Correlation between testiculara morphometric parameters in Mediterranean bulls buffaloes in the norheast region of Argentina

ACUÑA, M.; LLANO, D.; KONRAD, J.L.; CRUDELI, G.

Cartagena de Indias

Congreso; 11th World Buffalo Congress; 2016

Asociación Colombiana de Criadores de Búfalos

In male buffalo is possible that body and genitalia de-velopment may reach his full growth similar that bovin especies, depending on selection and management in different stages (Vale, 2011). The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between age of the animals, body weight and biometrical testicular values. The 39 Mediterranean male buffalo were divided into three groups G1: 27 animals of 18 months of age, G2: 7 animals of 24 months of age and G3: 5 animals of 36 months of age; all of them located in the northeast of Corrientes. It was evaluated scrotal circumference (SC); height (HT) and testicular width (TW) of every testicle; morphometric measures, torax perimeter (TP), height to cross (HC) and sacrum (HS) and body weight (BW). The statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA, taking as a qualifying variable the ages and correlated them with ages, testicular and morphometric measures. The results of the analysis were significative according to the ages (p0.05).As to morphometric mesures the results were significative for the three grups (p