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A Review of Recent Developments in Buffalo Reproduction - A Review

  • Warriach, H.M. (University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) ;
  • McGill, D.M. (EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University) ;
  • Bush, R.D. (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney) ;
  • Wynn, P.C. (EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University) ;
  • Chohan, K.R. (Department of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Upstate Medical University Syracuse)
  • Received : 2014.04.08
  • Accepted : 2014.08.28
  • Published : 2015.03.01
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Abstract

The buffalo is an important livestock resource in several countries of South Asia and the Mediterranean regions. However, reproductive efficiency is compromised due to known problems of biological and management origins, such as lack of animal selection and poor nutrition. Under optimal conditions puberty is attained at 15 to 18 months in river buffalo, 21 to 24 months in swamp buffalo and is influenced by genotype, nutrition, management and climate. However, under field conditions these values deteriorate up to a significant extant. To improve reproductive efficiency, several protocols of oestrus and ovulation synchronization have been adopted from their use in commercial cattle production. These protocols yield encouraging pregnancy rates of (30% to 50%), which are comparable to those achieved in buffaloes bred at natural oestrus. The use of sexed semen in buffalo heifers also showed promising pregnancy rates (50%) when compared with conventional non-sexed semen. Assisted reproductive technologies have been transferred and adapted to buffalo but the efficiency of these technologies are low. However, these latest technologies offer the opportunity to accelerate the genetic gain in the buffalo industry after improving the technology and reducing its cost. Most buffaloes are kept under the small holder farming system in developing countries. Hence, future research should focus on simple, adoptable and impact-oriented approaches which identify the factors determining low fertility and oestrus behaviour in this species. Furthermore, role of kisspeptin needs to be explored in buffalo.

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