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Buffaloes and cattle are the major dairy animals of the Indian subcontinent besides sources of agricultural power in many countries of South East and East Asia. The annual projected growth rate for milk production in Indian has been 4.82% in comparison of estimated growth rate of 2.58%. Thus, there has been a gap between projected and actual growth rate of milk production in India. This gap has been mainly due to poor productive and reproductive efficiency of ...
Buffaloes are being developed as a triple purpose farm animal for milk, draught and meat production in many developing countries and some developed countries. Buffalo milk and meat are becoming increasingly popular throughout the world because of their high nutritive value and low cholesterol content. Buffaloes contribute to 60% of milk production in India. Feeding is the most important factor in the productive and reproductive performance and the health of ...