1. ORIGIN:
Asiatic (River) TYPES:
BREEDS:
CROSSINGS:
2. GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS:
Nile Rver and delta 3. NUMBERS:
Adult females= 1366736
Adult males = 95424
Young stock = 1360894
4. NUMBER OF HERDS:
private herds: 90% research herds: 5% industrial herds: 5% 5. DESCRIPTION OF ANIMAL:adult male adult female height at withers(cm) 130 125 weight(kg) 300 280 color dark greyish horns sickle shape extendiong backwards strong smaller, thinner 6. PRODUCTIVITY: n days lactation/year: 210-280 days lactation milk yield (kg): 1600 age at first calving: 34-41 months average lactation number: 7 age at slaughter for young stock: male 12 months weight at slaughter for young stock : male 200 kg is the calf suckeling: yes; mainly female calves how many months: 3 in all herds: yes are cows milked once a day: no are cows milked twice a day: yes where: everywhere are cows milked by hand: yes are cows machine milked: only under intensive systems type of milking machine: single or double 7. FERTILITY n calves/year: .05 season of calving: Autumn and Winter 8. HOUSING Loose housing, shed, tied, paddocks 9. ARE BUFFALOES USED FOR draught: no cart: no plough: occasionally which animals are used for draught: females 2 yrs. old 10. SOURCES OF FEED Grazing + indoor feeding + cut and carry 11. TOTAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION BY SPECIES adult total consumed cheese fermented other meat females milk fresh milk and dairy mt n mt yogart buffaloes 1366736 476070 | | | | 591702 cow 680755 1361510 | | | | 461277 1067000 484000 55000 126500 sheep 1590893 | | | | 212192 goat 1049175 18243 | | | | 69838 Other products from buffaloes: 12. MILK RECORDING Little 13. REPRODUCTION has each farmer his own bull: no are bulls for natural service available in villages: yes how many: 1-2 artificial insemination available: yes; n. buffalo cows inseminated/ year= 5000 14. DISEASES Foot and Mouth, Haemorrhagic septicaemie; blood parasites (thielarisis) 15. SOCIAL POSITION OF BUFFALO FARMERS Moderate 16. PERSPECTIVES OF BUFFALO PRODUCTION Buffalo is the dairy animal in Egypt. Buffalo numbers are increasing but their contribution to national milk yield is decreasing due to the spread of dairy breeds, mainly Holstein and it's crosses. 17. REPORT SUBMITTED BY Fikre El-Kirabi, Buffalo Network Co-ordination Board