Effect of location and parity in milk production, service per conception and growth in Iraqi buffaloes

Abstract

The research was conducted in two locations for breeding Buffaloes (the first is the Taji district / 20 km north of Baghdad and the second is the Hashemia district in Babil 90 km south of Baghdad) for the period from 1/2/2019 to 31/1/2020 on 50 female Iraqi buffalo. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of location and the parity on the body dimensions of animals, daily milk production and milk composition, as well as the service per conception. The effect of location was observed to be highly significant (P <0.01) in the characteristics represented by daily milk production, glucose percentage, the solid material percentage in milk, as well as the service per conception and significantly (P <0.05) in protein and chest circumference. The results of the current study also showed that the effect of parity highly significant (P <0.01) on chest circumference, also it was significant (P <0.05), in both, height at the front, body length, daily milk production rate, glucose percentage and the service per conception. Finally, it can be concluded from this study that the majority of economic parameters were statistically affected by the location of study and parity and that productive and reproductive performance was the best in the sample of buffaloes of the Hashemia district.