Allonursing in river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis: nepotism, incompetence, or thievery?

Murphey, Robert M.; Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da; Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues; Souza, Roberto Carlos de

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“…Our results show that collective nursing occur in buffalo cows, in agreement with other studies (Murphey et al, 1991;1995;Paranhos da Costa et al, 2000;Andriolo et al, 2001). The IFN values for frequency and duration were higher than CFN and NFN, different than reported by Andriolo et al Table 2.…”

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“…In buffaloes, the allonursing behaviour was first observed in a feral herd of Carabao buffalos (Tulloch, 1979) and was subsequently reported by Murphey et al (1991;1995), Paranhos da Costa et al (2000), Andriolo et al (2001) and Madella-Oliveira et al (2010). The effects of calf sex and birth order in buffaloes can decisively influence social interactions during sucking, promoting differential development among calves (Paranhos da Costa et al, 2000).…”

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“…Some non-mutually exclusive hypotheses have been proposed to explain why lactating females nurse alien offspring: misdirected parental care (Packer et al, 1992), reciprocity (Ekvall, 1998;Engelhardt et al, 2015;Glonekov et al, 2016), kin selection (Pusey and Packer, 1994;Ekvall, 1998;Eberle and Kappeler, 2006;Engelhardt et al, 2016), evacuation of leftover milk (Riedman and Le Boeuf, 1982;Wilkinson, 1992), inexperience of females (Murphey et al, 1991;1995), and milk theft (Murphey et al, 1995;Maniscalco et al, 2007;Zapata et al,2009;Engelhardt et al, 2014;Glonekov et al, 2016).…”

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Effect of nursing behaviour, sex of the calf, and parity order on milk production of buffaloes

Oliveira

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Bastos

2017

Rev Colomb Cienc Pecu

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Efecto del ccomportamiento de amamantamiento, sexo del becerro y orden del parto sobre la producción de leche en búfalos Efeito do comportamento de amamentação, sexo do bezerro e ordem de parto sobre a produção de leite em bubalinos AbstractBackground: the allonursing effect on daily milk production (DMP) and total milk production (TMP) has been little explored. Objective: to evaluate the effect of nursing behaviour, sex of the calf and parity order (PO) on DMP and TMP of buffalo cows. Methods: thirty-five buffalo cows and their calves were evaluated. Observations were performed monthly (three consecutive days) from May to November. The nursing behavior was characterized as: 1) isolated filial nursing (IFN); 2) collective filial nursing (CFN), and 3) non-filial nursing (NFN). Cows were grouped into four categories to study the effects of nursing behavior on DMP and TMP: 1) non-permissive (NP); 2) filial permissive (FP); 3) filial and collective filial permissive (FCFP); and 4) filial, collective filial and non-filial permissive (FCFNFP). DMP was recorded three days per month and TMP was calculated as DMP*270 days of lactation. Results: sex of the calf and second and third PO had an effect on nursing behavior (p<0.05). DMP and TMP were significantly affected by calf sex and nursing behaviour (p<0.05). PO had no effect on DMP and TMP. Conclusion: our results suggest that nursing behaviour is associated with milk production in buffalo cows. Buffalo cows that accept all types of nursing behaviour had the highest DMP and TMP. Sex of the calf influenced nursing behaviour, DMP, and TMP, so that buffalo cows with male calves displayed more frequent allonursing behaviour and yielded more milk.

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Effect of nursing behaviour, sex of the calf, and parity order on milk production of buffaloes

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2017

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“…Allo-suckling is common in herds of domestic female water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) (Murphey et al, 1991;, although Andriolo et al (1994) stated that this approach has never been reported for cattle in nature. Víchová & Bartoš (2005) stated that their observed herd was extensively reared but they were housed in a free stall barn with a single pen and fed hay and corn silage during the observation period.…”

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Maternal offspring behaviour in Curraleiro Pé Duro naturalized cattle in Brazil

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-The objective of the present study consisted of describing dam and calf suckling behaviour of Curraleiro Pé Duro cattle. In this study, 38 mother-offspring pairs and one mother-offspring-orphan trio were observed for 10 hours daily during three consecutive days spaced every four months over a period of one year. After identification, the animals were observed under field conditions where calf posture and the number of suckling episodes (NS), mean suckling duration (MSD), total suckling duration per day (TSD) as well as natural weaning of these animals were recorded. The model assessed the effects of calf sex and age as well as feeding time. Suckling episodes (70.6%) had a duration of one to five minutes and the calf that suckled in the inverted parallel position had greater chances of success during suckling (99.5%); the younger animals had a shorter mean suckling duration (4.0±0.6 minutes) than the older ones (7.5±1.2 minutes) but they showed a higher number of suckling episodes (6.29±1.00 vs. 1.33±0.04 feeds in 10 hours for young and older calves). Only the factor age in the first three months was significant for NS, MSD, and TSD; males and females had similar suckling episode length and distribution. While these animals show some traits similar to other cattle breeds such as feeding their calves early in the morning and late in the afternoon, the dams spend large periods of the day away from their calves and suckling is more frequent but for shorter periods of time compared with other breeds. Other unique features such as allo-suckling and formation of day-long crèches are observed in this breed.

