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Environmental factors affecting persistency of lactation in Egyptian buffaloes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. A. Asker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo
L. H. Bedeir
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo

Extract

A statistical analysis was undertaken to study persistency of lactation in buffaloes, using the milk records collected on a herd of buffaloes belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture at Sakha Experiment Station. The number of buffaloes included in this report was 328 animals having 722 lactations. A formula was developed for estimating persistency of lactation in buffaloes and results obtained are as follows.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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