decreased at 180 days in LASV and DSAV. In California mastitis test based, a significant decreased value was shown in both groups. Pre-vaccination and post-vaccination colony count of S. aureus was more in LSAV than in DSAV. Moreover, the preventative efficacy and cost benefit ratio of DSAV was more excellent as compared to LSAV.
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Haematobia exigua, the buffalo fly, is a common ectoparasite of buffaloes and cattle in India causing economic losses and underlines the necessity of effective control strategies against them. The present study was planned to evaluate larvicidal activity of few methods for physical and biological control for integarated management of Haematobia exigua flies. Out of four bacterial bio-control agents evaluated by in-vitro assay and Probit analysis, two bacteria i. e. Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis and Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki showed excellent larvicidal activity against H. exigua with LC50 value of 134 and 135 mg per liter of water respectively. Whereas, other two bacteria i. e. Bacillus weihenstephanensis WSBC and KBAB4 failed to show desired larvicidal activity. It can be concluded that B ti and B tk have future as effective bacterial agents (BCAs) in the control and integrated management of buffalo and horn fly. An experiment was conducted in the laboratory and on field for judging the efficacy of a physical method of tightly covering dung pats with polythene sheet for control of larvae of H. exigua. The laboratory result showed only 14.73% larvae were survived and developed per 100 gm of the faeces in the pot covered with polythene sheet as against significantly higher number 78.33% in the control group. During field trial, average larval count from dung pits before the experiment was 86.33 per 250 gm of faeces and it has been significantly reduced to 11.80 after covered with polythene sheets for two weeks. It indicated that physical method of covering the dung pits works immensely and thus can be inducted in IPM program as one of the effective physical control alternatives.
水牛蝇（Haematobia exigua）是印度水牛和牛常见的体外寄生虫，会造成经济损失，因此有必要对其采取有效的控制策略。本研究计划评估几种物理和生物防治方法的杀幼虫活性，以综合治理水牛蝇（Haematobia exigua）。 通过体外检测和 Probit 分析评估了四种细菌生物控制剂，其中两种细菌，即苏云金芽孢杆菌（Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis）和苏云金芽孢杆菌（Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki）对 H. exigua 表现出卓越的杀幼虫活性，半数致死浓度分别为每升水 134 毫克和 135 毫克。而另外两种细菌，即魏氏芽孢杆菌（Bacillus weihenstephanensis WSBC）和 KBAB4 则未能显示出理想的杀幼虫剂活性。由此可以得出结论，B ti 和 B tk 有望成为控制和综合治理水牛和角蝇的有效细菌制剂（BCA）。在实验室和田间进行了一项实验，以判断用聚乙烯薄膜紧紧覆盖粪堆的物理方法对控制水牛角蝇幼虫的效果。实验室结果表明，在用聚乙烯薄膜覆盖的粪便盆中，每 100 克粪便中只有 14.73% 的幼虫存活并发育，而对照组的幼虫存活率为 78.33%。在田间试验中，试验前粪坑中的平均幼虫数量为每 250 克粪便 86.33 头，用聚乙烯薄膜覆盖两周后，幼虫数量明显降低到 11.80 头。 这表明，覆盖粪坑的物理方法非常有效，因此可以作为有效的物理防治方法之一纳入虫害综合防治计划。
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Vietnam is rapidly industrializing, and many of the rural agriculturally-based communities in the periphery are no exception. On the flatter lands around Hanoi and more heavily populated areas in some of the provinces to north of the capital for example, the gasoline powered tractor is replacing the labour of the water buffalo. Additionally, as the population demands more meat in its diet, water buffalo are now raised for human consumption, often in pens, rather than for power needed for agricultural cultivation. Indeed, as in the case of Chiem Hoa district in the Tuyen Quang province, what was once the plough has become a marketable and commodified brand of meat. Stated otherwise, an animal that was once common-place, interacted with daily, prized for its intelligence, decried for its stubbornness, and was considered by many across the countryside as another working member of the family, now seems somewhat exotic or has been reduced to simply another source of consumable protein. This chapter centres the water buffalo as a living framework to explore the complex social, cultural, environmental, and economic histories of the people of Chiem Hoa district in the Tuyen Quang province and by inference rural Vietnam. While the trope of economic progression dominates the academic literatures of rural development, this study focuses on structural changes in the economy notwithstanding. This present that agriculture in Vietnam is mechanizing and industrializing, and as it does generations of shared history between rural people and their most valued animal is being altered forever.
