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Water
Buffaloes |
 There
is a lot of confusion with the term " buffalo
". There are the American Bison, the African Cape
buffalo and the Water Buffalo, with which they not
interbreed and which is classified in different genus.
There is two diferents types of to water buffaloes, the
Swamp (Bubalus carabanesis) which ploughs found from the
Phillipine you far west the India and the River type
(Bubalus bubalis) which ploughs found to farther west
from India you the Egypt, Europe in the South America.
The water buffalo is an originary specie from Asia that
if spread out for practically all the continents,
representing in 1986, according to FAO, a contingent of
about 138.3 million animals, being about 95% in Asia,
particularly in India, China and Pakistan. In the Europe,
the main flocks are found in Italy, Romenia and Bulgaria,
and in Americas, he main flock meets in Brazil, with a
population of more than 2,5 million animals. An annual
tax of growth (1980) of 5.4% still esteem by FAO.  The main product of the buffalo
is the milk, that in 1986 was about 6.8% all the explored
types of milk in the world, being that in India, its
represents more than 50% of the milk produced in that
country. Still it is explored for beef production (main
product in Brazil), of leather, as well as for the work
(mainly in Asia) and for the manure production.In Brazil, it is found in practically all the country, being rise traditionally for beef.  The
interest in the exploration of its milk potential comes
quickly spreading out in diverse regions of the country,
particularly in the regions South and Southeastern, where
already many livestocks are observed flocks under milk
exploration, confirming your pottential of double
aptitude. A decisive impulse in the extend of this
exploration inhabits in the sprouting of dairies to
produce exclusively derived from milk of buffaloes. In
Brazil, we find four races: Carabao, Murrah, Jafarabadi
and the Mediterranean. The first three originary from
Asia and the last one from Italy. Our property is placed in the city of Sarapui, in the state of Sao Paulo, where we keep currently about 300 animals the Murrah race, with an exploration aiming particularly to dairy and breed. On the basis of our experience of about 28 years breeding, with comment of about 2,700 births, we present to follow some comments on the behavior, handling and exploration of this species |
Last Update 05 March 1999
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