Breed and age of dams effects on calving and weaning rates of Brakmas and Bali cows

Autor: Mohd. Hafiz, A.W., Izuan Bahtiar, A.J., Mohamad Hifzan, R., Ariff, O.M., Faezal Ashraff, A.L.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Malaysian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 27-35 (2017)
ISSN: 1394-3227
Popis: Evaluation of animals reproductive capacity is very important to the animal breeders as it will be the turning point of gaining profit or loss in livestock enterprises. The objective of this study was to evaluate the breed and age of dam effects on the reproductive performance, namely calving and weaning rates of Brakmas and Bali cattle. This study involved a total of 384 Brakmas cows raised in MARDI Muadzam Shah with the age ranging from 3 to 15 y, and 85 Bali cows with an age range of 5 to 11 y originally obtained from Gorontalo, Indonesia. Purebreeding was carried out from 2008 to 2012 where the animals were divided into groups with bull to cow ratio at 1:25 and allowed to graze freely on Brachiaria decumbens pasture. The study showed that breed affected significantly (P
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