Influence of the year and calving season on production, composition and mozzarella cheese yield of water buffalo in the State of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Araújo, Kácia B.S.; Rangel, Adriano Henrique do Nascimento; Fonseca, Francisco C.E.; Aguiar, Emerson Moreira de; Simplício, A. A.; Novaes, Luciano Patto; Júnior, D. M. Lima

doi:10.4081/ijas.2012.e16

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“…This might be ascribed to more productive animals, better feed efficiency (Hamid, Farooq, Mian, Syed, & Jamal, 2003) and the positive correlation between peak production and total milk production (Phathodiya, Jain, & Tailor, 1999). The mean daily milk production ranged from 8.35 to 13.87 kg/day in Egyptian and Italian buffaloes (Araújo et al, 2012;Varricchio et al, 2007), which supported the current findings for the three genetic breeds included in this study. The backcross and F 1 exhibited better daily production as compared to PE (22.5% and 19.17%, respectively) that were consistent with the results reported in recent studies conducted on the same genetic breeds (Allam et al, 2015;Nasr, 2016).…”

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The impact of cross‐breeding Egyptian and Italian buffalo on reproductive and productive performance under a subtropical environment

Nasr

2016

Reprod Domestic Animals

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The aim of this study was to investigate the reproductive and productive performance of pure Egyptian (PE) buffaloes and their crosses with Italian buffaloes. In this study, 2969 dairy buffaloes were used (1599 PE; 615 F crosses, 50% PE and 50% Italian buffaloes; and 755 backcross [BC], 75% PE and 25% Italian buffaloes). When compared to PE, the BC and F had a significantly lower incidence of calving difficulty (odds ratio [OR] = 0.18, p < .0001 and .34, p < .0001, respectively) in conjunction with a lesser incidence of stillbirth (OR = 0.06, p < .0001 and 0.43, p < .0001, respectively). Backcross buffaloes were also noted to have a lower rate of not conceived after first insemination (OR = 0.74, p < .0001) in comparison with PE. The cross F buffaloes were superior in terms of productive traits, whereas PE buffaloes were best in most of the reproductive traits (days of non-pregnant p = .001, service per conception p < .0001 and calf weight p = .01). Although the study results appeared to indicate towards a contrary association between milk production and reproductive traits, BC was similar to F in terms of production and similar to PE in terms of reproductive traits. Thus, the farmers should be encouraged to breed BC animals in their herds for enhancing milk yield to meet with the market demands.

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The impact of cross‐breeding Egyptian and Italian buffalo on reproductive and productive performance under a subtropical environment

Nasr

2016

Reprod Domestic Animals

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“…In addition, least square means of July, August, and September were also statistically identical and were all different from least square means estimated for March, February, and April at p < 0.001. The effect of the calving period on MY and composition has been already investigated in buffaloes reared in Brazil [29] and no differences between dry (March-August) and rainy calving season (September-February) were observed.…”

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Phenotypic Characterization of Milk Yield and Quality Traits in a Large Population of Water Buffaloes

Costa

Negrini

Marchi

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The buffalo milk industry has economic and social relevance in Italy, as linked to the manufacture of traditional dairy products. To provide an overview of the current status of buffaloes’ performances on a large scale, almost 1 million milk test-day records from 72,294 buffaloes were available to investigate milk yield, energy corrected milk, fat, protein, and lactose content, and somatic cell score (SCS). Phenotypic correlations between milk traits were calculated and analysis of variance was carried out through a mixed model approach including fixed effect of parity, stage of lactation, sampling time, month of calving, and all their interactions and random effects of buffalo, herd-test-date, and residual. Third-parity buffaloes were the most productive in terms of milk yield, while the lowest solid content was detected in sixth parity buffaloes. A considerable gap between primiparous and multiparous buffaloes was observed for milk yield, especially in early- and mid-lactation. Overall, SCS progressively increased with parity and showed a negative correlation with milk yield in both primiparous (−0.12) and multiparous (−0.14) buffaloes. Results suggested that, at the industrial level, milk of primiparous buffaloes may be preferred for transformation purposes, since it was characterized by greater solid content and lower SCS. Results of this study provide a picture of the Italian population of buffaloes under systematic performance records and might be beneficial to both dairy industry and breeding organizations.

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“…In Brazil, the buffalo has been exploited for milk and meat, but the main economic activity is the dairy industry, especially the mozzarella cheese produced exclusively with buffalo milk , Bernardes 2007, Araujo et al 2012. Buffalo milk has a great potential for commercial production due mainly contain particular physicochemical characteristics with high total solids, fat and protein (Amaral et al 2005).…”

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Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacteria causing subclinical mastitis in buffalo

Vásquez-García

Silva²,

Almeida-Queiroz³

et al. 2017

Pesq. Vet. Bras.

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ABSTRACT.-Vásquez-García A., Silva T.S., Almeida-Queiroz S.R., Godoy S.H.S., Escherichia coli (4.5%), Serratia marcescens (4.0%), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (4.0%), and low incidence: Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (0.5%), Klebsiella ozaenae (0.5%), Tatumella ptyseos (0.5%), Enterobacter cloacae (0.5%). The molecular analysis indicated that samples positive by culture method of the genera Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and E. coli were positive by PCR. Para S. aureus and S. epidermidis the highest percentages of observed sensitivity were gentamicin (100%) and vancomycin (100%); for the genus Streptococcus to gentamicin and oxacillin and E. coli to Ampicilin. These findings may help in the control and treatment of subclinical mastitis in buffaloes and contribute to improving the efficiency and quality of the milk produced.

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Influence of the year and calving season on production, composition and mozzarella cheese yield of water buffalo in the State of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Cited by 19 publications

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The impact of cross‐breeding Egyptian and Italian buffalo on reproductive and productive performance under a subtropical environment

The impact of cross‐breeding Egyptian and Italian buffalo on reproductive and productive performance under a subtropical environment

Phenotypic Characterization of Milk Yield and Quality Traits in a Large Population of Water Buffaloes

Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacteria causing subclinical mastitis in buffalo

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