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Milk Production Performances of Crossbred Cattle at the Villages of Jamalpur District in Bangladesh

Maksuda Begum
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Jahura Begum
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Md. Kamrul Hasan Majumder
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka-1341, Bangladesh

Mohammad Monzurul Hasan
Milkvita, College Road, Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh

Md. Shamsul Hossain
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Farukul Islam
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Data on body measurements like BL (body length), CG (chest girth), WH (wither height) TM (test day milk production), PM (peak milk production), LP (lactation period), CFDC (cost for concentrate feed before test day milk production per cow), GGU (green grass used before test day milk production per cow) and husbandry practices, were collected from a total of 100 dairy cattle at the villages of Islampur upazila under the district of Jamalpur in Bangladesh from January to February 2017. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The highest BL, CG, WH, CFDC and GGU were 175.71±0.42 cm, 161.74±0.24 cm,123.82±0.11 cm ±0.24 bdt/cow/day and 27.29±0.89 kg/cow/day, respectively. The highest amounts of TM, PM and LP were 9.36±0.60 liter/cow, 13.11±0.54 liter/cow and 247.14±1.47 days/cow, respectively. BL, CG and WH increased with increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months of old. Similarly, CFDC and GGU increased with the increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months of old. Farmers in the study area were not interested to keep breeding bulls for breeding purpose but they were using artificial insemination system to inseminate their cows and aware about production performance record of the inseminating bull. Farmers took health services from milk vita and sold milk to the same. They believed that dairy cattle rearing a profitable livelihood. TM, PM and LP increased with the increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months of old. However, increase of CFDC will increase TM, LP and PM but increase of GGU will increase only LP. On the other hand increase of CG will increase TM and increase of BL will increase LP and PM.

Keywords: Crossbred dairy, Cattle, Milk production, Villages

Location: Jamalpur District, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-01-2017

End Date: 00-02-2017

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Milk

Objectives:

To learn the correlation between milk production traits and body measurements of Friesian × local crossbred cattle under village condition in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Data on body measurements like BL, CG and BH; milk production performances like TM, PM and LP; feeds like CFDC and GGU and husbandry practices, were collected from a total of 100 dairy cattle at 28 small scale dairy cattle farms from eight villages of Islampur upazila under the district of Jamalpur in Bangladesh from January to February 2017. Data were collected using a pre-structured questionnaire by door to door visit from randomly selected farms in the study zone. Age range of cows was 28 to 150 months. All cows were divided into three age groups, where age group (CA) one belongs to age range from 28 months to 50 months, CA two belongs to age range from above 50 to 72 months while CA three includes cows of age range from above 72 to 150 months. The design of the study was unbalanced factorial in nature, because the observation numbers of different traits were unequal. The recorded data were stored on to the excel spread sheet and edited for further analyses. Then data were analyzed for having means through compare means menu, to obtain the relationship among the traits TM, PM, LP, BL, CG, WH, CFDC, GGU, CA and Calves ages, Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used through correlate menu, and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT) were used for performing mean comparisons using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 14.0 (SPSS, 2005). Body measurements were taken while animals were standing in a structure where it could not move around and keep calm. Body Length (BL) – was the distance from middle point between two horns in the centre of head to beneath the tail where anus open. Chest Girth (CG) – was measured as the minimal circumference around the body immediately behind the front shoulder, and Wither Height (WH) – was distance from the ground beneath the animal to the top of the withers directly above the centre of shoulder.

Source of Information: Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 4, No. 2, August 2017: 91-98

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Achievement/Findings:

BL, CG and WH increased with increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months. Similarly, CFDC and GGU increased with the increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months. Farmers in the study area were not interested to keep breeding bulls for breeding purpose but they were using artificial insemination system to inseminate their cows and aware about production performance record of the inseminating bull. Farmers took health services from milk vita and sold milk to the same. They believed that dairy cattle rearing a profitable livelihood. TM, PM and LP increased with the increased of the age of crossbred cattle up to 150 months. However, increase of CFDC will increase TM, LP and PM but increase of GGU will increase only LP. On the other hand increase of CG will increase TM and increase of BL will increase LP and PM.

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