Journal of Animal Research
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

Assessment of Non-Genetic Factors Affecting Production and Reproduction Traits in Badri Cattle

  • Author:
  • Javid Ur Rahman*1, Davendra Kumar1, Bijendra Narayan Shahi1, Ashis Kumar Ghosh1, Satya Pal Singh2, Rabendra Kumar Sharma3, Anil Kumar3, Stuti Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Sep 22, 2022
  • Page Number: 375 to 380

1Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

3Department of Livestock Production and Management, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

4College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

*Corresponding author: J U Rahman; E-mail: drjavid763@gmail.com

Online Published on 22 September, 2022.

Abstract

The present study was aimed to assess the effect of non-genetic factors on production and reproduction traits in Badri cattle. The study assessed the production and reproduction traits of 147 calving records of Badri cattle, spread over a period of 7 years from 2014-2020, at Instructional Dairy Farm, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Least-square maximum likelihood programme was used to analyse the effect of non-genetic factors (NGF) viz. parity number of animal, season of calving and period of calving on production and reproduction traits viz. total milk yield (TMY), peak yield (PY) and daily milk yield (DMY), service period (SP), dry period (DP) and calving interval (CI) respectively. Effect of animal’s parity number was significant (P <0.05) on TMY, PY, DMY and SP. Season of calving was found to be significant on PY (P <0.05). Effect of period of calving was significant (P <0.05) on DMY and (P <0.01) on TMY. Thus, it can be asserted that non-genetic factors have significant effect on the production and reproduction traits in Badri cattle. It is pertinent to pre- adjust the data of environmental factors for evaluating genetic parameters of production and reproduction traits in dairy cattle.

• Non-genetic factors significantly affect production traits in Badri cattle.

• Production traits viz. TMY, DMY and PY significantly increase with increasing parity number.

• Badri cattle performs better in reproduction traits and lesser in production traits.

Keywords

Badri cattle, Non-genetic factors, Production traits, Reproduction traits