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A herd of Jafarabadi and Murrah buffaloes in Brazil A female Jafarabadi buffalo in India. Jafarabadi buffalo, Jaffrabadi buffalo or Gir buffalo [1] is a domesticated riverine buffalo that originated in Gujarat, India. [2] It is estimated that there are about 25,000 Jafarabadi buffaloes in the world. [3] It is one of the important buffalo breeds ...
This is a list of domestic water buffalo breeds and their uses. Breeds ... now designated an endangered species. ... see § Jafarabadi [7] Binhu:
Domestic water buffalo are the descendants of the Wild Asian Water buffalo, now designated an endangered species. They have been bred for human use for thousands of years, predominantly in Asia. Their main domestic uses are as draught animals, dairy producers and meat production. The main page for this category is "List of water buffalo breeds".
A water buffalo skull. Carl Linnaeus first described the genus Bos and the water buffalo under the binomial Bos bubalis in 1758; the species was known to occur in Asia and was held as a domestic form in Italy. [10]
A Murrah buffalo at the Lakshmi Dairy Farm in Punjab set a record of 26.335 kg (58.06 lb) of milk in the 2016 National Livestock Competition and Expo. [3] In Brazil, this breed of buffalo is used for production of both meat and milk. Murrahs sell for a high price. [4] [5] Among Indian buffalo breeds, Murrah is noted to have the highest milk ...
Nili-Ravi is a breed of domestic water buffalo of Punjab. It is distributed principally in Pakistan and India, concentrated in the Punjab region. [3] [4]: 69 It is similar to the Murrah breed of buffalo, and is reared mainly for dairy use. The average milk yield is approximately 2000 kg per year; the record yield is 6535 kg in a lactation of ...
Bubalus is a genus of Asiatic bovines that was proposed by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. Bubalus and Syncerus form the subtribe Bubalina, the true buffaloes.. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and classification of domestic animals as species, subspecies, races or breeds has been discussed controversially for many years and was inconsistent between authors. [1]
Introgression has been made since 1960 from Murrah buffalo stock from Bulgaria. A herdbook was established in 1987. [citation needed] The Romanian population consists of three different buffalo types: Carpathian type, Danubian buffalo and one improved through the Indian Murrah buffalo. The most numerous Romanian buffalos are the Carpathian type ...