Vol. 9, Issue 2 (2020)

Author(s):
Balamurugan B, Mehrotra S, Vinod Kumar and Ramamoorthy M

Abstract:
The study was conducted to estimate the optimum age at puberty, service period, gestation period and calving interval in Vrindavani cattle, Tharparkar and Murrah buffaloes. The study was conducted at the cattle and buffalo farm, livestock production and management section, Indian Veterinary Research Institute from 2011 to 2015. Age at puberty of Vrindavani, Tharparkar and Murrah buffalo was 576.06, 616.56 and 722.33 days, respectively, mean service period was 121.26 days, 118.34 days and 131.12 days, gestation period were found to be 279.68 days, 286.8 days and 315.72 days and calving interval was found to be 398.14, 407.05 and 435.61 days respectively. All the observations were within the range.