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Volume 3 Number 1 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)
Productive and Reproductive Performance of Crossbred Dairy Cows at Natore Sadar and Guruduspur Upazila at Natore District
Md. Asafuddaula1, Aminun Nahar Akanda2, Syed Sarwar Jahan2, Md. Akhtarul Islam2*
Livestock Research 3 (1) 1-8 https://doi.org/10.25163/livestock.3110635
Submitted: 28 July 2025 Revised: 14 October 2025 Accepted: 18 October 2025 Published: 20 October 2025
Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in Natore District. The use of service type was 100% artificial insemination, and all inseminators used 100% frozen semen from different AI organizations. The average milk production for Holstein Friesian (HF) crossbred F1, F2, and Jersey cows was 6.18 ± 1.46, 10.69 ± 1.83, and 7.08 ± 2.38 liters/day, respectively. The average length of the lactation period for HF crossbred F1, F2, and Jersey cows was 256 ± 43.74, 246.60 ± 39.66, and 258.8 ± 34.317 days, respectively. The average postpartum heat period for HF crossbred F1, F2, and Jersey cows was 58.19 ± 19.36, 64.80 ± 22.99, and 59.08 ± 22.41 days, respectively. The average calving interval for F1, F2, and Jersey crossbred cows was 392.15 ± 38.13, 344.84 ± 134.92, and 412.0 ± 42.03 days, respectively. The average age at first calving for HF crossbred and Jersey crossbred cows was 798.71 ± 146.86 and 836.32 ± 159.10 days, respectively. The average dry period of different crossbred cows, HF F1, F2, and Jersey crossbred cows, was 171.83 ± 56.87, 133.62 ± 51.74, and 141.42 ± 55.92 days, respectively. In terms of conception per service in HF crossbred cows, 33% conceived at the first insemination, 52% at the second insemination, 11% at the third insemination, and 4% required more than three inseminations. In Jersey crossbred cows, 40% conceived at the first insemination, 48% at the second, 5% at the third, and 1% required more than three inseminations. The average service per conception for F1 and F2 crossbred cows was 1.73 ± 0.79 and 2 ± 0.73, respectively. The observed parity numbers in the experimental area for HF crossbred cows were 25%, 52%, 19%, and 4% in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th calving or above categories, respectively. It is concluded that the productive and reproductive performances of HF F2 crossbred cows were better than those of HF F1 and Jersey crossbred cows under field conditions in Bangladesh.
Keywords: Dairy cows, crossbred, production, performance, insemination, postpartum.
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