1M.V. Sc., Deptt. of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, LUVAS, Haryana
2Proffesor & Head, Deptt. of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, LUVAS, Haryana
3Ph. D. Scholar, Deptt. of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, LUVAS, Haryana
4M.V. Sc., Deptt. of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, LUVAS, Haryana
Department of Livestock Production Management, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar (Haryana)-125004
*Corresponding Author's Email: singhnarender32vet@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2018.
The present investigation was conducted in Western Haryana. Two districts Bhiwani and Sirsa and two tehsils from each district and two villages from each tehsil were selected randomly. Twenty five buffalo keepers from each village were selected thus making a sample of 200 farmers. The study revealed that more than half (54.50%) respondents got conceived their buffalo by artificial insemination and around 80.00 percent respondents got their animals inseminated at the later stage of heat. About 41 percent of respondents detect through bellowing. Most (84.00%) of the respondents used panchyat buffalo bull for service and about 62.50 percent buffalo keepers followed pregnancy diagnosis. Only 40.50 buffaloes were bred after 2 months of calving and 53.00 percent buffaloes calved at the age of 3.5 yr.
Western Haryana, Buffalo, Breeding, Management
