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Effect of suckling on reproductive behaviour of buffaloes

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Title Effect of suckling on reproductive behaviour of buffaloes
 
Creator Singh, A K
Brar, P S
Nanda, A S
Gandotra, V K
 
Subject Buffaloes, Calving to conception interval, Non-suckled, Post-partum, Silent estrus, Suckled
 
Description Six suckled and 9 non-suckled buffaloes of 25-35 days post-partum were studied for reproductive behaviour. Per rectal examination of genialia and plasma progesterone estimations were done at the start of the study and every 7 days thereafter up to 90 days post-partum. None of the buffaloes had shown visual oestrus signs up to the start of the study. However, 66.67% of non-suckled and 50% of suckled buffaloes had already experienced ovulation (plasma progesterone conentration > 1.0 ng/ml). Irrespective of progesterone rise, GnRH was injected to each animal on the day of start of experiment. The days to first observed oestrus days to first rise in progesterone and calving to conception interval were significantly prolonged in suckled buffaloes than that in non-suckled buffaloes. The first heat was silent in higher proportion of suckled buffaloes (100%) than that in non-suckled ones (77.78%). it is concluded that suckling suppresses reproductive behaviour in dairy buffaloes.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
Date 2005-10-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/8279
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 75, No 10 (2005)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/8279/3283
 
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