Space allowance: a tool for improving behavior, milk and meat production, and reproduction performance of buffalo in different housing systems-a review.
Buffalo population
Daily gain
Milk
Pregnancy rate
Social behavior
Stocking density
Journal
Tropical animal health and production
ISSN: 1573-7438
Titre abrégé: Trop Anim Health Prod
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1277355
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Aug 2022
15 Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
16
04
2022
accepted:
29
07
2022
entrez:
15
8
2022
pubmed:
16
8
2022
medline:
18
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Buffalo population has dramatically increased during the last two decades, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Although buffalo are important milk and meat-producing animal, still practices of buffalo farming and welfare aspects are not well established. Housing system and stocking density are significant factors that affect the welfare and production of animals; however, no space allowance standards have been demonstrated for buffalo at different ages. This review article presents the following: (1) an overview of buffalo subtypes and their geographical distribution of buffalo populations and their production; (2) the effect of housing systems and space allowance on the social behavior and welfare indices; (3) the effects of space allowance on milk production and growth performance of buffalo; and (4) the relationship between space allowance and reproductive performance. Although the limited data in this area of research, it can be driven that a larger space allowance with access to a pool, especially during the hot season, maintains buffalo production at optimal levels. Moreover, optimal floor space improves the welfare and social indices of buffalo; however, there are discrepancies in aggressive and agonistic behavior results. Surprisingly, the reproductive performance of buffalo was not affected by space allowance. Therefore, further research is needed to identify the impact of the housing aspects, including space allowance and enrichment tools. on the productive performance, and welfare indices of buffalo. This would assist in implementing welfare-economic standards for buffalo production and reveal the potentiality of this eco-friendly animal.
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pubmed: 35970907
doi: 10.1007/s11250-022-03247-y
pii: 10.1007/s11250-022-03247-y
pmc: PMC9378332
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Review
Langues
eng
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