CARABAO PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT Flashcards
top 3 regions producer
- eastern visayas
- western visayas
- caayan valleye
LAW
- conserve, promote and propagate the carabao as a source of draft, met, milk and hide.
- availability of quality stocks
- benefit from technology transfer activities on the care and mgt of carabao and processing of meat and milk
- encourage backyard dairy development in rural areas
RA7307 - Philippine carabao Act of 1992 by pres. Cory Aquino
LAW
- to protect and promote the welfare of all animals by supervising and, regulating the establishment and operations of all facilities utilized for breeding, maintaining, treating or training all animals.
- this law superseded the EO 626 or the Carabao slaughter ban
RA 8485 - Animal Welfare Act 1997 by Pres. Fidel V. Ramos
Law
- EO No. 8 of 1954 prohibiting the slaughter of carabao regardless of age, sex, and physical condition purposely to conserve work animals
- superseded by the other EO’s identifying a specific term period for slaughter and age limit
- EO 626 of 1989 locally known as 7-11, allows the slaughter of male buffalo of 7 yrs old and above and female carabaos 11 yrs old and above.
Carabao Slaughter Ban (EO 626)
2 types and breeds of water buffalo
swamp type
river type
bubalus bubalis, 2n=48
swamp type
bubalus bubalis, 2n= 50
river type
breeds:
philippine carabao
cambodian
chinese buffalos
swamp type
breeds:
indian murrah
brazilian murrah
bulfarian murrah
river type
water buffalo that is
- light gray to gray, white bands below the jaw and across the chest and legs
- sickle-shaped horns
- 1.5 - 2 kg of milk/day
swamp type
water buffalo that is
- black or gray in color
- with tightly curled or drooping straight horn
- dairy type buffalo can produce 8-10 liters of milk daily
river type
estrous cycle
21 days
weight at breeding
250 to 300 kg
breeding age
2.5 - 3yrs
estrus period (sexual receptivity)
18 hrs.
ovulation
15 hrs after estrus
can be bred throughout the year.
ating season usually takes plae during wet season.
carabao
signs of heat (5)
- female stands still when mounted by bull or another femele (standing heat). this is the best sign of estrus
- swelling of vulva and reddening of the vagnal epithelium
- mucus discharges of varying viscosity from the vagina, it is clear and watery at first and becomes turbid and sticky towars the end of estrus
- mounting other animals in the herd
- animal becomes restless and lacks appetite.
*note: not all these signs may be manifested by a carabao in estrus
is the period between two succsessive calvings
calving interval
calving interval
410 d or 13.6 mos,
may range from 18 to 24mos. (optimum is 14-16mos)
of days from calving to conception date or service period/days open
90 d or 3 mos.
