A STUDY ON PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF BUFFALO IN GOVERNMENT BUFFALO BREEDING FARM (GBBF), BAGERHAT

Abstract

The study was under taken to evaluate the performance of productive and reproductive traits of buffaloes reared in Government Buffalo Breeding Farm (GBBF).For achieving these objectives a sample of 100 buffaloes were observed in only one buffalo breeding farm in GBBF. The average birth weight, weaning weight, lactation length, milk production per day, milk production per lactation were 26.5 kg, 105.5 kg, 255 days, 6.5 liters, and 1680 liters respectively. The average age of puberty, body weight at puberty, conception rate, gestation length, age at 1st calving, and calving interval were 33 months, 200kg, 64.25%, 307.5 days, 51 months, and 547 days respectively