Abstract

MOTTA-GIRALDO, J. L et al. MAIN REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN BUFFALOES AND COWS IN MIXED HERDS AND OF ONE SPECIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CAQUETÁ, COLOMBIA. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2014, vol.61, n.3, pp.228-240. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v61n3.46870.

In order to determine the main reproductive problems in cows and buffaloes, their frequency and relationship to climatic variables, 296 bovine females (150 and 146 mixed herds cattle herds) and 238 buffaloes cows (126 and 112 mixed herds) were selected. For which the frequency of reproductive disorders, reproductive indicators between 2010 and 2011, and the average climatic variables were recorded in the area. The number of reproductive disorders was higher in cattle (n=11) than in buffaloes (n=5) and repeat breeding was the most frequent in both species: 36.8% and 12.6% in cattle and buffalo, respectively, with significant difference (P < 0.05) with other diseases but not between types of herds. The frequency of pathologies decreased as parity increased cow, but in buffaloes were not significant differences. Between climatic variables, only association between sun's brightness and calving in cows and buffaloes and thermal amplitude deliveries in the case of buffaloes (P < 0.05) was found. We conclude that the buffaloes had lower frequency and variety of pathologies than cows and that both the frequency of deliveries and pathologies are associated with sun's brightness.

Keywords : Cattle; buffaloes; reproductive disorders; climatic variables.

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