Image de couverture de livre

Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review

Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle plays a significant role for beef industry in Malaysia. KK cattle is a well-adapted local breed reared by traditional farming system with low quality feeds. KK cows normally produce a calf per year, which attracts farmers for commercial production. Currently, KK cattle is...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Islam, Mohammed Sirajul, Degu, Nurhusien Yimer, Haron, Abd Wahid, Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse, Hiew, Mark Wen Han, Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021
Accès en ligne:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80913/1/CATTLE.pdf
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
id oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:80913
record_format eprints
spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:80913 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80913/ Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review Islam, Mohammed Sirajul Degu, Nurhusien Yimer Haron, Abd Wahid Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse Hiew, Mark Wen Han Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle plays a significant role for beef industry in Malaysia. KK cattle is a well-adapted local breed reared by traditional farming system with low quality feeds. KK cows normally produce a calf per year, which attracts farmers for commercial production. Currently, KK cattle is playing an important role for profitable beef production in Malaysia since the imported exotic breeds, crossbreds, and synthetic breeds of cattle could not perform to their full potential for sustainability of the livestock industry in the country. Consequently, nowadays, importance of the unique Malaysian beef breed (KK) has been increasing gradually in consideration to the changing climatic situation and adaptibility. Meanwhile, it is required to know the productive and reproductive performance of KK cattle for a further long term sustainable breeding program. As such reviewing growth performance, age at puberty and maturity, semen quality, scrotal biometry, libido efficiency, conception rate, service per conception, and calving interval are fundamental. There exist limited systemic studies and in-depth reviews based on these key reproductive, growth characteristics, and indexes for KK cattle. Therefore, reproductive key parameters of KK cattle were reviewed with the aim of understanding the challenges on the production of KK cattle and to suggest possible strategies to alleviate those challenges. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80913/1/CATTLE.pdf Islam, Mohammed Sirajul and Degu, Nurhusien Yimer and Haron, Abd Wahid and Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse and Hiew, Mark Wen Han and Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri (2021) Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 44 (1). pp. 25-48. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjtas/browse/regular-issue?article=JTAS-2061-2020 10.47836/pjtas.44.1.02
institution UPM IR
collection UPM IR
language English
description Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle plays a significant role for beef industry in Malaysia. KK cattle is a well-adapted local breed reared by traditional farming system with low quality feeds. KK cows normally produce a calf per year, which attracts farmers for commercial production. Currently, KK cattle is playing an important role for profitable beef production in Malaysia since the imported exotic breeds, crossbreds, and synthetic breeds of cattle could not perform to their full potential for sustainability of the livestock industry in the country. Consequently, nowadays, importance of the unique Malaysian beef breed (KK) has been increasing gradually in consideration to the changing climatic situation and adaptibility. Meanwhile, it is required to know the productive and reproductive performance of KK cattle for a further long term sustainable breeding program. As such reviewing growth performance, age at puberty and maturity, semen quality, scrotal biometry, libido efficiency, conception rate, service per conception, and calving interval are fundamental. There exist limited systemic studies and in-depth reviews based on these key reproductive, growth characteristics, and indexes for KK cattle. Therefore, reproductive key parameters of KK cattle were reviewed with the aim of understanding the challenges on the production of KK cattle and to suggest possible strategies to alleviate those challenges.
format Article
author Islam, Mohammed Sirajul
Degu, Nurhusien Yimer
Haron, Abd Wahid
Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Hiew, Mark Wen Han
Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri
spellingShingle Islam, Mohammed Sirajul
Degu, Nurhusien Yimer
Haron, Abd Wahid
Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Hiew, Mark Wen Han
Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri
Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
author_facet Islam, Mohammed Sirajul
Degu, Nurhusien Yimer
Haron, Abd Wahid
Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Hiew, Mark Wen Han
Wan Jaafar, Wan Nor Fitri
author_sort Islam, Mohammed Sirajul
title Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
title_short Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
title_full Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
title_fullStr Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
title_full_unstemmed Growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle: a review
title_sort growth and reproductive performance of the indigenous kedah-kelantan (kk) cattle: a review
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80913/1/CATTLE.pdf
_version_ 1819299697754374144
score 13.4562235

Documents similaires