A review of copper deficiency in draught buffaloes on oil palm estates Malaysia

Kehoe M.M., . and Lai Chu Chan, . A review of copper deficiency in draught buffaloes on oil palm estates Malaysia. pp. 571-580. ISSN 0126-575X

In Malaysia buffaloes play an important role in the oil palm industry in the transportation of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from the palms to roadside collection points. Buffaloes are very versatile and well adapted to work on the general terrain of oil palm estates. They are extremely useful and complementary to mechanised methods of FFB evacuation especially during the monsoon season in areas that are inaccessible to mechanised vehicles. Male swamp buffaloes Bubalus bubalis of approximately 750 kg are used in this system of FFB collection. The buffalo is yoked or harnessed to a sleigh or cart and FFBs are loaded onto the sleigh. Each FFB weighs about 20 kg. The sleigh weighs about 100kg and holds a load of about 30 FFB amounting to 500 kg. The total weight hauled by the buffalo is about 600 kg. In a normal working day a buffalo would pull an average 2500 kg and travel 1250 meters covering about 2.43 hectares (Kehoe and Chan 1982). Depending on the terrain size of animal and load this work can be very strenuous and demanding

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In Malaysia buffaloes play an important role in the oil palm industry in the transportation of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from the palms to roadside collection points. Buffaloes are very versatile and well adapted to work on the general terrain of oil palm estates. They are extremely useful and complementary to mechanised methods of FFB evacuation especially during the monsoon season in areas that are inaccessible to mechanised vehicles. Male swamp buffaloes Bubalus bubalis of approximately 750 kg are used in this system of FFB collection. The buffalo is yoked or harnessed to a sleigh or cart and FFBs are loaded onto the sleigh. Each FFB weighs about 20 kg. The sleigh weighs about 100kg and holds a load of about 30 FFB amounting to 500 kg. The total weight hauled by the buffalo is about 600 kg. In a normal working day a buffalo would pull an average 2500 kg and travel 1250 meters covering about 2.43 hectares (Kehoe and Chan 1982). Depending on the terrain size of animal and load this work can be very strenuous and demanding

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Summary (En)
AGROVOC Term:	BUFALO DOMESTICO
AGROVOC Term:	ENFERMEDADES CARENCIALES
AGROVOC Term:	DEFICIENCIA DE MINERALES
AGROVOC Term:	MALASIA
AGROVOC Term:	PALMAS OLEAGINOSAS
AGROVOC Term:	PLANTACIONES
AGROVOC Term:	COBRE
AGROVOC Term:	DIAGNOSTICO
AGROVOC Term:	CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES
AGROVOC Term:	TRANSPORTE
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:56
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/20711

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