Beta
230030

Non-genetic factors affecting phenotypic parameters of milk production and reproductive performance in lactating Egyptian buffaloes

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Animal and Poultry Production

Abstract

Improving productive and reproductive performance in Egyptian buffaloes requires knowledge of the influence of environmental and genetic factors on phenotypic traits. This study aims to estimate the effect of some environmental factors on the productive and reproductive traits of Egyptian buffaloes. Egyptian buffalo data were obtained from the database of Bani Sanad station belonging to the Livestock development project under the administration of Assiut governorate, Egypt. 2,149 records were collected on the dairy Menoufi buffalo, covering the period from 1999 to 2018. For the analysis of variance, the general linear model GLM (SAS) was used to analyze the variance in milk production and reproductive traits. The effect of year of calving was significantly higher (P<0.001) on TMY, LL and DP, milk traits affected significantly by calving season, likewise, Parity had a highly significant (P<0.0001) effect on TMY, LL and DP. The highest milk production has been recorded at 4th and 5th parity and then decreased thereafter. The year of calving had a highly significant (P<0.001) effect on all reproductive traits. The calving season had a highly significant (P<0.001) effect on most reproductive traits in Egyptian buffaloes, as there were a significant difference in DO, CI, NSC and GL, while there were no statistically significant (P>0.05) differences in AFC between seasons. All reproductive traits (DO, CI, NSC, GL and AFC) were significantly (P<0.001) affected by parity. In conclusion, these results are very useful in selection and breeding programs for Egyptian buffaloes, also knowing the unsuitable environmental conditions and overcoming them to improve the productivity of buffalo.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2022.230030

Keywords

Egyptian buffalo, Milk Traits, reproductive traits, Non-genetic factors, phenotypic parameters

Authors

First Name

A.

Last Name

Ayad

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

M.

Last Name

Abd-Allah

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

Email

muhtaramibrahim.4419@azhar.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

M.

Last Name

Kamal

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Related Issue

-2

Receive Date

2022-01-10

Publish Date

2022-04-01

Page Start

10

Page End

24

Print ISSN

2535-1680

Online ISSN

2535-1699

Link

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/article_230030.html

Detail API

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=230030

Order

21

Type

Research article

Type Code

764

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

Publication Link

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023