Open AccessA STUDY ON REPRODUCTION AND FERTILITY OF ACHAI CATTLE AT DIR, (L) PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Khurshaid Anwar,
Nakash Smark,
Rahmat Jan Afridi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12192
Subject(s) - fertility , gestation , ice calving , gestation period , birth weight , zoology , reproduction , livestock , biology , khyber pakhtunkhwa , gynecology , pregnancy , obstetrics , medicine , lactation , population , socioeconomics , ecology , environmental health , sociology , genetics
A revised study was conducted at Livestock Research and Development Station Dir,Lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan to document the fertility and reproductive characteristics of Achai cattle. Three different characteristics i.e. gestation period, calving interval and birth weight were studied. 25 animals were observed for gestation period, 24 for calving intervals and 40 new born were weighed for birth weight respectively. Mean gestation period, calving interval and birth weight wererecordedto be 274.84±17.31, 446.38±37.14 days and 16.25±2.44 kgs respectively.