Behavioural factors affecting dairy production in egyptian buffaloes

Some behavioural activities of 33 native Egyptian buffaloes were studied in an open house system. Thebehavioural patterns studied suggested to affect both production and reproduction processes. These patterns were:A) Ingestive behaviour:1- The ingestive activities of buffalo during 4 months of observation. showed that the mean frequency of feeding was 29.08+3.309 while the mean of feedingtime (min.) was 237.8+26.516 min. per 12 hours.2- The mean frequency of drinking was 4.6+0.517 per 12 hours while the mean of drinking time was 10.8+1.156 min3- The mean frequency of rumination was 4.4+0.4978while mean of rumination time was 225.5+26.113 min.per 12 hours.4- the correlation coefficient between feeding frequ- ency and drinking frequency was positive and signi- ficant at P<0.05 while the correlation coefficient between feeding time and drinking time was positivebut not significant.5- Correlation coefficient between rumination frequ- ency and feeding frequency as well as the correlation coefficient between feeding time and rumination time