How long does the breeding cycle of buffalo take?

Breeding buffalo grows slowly and takes a long time, but the price is considerable. So how long does it take a buffalo from birth to slaughter? People who have been farmed must know this content, but some who have not been farmed don't know the specific situation, so today's article mainly introduces the process of buffalo breeding.

1, breeding cycle

Generally speaking, it takes about three years for a traditional buffalo to grow and sell. From birth to adulthood, its weight can reach the standard of sale in all aspects. After hybridization, the second generation buffalo can keep breeding time for one year, and grow and develop much faster, and it will take two years to be released. Compared with other cattle, buffalo grows very slowly, and it takes a long time to reproduce to sexual maturity.

2. Breeding and feeding

Buffalo generally feed mainly forage and concentrate, and generally feed freshly cut grass every morning and evening. Or take them to the mountains to graze. You can feed grass at ordinary times, but you need to supplement concentrated feed and comprehensive nutrition during pregnancy. But in winter, hay is mainly fed, such as chopped dry straw, and sometimes some rice grains and rice bran are added. The grass often fed is white thatch, corn grass and green leaves.

3, management points

Careful management, regular feeding, clean feed, no mildew or inedible impurities. Some grass buffaloes can eat or not, so we should pay attention to the distinction. Provide clean drinking water, and don't let buffalo drink dirty water casually. Cowhide is thick, and its temperature regulation ability is not good. Pay attention to heatstroke prevention in summer and keep warm in winter. Buffaloes like to roll in mud ponds, and they can roll if they can.

4, cleaning and epidemic prevention

The environment of the sheepfold should be kept clean. In summer, dirty environment is easy to produce mosquitoes, and gadfly bites are easy to spread diseases. Cattle's hooves are also susceptible to infection. So clean it up, clean it up. In summer, you can bathe the buffalo, wash your body, keep it clean and get sick less. D regularly inject vaccines for some common diseases to prevent diseases.

Generally, buffaloes seldom get sick, are healthy and have strong adaptability, but they should also pay attention to basic precautions. There are endangered wild buffaloes. Usually domestic buffaloes.