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17.
Age and lactation specific disposal pattern in Sahiwal cattle and
influence of various genetic and non-genetic factors -
A. Upadhyay, D. K.
Sadana, A. K. Gupta, A. K. Chakravarty, S. Dash, M. K. Das,
Anushree M. and P. R. Shivahre
Veterinary World, 7(10): 842-847
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2014.842-847
A.
Upadhyay:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
upadhyay.arpan@gmail.com
D. K.
Sadana:
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana,
India;
sadana.dk@gmail.com
A. K.
Gupta:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
guptaak2009@gmail.com
A. K.
Chakravarty:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
ak_chakravarty@yahoo.co.in
S.
Dash:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
dr.soumya10@gmail.com
M. K.
Das:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
das.manasvet2011@gmail.com
Anushree M.:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India;
anushree.meshram88@gmail.com
P. R.
Shivahre:
Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana, India; drpr06@gmail.com
Received:
27-06-2014, Revised: 10-09-2014, Accepted: 14-09-2014, Published
online: 19-10-2014
Corresponding author:
A. Upadhyay, e-mail: upadhyay.arpan@gmail.com
Abstract
Premature disposal of female calves before reaching milch herd and
undesirable disposal of lactating cows are the major constraints
in achieving larger herd size. During the early lactations,
younger cows are supposed to give higher milk yield and
undesirable disposal of early calvers, thereby, greatly hampers
profitability of a dairy farm. Knowledge of the incidence of
disposal along with reasons in various age groups and at various
parities is essential to identify which age group or parity is
more vulnerable for disposal. Moreover, knowledge of various
genetic and non-genetic factors associated with disposal of
animals may also be helpful in developing breeding and management
strategies to reduce the incidence of disposal. In most of the
studies, it was found that major reasons of disposal of dairy
cattle were mortality among female calves and involuntary culling
among adult lactating cows. Maximum mortality in female calves was
observed during earlier ages and pneumonia, gastro-enteritis and
debility were major reasons of female calf mortality. Whereas,
most of the adult cows left the herd, due to teat and udder and
reproductive problems. Moreover, indigenous breeds were found to
be more adapted to Indian tropical climatic conditions in
comparison to crossbred and exotic cattle breeds.
Keywords: culling, disposal pattern, heritability estimates,
mortality, Sahiwal cattle.
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