Present status of buffaloes and their productivity in Bangladesh

Faruque, Mohammad Omar; Hasnath, M. A.; Siddique, N

doi:10.5713/ajas.1990.287

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“…There are several types of Buffaloes found in Bangladesh (Table 1). There is no recognized breed of water buffaloes in Bangladesh and are mainly indigenous non-descriptive types (Faruque et al, 1990). However, two predominant type of buffaloes commonly available in Bangladesh such as riverine and swamp types (Sarwar et al, 2002a,b).…”

Section: Types or Breeds Of Buffaloes Available In Different Regions mentioning

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“…Within the Asian, about 71.32% of buffaloes are in South Asia, 12.8% in East Asia and only 8.4% are found in South-East Asia. Compare to the other Asian countries, Bangladesh has only The 1.471 million buffaloes (Figure 1) mostly populated in the coastal regions about 40% (Faruque et al, 1990). The adult female buffalo reported to be 453 thousand including 121 thousand lactating buffalo cows (Huque, 2013).…”

Section: Buffalo Populationmentioning

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“…Though total milk production of Bangladesh is about 72.75 Lakh Metric Ton in 2015-16 where buffalo milk production was only 3-4% of the total milk production (DLS, 2015-16). Indigenous buffalo cow produces two times more milk than cows, having more milk fat and total milk solids (Faruque et al, 1990). Recently, buffalo milk production in Asia represents 97.02% of the total volume of the world"s buffalo milk (FAO, 2010) (Table 3).…”

Section: Buffalo Milk Production In Bangladeshmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The migrated buffaloes from India are generally of river types, and from Myanmar, coastal areas or marshy land are of swamp types, though a number of crossbred between swamp and river types are found in the coastal area (Faruque et al, 1990;Faruque, 1992). There are several types of Buffaloes found in Bangladesh (Table 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been reported that they are found to be concentrated in Meghna-Ganga flood plain as well as Brahammaputra-Jamuna flood plain (Faruque and Hossain, 2007). There are also some cross breed with Murrah, Nili-Ravi, Surti and Jaffrabadi surrounding of Indian border (Faruque et al, 1990;Huque and Borghese, 2012). The event of crossbred dairy buffaloes indicates that the genetic improvement programs in place (Faruque, 2000).…”

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Dairy buffalo production scenario in Bangladesh: a review

Habib

Haque

Rahman

et al. 2017

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

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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.

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Section: Types or Breeds Of Buffaloes Available In Different Regions mentioning

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Section: Buffalo Populationmentioning

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Section: Buffalo Milk Production In Bangladeshmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Types or Breeds Of Buffaloes Available In Different Regions mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Types or Breeds Of Buffaloes Available In Different Regions mentioning

confidence: 99%

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