Dairy buffalo production scenario in Bangladesh: a review

Abstract

Abstract:The objective of this review is to draw the present scenario of dairy buffalo production in Bangladesh and their contributions to the national economy. Buffaloes in Bangladesh are mostly indigenous type encompasses with swamp and river and are distributed throughout the country. However, the population is higher in coastal part, Meghna-Ganga and Jamuna-Brahamaputra flood plain, considered to be the buffalo pockets. The total buffalo population is 1.471 million which are mostly managed in household subsistence farming as well as bathan in coastal region. Buffaloes are normally used as a draught animal and in lower extent partially for milk and meat production. Most of the farmers are rural small holders; traditionally practiced croplivestock integration upon which the management practices of buffalo usually depends. Buffaloes are raised in homestead and approximately 5-7 hours were grazes per day in household farming. Small amount of concentrate is usually offered to buffalo during dry season only by the economically viable farmers. On the other hand, in bathan, farmers are fully depended on grazing at public fallow land. Lower milk production efficiency, poor reproductive performance followed by under nutrition and low growth rate in buffaloes resulted insignificant contribution to the national economy of Bangladesh. Balanced nutrition and better management practices can improve buffalo productivity. In order to do so, a number of issues are required to be addressed such as establishment of nutrient requirements for dairy, development of buffalo calf feeding systems, artificial insemination technique, nutritional management of metabolic and reproductive anomalies, and understanding and exploitation of the buffalo gut ecosystem. Productivity of buffaloes can be mainly depended on genetic improvement, good nutrition, good management and also climatic conditions of an area. Extensive coordinated research and extension efforts are required for increasing dairy buffalo production in this country.

Circular Rep-Encoding Single-Stranded DNA Sequences in Milk from Water Buffaloes (Bubalus arnee f. bubalis)

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Occurrence and aetiology of subclinical mastitis in water buffalo in Bangladesh

“…Several closely located bathans combine to form a ‘ killa ’, and there are several killas on each island in the Noakhali region. There are also scattered household farms (Habib et al ., 2017).…”

Multi-OMICS and Molecular Biology Perspective in Buffalo Genome

“…Buffalo is a multipurpose indispensable ruminant livestock possessing social, cultural, and economic importance [1][2][3]. Buffaloes, members of bovine animals, can be classified into two main species: African wild buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) and Asian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) [4,5].…”

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