越南正在迅速实现工业化，周边许多以农业为基础的农村社区也不例外。例如，在河内周围地势较平坦的地区和首都以北一些省份人口较稠密的地区，汽油拖拉机正在取代水牛的劳动。此外，随着人们对肉类食品的需求增加，水牛现在通常是圈养起来供人食用，而不是用来提供农业耕作所需的动力。 事实上，就像杜延光省 Chiem Hoa 县的情况一样，曾经的犁头已经变成了可以销售的商品化肉类品牌。换句话说，水牛曾经是一种司空见惯的动物，每天都与人打交道，因其聪明而受人喜爱，因其顽固而遭人唾弃，被农村的许多人视为家庭中的另一个劳动成员，如今却显得有些异类，或者沦为另一种可消费蛋白质的来源。本章以水牛为中心，探讨了越南敦广省芹和县人民复杂的社会、文化、环境和经济历史，并由此推论出越南农村的历史。 尽管经济发展的论调在有关农村发展的学术文献中占据主导地位，但本研究的重点却是经济结构的变化。目前，越南的农业正在实现机械化和工业化，农村人口与他们最珍视的动物之间世代相传的共同历史正在被彻底改变。
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The aim of this study to assess the biometric parameters of abattoir derived testicles of Murrah buffalo bull. Thirty-six pair of Murrah buffalo bull testicles were collected immediately after slaughter from different abattoir, packed in ice chest (4oC) and transferred to DFS Laboratory, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya, UP, India. The tests were processed within six hours of collection. Various biometric parameters testes (testicular length, circumference, diameter, volume, and weight) epididymis (weight, length and width of caput and corpus as well as length and circumference of cauda) was measured. The epididymal semen was harvested and measured; Volume (0.43±0.02 to 0.52±0.05 ml), concentration (1708±105.2 to 1958±126.8 million/ml) and total sperm output (804.2±30.73 to 931.7±103.2 million) was estimated. All biometric parameters were significantly higher in left testicles than those of right contemporaries. Present findings suggest that aforementioned biometric parameters can be used to judge the normality of testis, furthermore, epididymal semen can be harvested from meritorious Murrah buffalo bulls with sudden or unexpected death.
本研究旨在评估屠宰场提取的穆拉水牛睾丸的生物计量参数。研究人员从不同屠宰场收集了 36 对穆拉水牛睾丸，将其装入冰柜（4 摄氏度），然后转移到印度 UP 省 Ayodhya 市 Acharya Narendra Deva 农业和技术大学兽医科学和畜牧学院的 DFS 实验室。检测在采集后六小时内完成。对睾丸（睾丸长度、周长、直径、体积和重量）附睾（重量、睾头和睾冠的长度和宽度以及睾尾的长度和周长）的各种生物计量参数进行了测量。采集并测量附睾精液；估算精液量（0.43±0.02 至 0.52±0.05毫升）、精液浓度（1.708±105.2 至 1.58±1.268亿/毫升）和精子总产量（8.042±30.73 至 9.317±1.032亿）。左侧睾丸的所有生物测量参数均明显高于右侧睾丸。目前的研究结果表明，上述生物测量参数可用于判断睾丸是否正常，此外，还可从突然或意外死亡的优秀穆拉水牛公牛身上采集附睾精液。
{"title":"Testicular biometry and certain aspects of epididymal semen of abattoir derived Murrah bull testes","authors":"Kumar Ashotosh, Sushant Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, Pramod Kumar","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4244312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4244312","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study to assess the biometric parameters of abattoir derived testicles of Murrah buffalo bull. Thirty-six pair of Murrah buffalo bull testicles were collected immediately after slaughter from different abattoir, packed in ice chest (4oC) and transferred to DFS Laboratory, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya, UP, India. The tests were processed within six hours of collection. Various biometric parameters testes (testicular length, circumference, diameter, volume, and weight) epididymis (weight, length and width of caput and corpus as well as length and circumference of cauda) was measured. The epididymal semen was harvested and measured; Volume (0.43±0.02 to 0.52±0.05 ml), concentration (1708±105.2 to 1958±126.8 million/ml) and total sperm output (804.2±30.73 to 931.7±103.2 million) was estimated. All biometric parameters were significantly higher in left testicles than those of right contemporaries. Present findings suggest that aforementioned biometric parameters can be used to judge the normality of testis, furthermore, epididymal semen can be harvested from meritorious Murrah buffalo bulls with sudden or unexpected death.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":"121 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139134004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim of current study is to check the health status and the quality of milk by counting somatic cells. Total 50 samples of fresh raw buffalo milk were gathered and divided into five groups on the basis of lactation stages i.e early, mid, late, buffalo at parturition and post parturition (colostrum). Fresh samples were collected and assessed with quality assessment test i.e. pH analysis, lactometer reading test, clots on boiling (COB), alcohol precipitate test (APT) and acidity % age test and the somatic cell count (SCC) through Neubauer chamber under light microscope. Data were evaluated by the stage of lactation with the SPSS programme. The total mean values of pH, Lr and acidity % at each lactation stages were (±6.96, ±31 and ±0.19). Significant effect of SCC on different stages were observed (P<0.05). The average SCC was determined to be 10.1000±5.8121 cells/ml. The effects lactation stages on the SCC value between group were statistically significant (P<0.05). The mean SCC values for early, mid, late, parturition and post parturition stages were (±6.4750, ±5.7500, ±10.8750, ±16.2750 and ±11.1250). The significant differences recognized between the groups indicates that there is a fluctuation of somatic cells at different lactation stages. The number of somatic cells increase from early stage, then decrease gradually in mid stage and starts increasing till the end of lactation and have no significant difference (P<0.05), whereas the mean comparison is highly significant in parturition and colostrum stage.
