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Research
6.
Path coefficient analysis of buffalo production in Buldana
district of Maharashtra -
K U Bidwe, S D Chavan, S P Nage and P H Bansod
Vet World. 2009; 2(3): 103-104
Abstract
A study
entitled “Decomposition analysis of buffalo production in
Buldana District was undertaken to ascertain the technological
changes in term of breeding, feeding, housing, milking and calf
management practices of buffalo. The path coefficient analysis
of this study clearly demonstrated that daily milk production in
buffaloes was influenced substantially by a single factor i.e
management index. A combination of all the management practices
in the form of overall management status on the rearing was
responsible to influence the daily milk yield. However, rearing
of good potential animals, feeding of sufficient amounts of dry
and green fodder with required amount of concentrates to fulfill
the nutritional requirements could favour the milk production in
buffaloes. All these factors exhibited positive direct effect on
milk production. The indirect effects were also found in
positive direction, resulting a positive significant correlation
for these factors.
Keywords:
Analysis, Buffalo, Breeding, Feeding, Housing, Milking, Calf
Management