PCC reports record milk output

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A crossbred buffalo now holds a new record for milk production, according to the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC).

The buffalo identified as 7UP15001 reached a yield of 20 kg and maintained a daily yield of over 15 kg at its peak for two months during its second trimester of lactation and maintained an average daily milk yield of 12.9 kg during its last lactation.

The crossbred buffalo is part of the agency’s Genetic Improvement Program (GIP).

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PCC said in total, the animal yielded a total of 3883.7 kg of milk over a 299-day lactation period which is now the highest milk yield ever recorded among female buffaloes in the agency’s institutional herds.

It also now holds the highest 100 days-in-milk average daily milk production at 16.6 kg and the highest 200 days-in-milk average daily milk production at 15.6 kg.

PCC added 7UP15001 has surpassed the typical lactation period of 265 days observed in dairy buffaloes within its herds, which typically ranges from 200 to 369 days.

Its milk production exceeds the 4.5 kg and 10 kg average milk yield per day per lactation for dairy buffalo and dairy cattle, respectively, during a 305-day lactation period under Philippine conditions.

 

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