{"title":"Quality assessment and comparative study of somatic cell fluctuation at different lactation stages of buffalo's milk","authors":"Samreen Rana, Aneesa Sohail, Salman Saeed, Misbah Mushtaq, Mubasher Hassan, Abdul Ahad, Syed Zeeshan Haider Naqvi","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243937","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of current study is to check the health status and the quality of milk by counting somatic cells. Total 50 samples of fresh raw buffalo milk were gathered and divided into five groups on the basis of lactation stages i.e early, mid, late, buffalo at parturition and post parturition (colostrum). Fresh samples were collected and assessed with quality assessment test i.e. pH analysis, lactometer reading test, clots on boiling (COB), alcohol precipitate test (APT) and acidity % age test and the somatic cell count (SCC) through Neubauer chamber under light microscope. Data were evaluated by the stage of lactation with the SPSS programme. The total mean values of pH, Lr and acidity % at each lactation stages were (±6.96, ±31 and ±0.19). Significant effect of SCC on different stages were observed (P<0.05). The average SCC was determined to be 10.1000±5.8121 cells/ml. The effects lactation stages on the SCC value between group were statistically significant (P<0.05). The mean SCC values for early, mid, late, parturition and post parturition stages were (±6.4750, ±5.7500, ±10.8750, ±16.2750 and ±11.1250). The significant differences recognized between the groups indicates that there is a fluctuation of somatic cells at different lactation stages. The number of somatic cells increase from early stage, then decrease gradually in mid stage and starts increasing till the end of lactation and have no significant difference (P<0.05), whereas the mean comparison is highly significant in parturition and colostrum stage.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":"115 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139134562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243982
Özlem Akkulak, E. Kul
This study was conducted to determine the effects of the dam’s milk yield and composition on birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month live weight (LW) of Anatolian buffalo calves born in 2017 and 2018 years in Çorum province, Türkiye. Calving age had a significant impact on daily milk yield (DMY) (P=0.031), lactation milk yield (LMY) (P=0.048) and solids-not-fat (SNF) (P=0.034). DMY (P=0.022) and fat content (P=0.005) were affacted by calving season. Suckling period and calf sex had no significant impact (P>0.05) on DMY, LMY, fat content, and solids-not-fat (SNF) (P>0.05). The dam’s calving age had a significant impact on birth weight (P=0.029), except for 6-month and 12-month live weight (LW). Calving season affected 6-month (P=0.002) and 12-month LW (P=0.012) without birth weight. The suckling period and calf sex were not significantly affected on the birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month LWs (P>0.05). The highest 6-month LW (P=0.025) was determined in the calves of high DMY buffaloes (>6.50 kg). The DMY of the dam had no effect on the birth weight and 12-month LWs (P>0.05). The calves of buffaloes with the highest LMY (>1300 kg) were observed the highest birth weight (P=0.040) and 6-month LW (P=0.046). The dam’s fat and SNF content had no effect on the birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month LWs. To conclude; “higher milk yield resulted in higher birth weight” means that better dams give better calves, suggesting that buffalo keepers should feed buffalo cows sufficiently to get heavier calves at least.
