Researches on the Climate and Environmental Factors Influencing the Buffalo Cow breeding in North-West Romania
Abstract
It was demonstrated that there is a direct correlation between the buffalo cow breeding and the size of the plastic and energy resources provided by forage and the preservation capacity of these resources. The efficiency of the metabolic transformations is optimum in a thermal neutrality environment as any stress of the thermo-regulating system is followed by increased energy consumption. The present paper approaches the correlation between climate and environmental factors and the amount and quality of buffalo cow milk. To assess the influence of climatic and environmental factors on the buffalo cow breeding, the average monthly, annual, and multi-annual values, as well as the minimum and maximum values of the temperature were analyzed during a 5 year period (2005-2009). Results showed a particularly negative influence on buffalo cow breeding due to environmental media during the breeding period and the grazing period.
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