International Journal of Livestock Research eISSN : 2277-1964 NAAS Score -5.36 Vol 7 (9) Sep’17 Hosted@www.ijlr.org DOI 10.5455/ijlr.20170615051642 Page220 Original Research Effect of Non-Genetic Factors on Production and Reproduction Traits in Deoni Cattle V. B. Dongre, L. S. Kokate, P.V. Jadhav, V. M. Salunke, V. N. Khandait, S. M. Durge and P.V. Patil Instructional Livestock Farm Complex, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir Dist- Latur, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, INDIA *Corresponding author: vilasndri@gmail.com Rec. Date: May 14, 2017 17:04 Accept Date: Jun 15, 2017 17:16 Published Online: September 01, 2017 DOI 10.5455/ijlr.20170615051642 Abstract The present investigation was carried out in Deoni cattle maintained at cattle breeding farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir Dist- Latur to see the influence of various non-genetic factors on production and reproduction traits. The breeding tract of Deoni breed is the Marathwada region which is considered as a most drought prone regions of the country. Therefore, the present research has an importance to investigate the change in the performance of production and reproduction traits in this changing environment. The study revealed that there is no significant effect of season of calving, period of calving and parity on total milk yield as well as on dry period, lactation length, service period, gestation period and calving interval. The overall least squares mean for total lactation milk yield, service period, dry period, calving interval, lactation length and gestation period were 714.26±69.72 litres, 214.52±43.25 days, 204.77±32.86 days, 489.23±36.83 days, 284.89±31.92 days and 288.83±10.29 days, respectively. Service period had highly significant (p<0.01) correlation with lactation length, dry period and calving interval. The highest correlation (0.876) was observed between lactation length and service period followed by calving interval and lactation length. Key words: Calving Interval, Deoni Breed, Lactation Length, Milk Yield, Service Period How to cite: Dongre, V., Kokate, L., Salunke, V., Jadhav, P., Khandait, V., Durge, S., & Patil, P. (2017). Effect of Non-Genetic Factors on Production and Reproduction Traits in Deoni Cattle. International Journal Of Livestock Research, 7(9), 220-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20170615051642 Introduction There are forty well recognized indigenous breeds of cattle present in India which are well adapted to the local climate/harsh climate in their breeding tract and which can sustain on low quality of fodder with good disease resistance power. Deoni breed is one of the important dual-purpose breeds of the southern region of India, having specific qualities like disease resistance, heat tolerance, the ability to survive and