{"title":"Effects of dam milk yield and milk composition on birth weight and growth performance of Anatolian buffalo calves","authors":"Özlem Akkulak, E. Kul","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243982","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to determine the effects of the dam’s milk yield and composition on birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month live weight (LW) of Anatolian buffalo calves born in 2017 and 2018 years in Çorum province, Türkiye. Calving age had a significant impact on daily milk yield (DMY) (P=0.031), lactation milk yield (LMY) (P=0.048) and solids-not-fat (SNF) (P=0.034). DMY (P=0.022) and fat content (P=0.005) were affacted by calving season. Suckling period and calf sex had no significant impact (P>0.05) on DMY, LMY, fat content, and solids-not-fat (SNF) (P>0.05). The dam’s calving age had a significant impact on birth weight (P=0.029), except for 6-month and 12-month live weight (LW). Calving season affected 6-month (P=0.002) and 12-month LW (P=0.012) without birth weight. The suckling period and calf sex were not significantly affected on the birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month LWs (P>0.05). The highest 6-month LW (P=0.025) was determined in the calves of high DMY buffaloes (>6.50 kg). The DMY of the dam had no effect on the birth weight and 12-month LWs (P>0.05). The calves of buffaloes with the highest LMY (>1300 kg) were observed the highest birth weight (P=0.040) and 6-month LW (P=0.046). The dam’s fat and SNF content had no effect on the birth weight, 6-month, and 12-month LWs. To conclude; “higher milk yield resulted in higher birth weight” means that better dams give better calves, suggesting that buffalo keepers should feed buffalo cows sufficiently to get heavier calves at least.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":"66 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139132504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4245554
S. Majarune, W. Maitreejet, Pumrapee Tanjaichon, Arthit Panyasak, Chakrit Borirak, T. Raungprim, A. Pinyopummin, S. Rattanatabtimtong
Although artificial insemination (AI) technology is widely used in buffalo breeding in Thailand, AI in buffaloes has a lower conception rate compared to AI in beef cattle. It is crucial to understand the development of the ovary and reproductive system of buffalo heifers and cows. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the reproductive tract characteristic using ultrasound measurements during the luteal and follicular phases in Thai swamp buffalo heifers and cows. The studies of reproductive tract were conducted in buffalo cows (n=8; BCS=3.38) and heifers (n=8; BCS=3.25). The reproductive tract was evaluated by measuring the size of the ovary, dominant follicle, CL, uterine horn, cervix, and vulva. The buffalo cows had larger diameter of the cervix and vulvar width (P<0.05) compared with those of heifers. In the follicular phase, buffalo cows had a mean ovarian diameter (ipsilateral POF) of 2.35 cm, and heifers had a mean ovarian diameter of 2.24 cm (P>0.05). The average preovulatory follicle diameter was 1.29 cm in buffalo cows and 1.18 cm in heifers (P>0.05). In the luteal phase, the mean ovarian diameter (ipsilateral CL) of buffalo cows was significantly larger than heifers (P<0.05; 2.46 vs. 2.09 cm, respectively). The diameters of the CL in buffalo heifers and cows were 1.27 and 1.47 cm, respectively (P>0.05). Buffalo cows and heifers have no differences in ovarian components in the follicular and luteal phases, but there are differences in the size of the reproductive tract, which reproductive tract of buffalo cows is larger than heifers.
{"title":"Comparison of ultrasonographic measures of reproductive tract in Thai swamp buffalo heifers and cows","authors":"S. Majarune, W. Maitreejet, Pumrapee Tanjaichon, Arthit Panyasak, Chakrit Borirak, T. Raungprim, A. Pinyopummin, S. Rattanatabtimtong","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4245554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4245554","url":null,"abstract":"Although artificial insemination (AI) technology is widely used in buffalo breeding in Thailand, AI in buffaloes has a lower conception rate compared to AI in beef cattle. It is crucial to understand the development of the ovary and reproductive system of buffalo heifers and cows. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the reproductive tract characteristic using ultrasound measurements during the luteal and follicular phases in Thai swamp buffalo heifers and cows. The studies of reproductive tract were conducted in buffalo cows (n=8; BCS=3.38) and heifers (n=8; BCS=3.25). The reproductive tract was evaluated by measuring the size of the ovary, dominant follicle, CL, uterine horn, cervix, and vulva. The buffalo cows had larger diameter of the cervix and vulvar width (P<0.05) compared with those of heifers. In the follicular phase, buffalo cows had a mean ovarian diameter (ipsilateral POF) of 2.35 cm, and heifers had a mean ovarian diameter of 2.24 cm (P>0.05). The average preovulatory follicle diameter was 1.29 cm in buffalo cows and 1.18 cm in heifers (P>0.05). In the luteal phase, the mean ovarian diameter (ipsilateral CL) of buffalo cows was significantly larger than heifers (P<0.05; 2.46 vs. 2.09 cm, respectively). The diameters of the CL in buffalo heifers and cows were 1.27 and 1.47 cm, respectively (P>0.05). Buffalo cows and heifers have no differences in ovarian components in the follicular and luteal phases, but there are differences in the size of the reproductive tract, which reproductive tract of buffalo cows is larger than heifers.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":" 837","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139136663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243987
Lal Chand Ranga, Ramesh Kumar Chandolia, Laxman Singh, Ravi Dutt
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.
{"title":"Correlation of age with body weight and testicular biometry in developing buffalo males of Murrah breed","authors":"Lal Chand Ranga, Ramesh Kumar Chandolia, Laxman Singh, Ravi Dutt","doi":"10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2023.4243987","url":null,"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.","PeriodicalId":9393,"journal":{"name":"Buffalo Bulletin","volume":"42 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139131154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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