COMPARISON OF SOME REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF ANATOLIAN AND F1 CROSSBRED (ANATOLIAN×ITALIAN) BUFFALOS UNDER VILLAGE CONDITIONS IN TURKEY
Özel Şekerden
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey
sekerden@mku.edu.tr
This study compares reproductive traits of Anatolian and Anatolian×Italian F1 crossbred buffalos in Ilïkpïnar Village of Kïrïkhan District of Hatay Province, Turkey. Previous studies of the same genotype compared growth characteristics, milk yield and somatic cell numbers in milk and this present study has dealt with some reproductive traits. The study material involves various breeding control records of Anatolian and Anatolian× Italian crossbred female buffalos. The buffalos in various lactation orders were from two buffalo herds of Ilïkpïnar Village of Kïrïkhan District, Hatay Province. The records cover periods from 2001 to 2011 and 2003 to 2011, respectively, for Anatolian and crossbred buffalos. The numbers of Anatolian and F1 crossbred buffalos in terms of traits and genotype were respectively 12 and 10 for the first calving age; 87 and 21 for the calving interval; and 20 and 5 for two gestation period. The effects of the genotype and the calving year on the examined features were determined by the GLM variance analysis and mean values were calculated by using the SPSS Programme. It was concluded that there was no significant difference between Anatolian and Anatolian×Italian F1 crossbreeds in terms of the examined reproductive traits
Keywords: buffalo; Anatolian; Italian; crossbred; reproductive traits
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