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Agriculture · Q590

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 590

Q590

Average period of lactation in buffalo

A.
145 days
B.
281 days
Answer
C.
200 days
D.
332 days

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Average period of lactation in buffalo is 281 days.
The lactation length is about 280 - 300 days in the Murrah breed and about 320 days in the Nili-Ravi breed.
Milk yields range from 1500 to 1800 kg for the first lactation with a steady increase to a peak in the fourth lactation, and are then maintained at peak levels until the ninth lactation.