“Management and Production Performances of Buffaloes on Commercial Farms in Chandanaish and Anwara Upazila, Chattogram”

Abstract

The study was undertaken know the management system of buffaloes in coastal areas, and hill and plain land in semi-intensive and extensive rearing systems. With this purpose, the study was conducted for about 6 months through direct interviewing of farmers, farm visits, and data collection at Chandanaish and Anwara Upazila in the Chattogram region. A sample of 164 buffaloes were observed whereas 57 were milking buffalo to achieve the motives in the selected area. It was observed that the buffaloes are allowed to graze in the riverside areas in Anwara and hilly land in Chandanaish for the whole day and kept confined at night. They are given straw, sometimes green grass, and very few amounts of concentrate as feed supply other than grazing. The average milk production of a buffalo cow was noted as 2.75±0.64 liters per day. Other phenotypic traits like average body weight were 292.08 ± 5.55 kg. The gestation period remains similar at about 305 days in both systems and the average calf birth weight was 29.10 ± 2.73 kg. Other management activities, such as breeding methods, housing systems, feeding systems, animal diseases, vaccinations, and deworming status, were noted. Finally, it was concluded that the production status can be increased by proper management and by giving proper training to the farmers in that particular area.