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“…Murphey et al (1991) verificaram que as fêmeas bubalinas solicitadas com mais frequência por seus próprios bezerros e por bezerros alheios demonstraram maior tendência em aceitá-los. Os bezerros bubalinos que realizaram a aloamamentação, segundo Murphey et al (1995), tiveram esse comportamento devido ao fornecimento insuficiente de leite das mães. Por consequência, eles diminuíram as tentativas de amamentação em sua própria mãe, possivelmente por ela permitir a amamentação não-filial, devido à falta de experiência materna.…”

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Comportamentos de amamentação e mamada em bubalinos, suas relações com período de lactação, idade e sexo dos bezerros

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Nursing and sucking behaviour in buffalos in relation to lactation period, age and calf sexThe objectives of the present study were to investigate the frequency and duration of nursing behaviour in female buffalos during the lactation period and the types of suckling behaviour in relation to age and calf sex. Thirty-five females with their calves were observed during three consecutive days in each month, over a period of nine months. The nursing behaviour was characterized as isolated filial nursing (IFN); collective filial nursing (CFN) and nonfilial nursing (NFN). The suckling behaviour was classified as isolated filial suckling (IFS); collective filial suckling on their own mothers (CFS1); collective filial suckling on other females (CFS2) and nonfilial suckling (NFS). Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and means were compared by the Tukey test considering P<0,05. IFN showed frequency and duration higher than the other types of the nursing (P<0,05), with predominance in almost all period of lactation.The frequency of IFS was high mainly in the first month and the duration of IFS was higher than other types of suckling until the fifth month (P<0,05) In relation to calf sex, no significant differences (P>0,05) were found for the means of frequency and duration of the types of sucking. The results show that the buffalo females have larger innate aptitude Objetivou-se neste trabalho investigar a frequência e a duração dos tipos de amamentações durante o período de lactação em fêmeas bubalinas e os tipos de mamadas em relação à idade e ao sexo dos bezerros. Trinta e cinco fêmeas e seus bezerros foram observados durante três dias consecutivos a cada mês, ao longo de nove meses. A amamentação foi caracterizada como: amamentação filial isolada (AFI), amamentação filial coletiva (AFC) e amamentação não-filial (ANF). As mamadas executadas pelos bezerros foram caracterizadas como: mamada filial isolada (MFI), mamada filial coletiva na própria mãe (MFC1), mamada filial coletiva em outra fêmea (MCF2) e mamada não-filial (MNF). Os dados foram analisados pela análise de variância, e as médias foram comparadas pelo teste Tukey, considerando P < 0,05. A AFI apresentou frequência e duração maiores do que os outros tipos de amamentações (P < 0,05), sendo predominante em quase todo o período de lactação. A frequência da MFI foi alta, principalmente no primeiro mês. A duração foi maior quando comparada aos outros tipos de mamadas até o quinto mês (P < 0,05). Em relação ao sexo dos bezerros não foram encontradas diferenças significativas (P > 0,05) para as médias da frequência e a duração dos tipos de mamadas. Os resultados mostram que as fêmeas bubalinas têm maior aptidão inata para a AFI em relação aos outros tipos de amamentações, predominando durante quase todo o período de lactação. Os bezerros bubalinos são mais dependentes da MFI durante os primeiros cinco meses de idade, e o sexo dos bezerros não influenciou nos tipos de mamadas.Palavras-chave: Aloamamentação, duração, frequência, bubalus bubalis. 212Apare...

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Allonursing in river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis: nepotism, incompetence, or thievery?

Cited by 53 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of nursing behaviour, sex of the calf, and parity order on milk production of buffaloes

Effect of nursing behaviour, sex of the calf, and parity order on milk production of buffaloes

Maternal offspring behaviour in Curraleiro Pé Duro naturalized cattle in Brazil

Comportamentos de amamentação e mamada em bubalinos, suas relações com período de lactação, idade e sexo dos bezerros

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