List of Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds
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Common Domestic Asian Water buffalo are the descendants of the now designated endangered species Wild Asian Water buffalo, bred predominantly in Asia for thousands of years for use by humans. Their main domestic uses are as draught animals, dairy producers and meat production.
Now an endangered species, the Wild Asian Water Buffalo is the ancestor species from which all Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds have descended:
This is a list of Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds and their uses.
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- Anatolian buffalo (Dairy/Draught)
- Egyptian buffalo (Dairy/Draught)
- Kundi buffalo (Dairy)
- Malaysian buffalo (Draught)
- Murrah buffalo (Dairy)
- Nili-Ravi buffalo (Dairy)
- Pandharpuri buffalo (Dairy)
- Romanian buffalo (Dairy/meat/draught)
- Surti buffalo (Dairy/ Draught)
- Bhadawari buffalo{dairy/draught}
- Mehsana Buffalo (Dairy)
- Jaffarabadi Buffalo (Dairy)
[edit] See also
- Domestic Asian Water Buffalo
- Water buffalo rumen ecology
- Wild Asian Water Buffalo
- African buffalo (Wild)