The Water Buffalo heifers at Aripo were exposed to the bull when they
attained the weight of 350 kilograms. It was found that they reached
this weight at 21 months of age. Over 75% of the animals exposed to
the bull became pregnant.
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A calving interval of 385 days has
been observed 56 cows |
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Less than 2% still births have been
observed in the herd. |
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There have been no observed
abortions and regular Preganancy
Diagnosis (PD) checks support this observation. |
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There has been no observed difficult
calvings or dystocia. |
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All cows in the pasture.
10% of the dams have a tendency to hide their calves in the forested
area and reappear in about three weeks |
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Calves were managed under the restricted suckling system to facilitate
milking of dams and collection of milk production data. Calves were
weaned at 4 months at an average weight of 80kg.
