Abstract
The Investigation was undertaken on sixteen healthy Surti buffaloes to document and characterize female sexual/estrus behavior in Surti buffaloes maintained at Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat. Perusal of data revealed that in about 56.25 per cent of animals showed estrus during morning while remaining 42.75 percent in the evening time. Result of this study indicated that restlessness, frequent urination and sniffing of vagina, chin resting, chasing, bellowing, being mounted by others, mounting others and tail raising was the estrus specific signs in Surti buffaloes. The overall estrus duration, onset of estrus to ovulation and estrus duration after end of estrus were 22.19 ± 0.75, 31.50 ± 0.87 and 9.31 ± 0.48 hrs, respectively.
Highlights
Surti is small-medium size, well-defined milch breed of buffalo, well adapted to the climate of Central and South Gujarat region and are mainly kept by the landless, small and marginal farmers of this area [1]
Information on female sexual behaviour of buffaloes is few and no structured information is available for these traits for Surti buffaloes under this agro-climatic region
The study was undertaken to document and characterize female sexual/ estrus behavior in Surti buffaloes
Summary
Surti is small-medium size, well-defined milch breed of buffalo, well adapted to the climate of Central and South Gujarat region and are mainly kept by the landless, small and marginal farmers of this area [1]. Manifestation of observable estrus behavior is important for sexual receptivity for mating (standing behaviour) and for imminence of spontaneous ovulation, facilitating proper timing of service and successful fertilization [2]. It is imperative to find out the most reliable signs like physical activity, bellowing, swelling of the vulva reddening of the vestibular mucosa, chin resting over the rump of the herd mate, mucous discharge, reduction of milk yield around estrus and frequent voiding of small quantities of urine [5,6,7] and/or techniques like use of teaser animal, ultrasonography, milk/serum progesterone and estrogen concentration, rectal palpation of ovary, uterus and time-lapse video recording etc., [8,9,10] or combination of both which can be employed to identify animal in heat most accurately and effectively in buffaloes. The study was undertaken to document and characterize female sexual/ estrus behavior in Surti buffaloes
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