Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
*Corresponding author: NK Pareek; Email: nawalpareek40@yahoo.com
Online published on 19 November, 2015.
The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of different non-genetic factors viz. year, season and parity on various production traits. The 1177 lactation records of 272 Murrah buffaloes, progeny of 53 bulls that were maintained at GADVASU dairy farm, calved during 1981–2011 were studied. The overall least squares mean for persistency, 305-days milk yield and peak yield were 0.826±0.003, 2173.54±21.14 Kg and 12.65±0.09 kg, respectively. The effect of period of calving and parity was highly significant (P<0.01) on persistency, 305-days milk yield and peak yield. Peak yield also significantly affected by season of calving while the effect of season on persistency and 305-days was non-significant. The study concluded that the production traits were mainly affected by the non genetic environmental factors such as managerial changes during years, seasonal variations and parity of Murrah.
305-days milk yield, Murrah buffaloes, Peak yield, Persistency
