ÍNDEX
BUFFALOS IN ARGENTINA
Preface
1.
The Domestic Buffalo
Origin, distribution and breeds
The buffalo in Argentina
2.
Parasitic Diseases
Introduction and antecedents
Parasitologic aspects: their importance
Endoparasitoses
Management of the parasitism problem
Endoparasites control
Works carried out
Ectoparistoses
Final considerations
Bibliography
3.
Beef yeld of the Buffalo
Buffalo beef production in the world
Slaugter weighe, yield and typification
Evaluation of the half carcasses
Evaluation of the hard and soft residues
Beef chemical composition
Bibliography
4.
Cattle raising models and beef Buffalo production
Introduction
Description of the scenery
Characterization of production models
Producers characterization
Description of the productive models
Physical economic and financial evaluation
Final considerations
Bibliography
5.
Buffalo milk
Physical characteristics and chemical composition
Factors that vary milk composition
Fatty acids, minerals and vitamins
Bibliography
6.
Bubaline dairy
7
Buffalos reproduction in the Argentine northeast
Introduction
Reproductive physiology of the Bubaline cow
Artificial insemination
Heat synchronization and artificial insemination
Superovulation
Bibliography
8
Productive data and management of different herds of ANE
Management and breeding buffalos
Reproductive indexes
Evaluation of Bulls
Growth and puberty in buffalo heifers
Service and seasonality
Bibliography
