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Effect of Genetic and Non-genetic Factors on Milk Production Performance of Holstein-friesian × Local Crossbreds at the Villages of Noakhali District in Bangladesh

Farukul Islam
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Muhammad Omar Faruque
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Saver, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fowjia Ferdous
Department of Livestock Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sifat Hossain Joya
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam
Department of Livestock Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A total of 210 Holstein Friesian (HF) × Local crossbred cattle were examined to collect data like, test day milk production (MT), peak milk production (PM), lactation period (LD), green grass used the day before test milk production (GG), cost involved to feed the cow with concentrate feed on the day before test milk production (CP), age, body weight of cows (BW) and ancestry of test cows to define the grade. The data were collected using a pre-structured questionnaire at the villages of Noakhali district in Bangladesh during October to November 2016.The effect of grades, age, body weight, concentrate feed and green grass on milk production were evaluated. To study the effects, Duncan’s Multiple Range Test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Positive correlation of MT with CP (0.794) and GG (0.453) were estimated. Ages of cows did not affect MT, PM and LD significantly. In grade two, the highest, MT (18.75±2.62 liter/cow/day) and PM (20.75±2.62 liter/cow/day) were reported for body weight group 3 while, the longest LD (219.88±0.47) was reported under body weight group 2. However, under grade three in body weight group 3, MT, PM and LD were 15.57±0.78 liter/cow/day, 18.00±0.78 liter/cow/day and 218.79±0.80 days/cow, respectively. Present study might be suggested that body weight group 3 under grade three was better for MT and PM while, body weight group 2 was better for LD but to come up with final decisions in this regard, further study addressing more numbers of crossbred cows with defined exotic blood percentages under different grades, seasons of calving, parity, feed and water management, housing, healthcare and farmers socioeconomic status would be advisable. Finally, it might be indicated that grades, bodyweight groups, CP and GG affected milk production at the villages of Noakhali district in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Crossbred cattle, Milk production, Bangladesh

Location: Noakhali district, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Milk, Fodder

Objectives:

To explore knowledge about the milk production performances of Friesian X local crossbred cattle under different grades and to know the present status and relationship of concentrate feed and green grass use with milk production parameters at rural village conditions in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Data like test day milk production (MT), peak milk production in a whole lactation period (PM), lactation period (LD) in days, green grass used the day before test milk production in kg per cow (GG), cost involved to feed the cow with concentrate feed on the day before test milk production per cow in Bangladeshi taka (CP), age of enumerated cows, body weight of cows (BW) and ancestry(dam and sire identity) of test cows to define the grade of the enumerated cows were collected. Door to door visits were performed to collect the said data using a pre-structured questionnaire from a total of 210 Holstein-Friesian X Local crossbred dairy cows at the villages of Sonaimuri, Senbagh, Suborno char and Noakhali sadar upazilas under the district of Noakhali in Bangladesh during October to November 2016. Numbers of Crossbred dairy cows of grade one, two and three were 5, 158 and 44, respectively. Experimental cows were divided into three body weight groups like below:

Body weight group one (BWG1): Body weight per cow under this group was in a range of 200 kg to below 300 kg. Body weight group two (BWG2): Body weight per cow under this group was in a range of 300 kg to below 400 kg. Body weight group three (BWG3): Body weight per cow under this group was in a range of 400 kg to 570 kg. Grades were defined as follows: Grade one: Progeny produced after successful mating between Local female and upgraded Friesian male (progeny produced after successful mating between upgraded Holstein-Friesian male and upgraded local female cattle). Grade two: Progeny produced after successful mating between female of grade one and upgraded Friesian male. Grade three: Progeny produced after successful mating between female of grade two and upgraded Friesian male.

All cows have inseminated artificially and all-male calves were kept for meat purposes to sale. The observation numbers of different traits were unequal and the design of the study was unbalanced factorial in nature. The recorded data were stored on to the excel spreadsheet and edited for further analyses. Then data were analyzed for having means through compare means menu, to obtain the relationship among the traits like MT, CP and GG, 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).

Source of Information: Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 4, No. 1, April 2017: 21-28; ISSN : P-2409-0603, E-2409-9325

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Achievement/Findings:

Increase of concentrate feed cost per cow (CP) and use of green grass per cow (GG) before test day milk production (GG) will increase the test day milk production (MT). Body weight group three under grade two was better for test day milk production per cow and peak milk production per cow (PM) but body weight group two was better for lactation period in days in one calving per cow (LD). Grades, body weight groups, CP and GG affected MT, PM, LD.

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