Farmer FIRST BuffBol and Calfcall CIRB
Ashok Boora, Sarita Yadav, PC Lailer, Parveena, Poonam, Pardeep, Sapoor Singh, Suresh Devi, Meetu, Tina, Naresh, Satbir, Suresh, KP Singh, S Yadav, Sajjan Singh, Bharat Singh, Anil Kumar, MS Nain, S Dabas, Virender Sehrawat, Inderjeet Singh, VP Chahal, SS Dahiya
Water buffaloes are changing behavior with growing ecological threats. Ecological challenges like decreasing forest cover, increasing cropping intensity, increasing urbanization, encroachment of community pasture lands and ponds along with genetic selection, controlled mating and herding pattern of buffaloes are changing behaviour of buffaloes. Heat detection in buffaloes is becoming difficult by traditional farmers due to behavioral shift in buffaloes especially non-bellowing. Farmers involved with Farmer FIRST programme noticed a phenomenon of bellowing after introducing new buffalo with bellowing tendency. Acoustic intervention by the voice of buffaloes helps in following ways :-
- Enhance bellowing tendency in buffaloes and signs of oestrus in buffalo become more overt
Audio 1.Farmer FIRST BuffCalfCall CIRB
Audio 2.Farmer FIRST BuffBol CIRB