Buffalo breeding in Italy changed in these last decades from wild to intensive housing. Field trials and experimental studies (De Rosa et al., 2003) have shown that in this species too breeding environment is an important productive factor. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the relationships among different barn space and seasons with dry matter consumption and milk production in a medium - high yielding buffalo farm. The trial was carried out from June2003 to March 2005 in the Garofalo’s farm (Caserta, Italy), that is structured in 6 barns each able to house 48 buffalo females and two bulls (14 m2/per head, half of which sheltered) during the winter. In the summer time each barn is open in a paddock; and the m2/per head become double (28 m2). However the m2/per head were reduced on farm demand till to halve the space availability. The daily milk production (kg) was recorded (Dairy Plan C21–Westfalia) for each buffaloes and the mean milk yield of the group, expressed as ECM was calculated. Moreover, the dry matter consumption DMC), the n. of heads, the DIM, and the % of the primiparous was recorded daily for each group (from 22 to 346 DIM). The DMC for maintenance was estimated for a body weight of 650 kg and 500 kg for pluriparous and primiparous respectively in order to estimate the DMC/kg ECM. The multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the relationships among the ECM production, the DMC and DMC/kg of milk with number of animals/group, the DIM and periods of the year (January-February: GF; March-May: MM; June- August: JA; September-October: SO; November-December: ND). The increase number of the animals in each group (> 48), and, hence, the dropping of the m2/head, lowered the ECM roduction; at the same space availability, ECM yield was lower in JF and MM. Also the DMC, at the same DIM, was reduced in the crowding barn period, and, moreover DMC was strictly correlated to the % of primiparous and to the kg ECM produced. The DCM was higher in: GA, contrary to what happen in the bovine, and GF, while in MM it was lower. The DMC/kg ECM was not influenced by the barn space, and it was lower in MM, SO and ND period, and higher when the % of primiparous in the group increased (tab.1). These results confirm that the Mediterranean Italian Buffalo is nfluenced more by the cold than the warm temperature and that it behaves as a species that is still being tamed for its need of vital space.

Influence of the period and of the space on the milk production and on the consumption of the dry matter in the Italian Mediterranean buffalo / Zicarelli, Fabio; Campanile, Giuseppe; Gasparrini, Bianca; DI PALO, Rossella; Zicarelli, Luigi. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 75-76. (Intervento presentato al convegno III Congresso Nazionale sull'Allevamento del Bufalo - 1st Buffalo Symposium of Europe and the Americas tenutosi a Capaccio-Paestum (SA), Italy. nel October 12-15).

Influence of the period and of the space on the milk production and on the consumption of the dry matter in the Italian Mediterranean buffalo.

ZICARELLI, FABIO;CAMPANILE, GIUSEPPE;GASPARRINI, BIANCA;DI PALO, ROSSELLA;ZICARELLI, LUIGI
2005

Abstract

Buffalo breeding in Italy changed in these last decades from wild to intensive housing. Field trials and experimental studies (De Rosa et al., 2003) have shown that in this species too breeding environment is an important productive factor. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the relationships among different barn space and seasons with dry matter consumption and milk production in a medium - high yielding buffalo farm. The trial was carried out from June2003 to March 2005 in the Garofalo’s farm (Caserta, Italy), that is structured in 6 barns each able to house 48 buffalo females and two bulls (14 m2/per head, half of which sheltered) during the winter. In the summer time each barn is open in a paddock; and the m2/per head become double (28 m2). However the m2/per head were reduced on farm demand till to halve the space availability. The daily milk production (kg) was recorded (Dairy Plan C21–Westfalia) for each buffaloes and the mean milk yield of the group, expressed as ECM was calculated. Moreover, the dry matter consumption DMC), the n. of heads, the DIM, and the % of the primiparous was recorded daily for each group (from 22 to 346 DIM). The DMC for maintenance was estimated for a body weight of 650 kg and 500 kg for pluriparous and primiparous respectively in order to estimate the DMC/kg ECM. The multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the relationships among the ECM production, the DMC and DMC/kg of milk with number of animals/group, the DIM and periods of the year (January-February: GF; March-May: MM; June- August: JA; September-October: SO; November-December: ND). The increase number of the animals in each group (> 48), and, hence, the dropping of the m2/head, lowered the ECM roduction; at the same space availability, ECM yield was lower in JF and MM. Also the DMC, at the same DIM, was reduced in the crowding barn period, and, moreover DMC was strictly correlated to the % of primiparous and to the kg ECM produced. The DCM was higher in: GA, contrary to what happen in the bovine, and GF, while in MM it was lower. The DMC/kg ECM was not influenced by the barn space, and it was lower in MM, SO and ND period, and higher when the % of primiparous in the group increased (tab.1). These results confirm that the Mediterranean Italian Buffalo is nfluenced more by the cold than the warm temperature and that it behaves as a species that is still being tamed for its need of vital space.
2005
Influence of the period and of the space on the milk production and on the consumption of the dry matter in the Italian Mediterranean buffalo / Zicarelli, Fabio; Campanile, Giuseppe; Gasparrini, Bianca; DI PALO, Rossella; Zicarelli, Luigi. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 75-76. (Intervento presentato al convegno III Congresso Nazionale sull'Allevamento del Bufalo - 1st Buffalo Symposium of Europe and the Americas tenutosi a Capaccio-Paestum (SA), Italy. nel October 12-15).
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