BODY CONFORMATION WITH DAILY MILK YIELD RELATIONSHIP ON BUFFALOES

A.R.  Alkhateeb; W. I. Ibrahim; A.A. E.  Taha

doi:10.59807/jlsar.v3i1.37

Authors

A.R. Alkhateeb of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, Iraq.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5413-1124
W. I. Ibrahim College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2192-0749
A.A. E. Taha Directorate of Agricultural Researches, Ministry of Agriculture, Iraq

https://doi.org/10.59807/jlsar.v3i1.37

Keywords:

Buffaloes, Bubalus Bubalis, Body Dimension, Milk Production

Abstract

The study aimed to correlate milk yield with the body dimensions of buffaloes, during lactate season 2019, a total of 25 and 47 lactate buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) were chosen randomly from Baghdad and AL-Muthanna province (270km south of Baghdad) respectively. Parameters such as body weight (BW), heart girth (HG), body length (BDL), body height at shoulder (HAS) and daily milk Yield (DMY) were calculated. Phenotypic correlations were positive and highly significant (P≤0.01) between HG, BDL and BW with DMY, while HAS showed non-significant association with DMY. These results could be helpful in the breeding programs for Iraqi buffaloes.

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