M.S. Zuhri, M.N. Ihsan, N. Isnaini
The study was performed to assess the reproductive performance of Madura cattle under farmers’ management condition in Madura, Indonesia. A total of 120 Madura cattle were equally grouped into three parities (parity 2, 3, and 4) with each parity consisted of 40 cattle. The assessment of reproductive performance includes the number of services per conception, conception rate, days open, gestation length, and calving interval. The results showed that all of the reproductive traits observed in this study did not differ among parity 2, 3, and 4. The overall mean number of services per conception, conception rate, days open, gestation length, and calving interval of Madura cattle were 1.62, 58%, 134 days, 284 days, and 417 days, respectively. Overall, the reproductive performances of Madura cattle are similar among parity 2, 3, and 4. The Madura cattle raised by small-scale farmers in Madura, Indonesia still do not meet the optimal values for efficient reproductive performance. © 2019, Fundacion CIPAV. All rights reserved.
Alumnus of Undergraduate Program of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, East Java, Indonesia; Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, East Java, Indonesia