Living habits
Buffalo like to roll in the mire to cool down and prevent insect bites. Buffalo eat in the morning and evening, and the main food is grass, leaves and aquatic plants. A keen sense and a developed sense of smell.
Domestic buffalo is domesticated from wild buffalo, which may have a history of about 5000 years. Up to now, the hybridization between wild buffalo bulls and domestic buffalo cows is still useful as a means of renewing blood. With keen senses and developed sense of smell, some people think that sense of smell plays an important role in domestication. Thick skin, short and sparse coat. Sweat glands are underdeveloped, only about 1/6 of cattle, and the heat regulation function is poor. Sexually fond of water, she often rolls around in the pond to dissipate heat. The shape is stout and the weight can reach 1 ton. Gentle and easy to manage.
Feed type
Buffalo mainly uses green feed, supplemented by concentrated feed. Grass and feed should be sufficient and reasonably matched to meet the growth, development and production needs of buffalo; There is usually enough green material, and some concentrate can be added when producing milk.
Feed source
Buffalo can eat a lot of roughage, which is quite extensive. Generally, dry straw is fed in winter, and grass is fed in spring, summer and autumn. In the case of grazing or house feeding, green roughage can generally meet the nutritional needs, and intensive feed must be supplemented for heavy service, while high-yield milk buffalo should be fed with more intensive feed.
1. Planting grass: 0.067 hectares of elephant grass should be planted per 1 cow;
2. Feed silage: cut sugarcane tails, grass, etc. Making into 2-3cm long, pressing and sealing to make silage;
3. Ammonification of straw: cut the straw into 2-3cm long, and ammoniate according to the ratio of straw 100kg, water 50-60kg and urea 3-5kg.
Management technology
Pay attention to feeding technology and careful management. Feeding should be regular and quantitative, and feeding times should be less. Feed should be clean and fresh, free of impurities, and there should be a transition time of 1 week for changing feed, and sufficient drinking water should be ensured. Don't feed rotten, moldy or polluted feed and dirty and smelly water.
Because buffalo's thermoregulation ability is not strong, we should pay special attention to cold and heatstroke prevention. Give plenty of bath water in summer and roll mud in the pond. The mud layer on your body can not only prevent direct sunlight, but also avoid mosquito bites.
These are the breeding techniques of buffalo. As long as the cattle are bred scientifically, they will live in a better state.