Associations of Some Milking Traits With Milk Production in Anatolian Buffaloes: A Case of Bafra District of Samsun Province

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the associations of some milking traits and milk yield in\rwater buffalo farms located in Bafra district of Samsun province. In total, 37 Anatolian Buffalo\rfarms enrolled to Buffalo Breeders Association (BBA) were evaluated by applying face to face\rsurvey on the current milking practices and farm characteristics in February 2020. Number of\rmilking cows (NM), number of workers (NW), age of the milker (AM), experience of the milker\r(EM), education of the farm owner (EO) and hygiene score of the milking parlor (HM) were\revaluated as the farm traits affecting daily milk yield (dMY). Milking type (MT), milking frequency\r(MF), udder cleaning pre-milking (UC1), udder cleaning post-milking (UC2), giving feed after\rmilking (GF) and milking duration (MD) were selected as the milking practices affecting dMY. It\rwas concluded that dMY was significantly affected by AM, EM, EO and MD