Understanding Livestock Systems and their Effect on Reproductive Performance of Achai and Jersey Crossbred Cows in Northern Hindukush Mountainous Ranges
Understanding Livestock Systems and their Effect on Reproductive Performance of Achai and Jersey Crossbred Cows in Northern Hindukush Mountainous Ranges
Zia ur Rehman Khalil1, Abdur Rehman2, Ziaul Islam1, Muhammad Shuaib3*, Adil Hussain2, Muhammad Saleem4, Kalim Ullah5, Shakoor Ahmad6 and Abdul Ghaffar2
The reproductive performance of mountainous Achai breed cows under state farming practices (SF), rural traditional farming practices (RTFS) and rural progressive farming practices (RPFS) and reveals that cows in RPFS had shorter (A) open period (P=0.02), where cows required less (B) services per conception (P=0.01), resulted in shorter (C) calving interval (P=0.01) and (D) postpartum anoestrus interval (P=0.04) interval than Achai cows reared under SF and RTFS.
The reproductive performance of mountainous Jersey breed cows under rural traditional farming practices (RTFS) and rural progressive farming practices (RPFS) and reveals that cows in RPFS had shorter (A) open period (P=0.01), where cows required less (B) services per conception (P=0.02), resulted in shorter (C) calving interval (P=0.001) and (D) postpartum anoestrus interval (P=0.001) interval than cows reared under RTFS.
