Buffalo breeds 1

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Classification of
Buffaloes

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Taxonomical classification
•Kingdom : Animal
•Phylum : Chordata
•Class : Mammalia
•Order : Artiodactyls
•Sub order : RRuminantia
•Family : Bovidae
•Sub Family : Bovines

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Genus
1.Bubalus : B.bubalis,B.carabanensis
2. Anoa : B.depressicorsais
3.Syncerus : S.caffer,S.c.nanus
4. Bison. : American bison
5. Poephagus : Yak
6. Bibos : Guar
7.Bos : B.taurus,B.Indicus

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CLASIFFICATION OF BUFFALO
(Based on Domestication)
BuffaloBuffalo
African wild buffalo Asian buffalo
Wild Buffalo Domestic Buffalo
Indian wild Arni
Babalus arni
Anoa
B.deprssicorais
Tamaro
B.mindorensis
River type
Bubalus bubalus
Swamp type
Bubalus carabanensis
S.caffer caffer
S.c.brachycers
S.c.nanus

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Classification of Indian Buffalo breeds
Buffalo
Punjab& Haryana
Gujarat
UP Central Indian

South Indian
Kanara,Toda
Murrah ,
Nliravi
Surti,
Jaffarbadi
Mehasana
Bhadawari,&
Tarai
Nagpuri,,Pand
aripuri,Manda

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Buffaloes
River
•Murrah
•Niliravi
•Godavari
•Jaffarbadi
•Surti
•Mehasana
•Badavari
•Nagpuri
•Pandaripuri
•Marthwada
•Toda
•Egyptian
•JImes
•Khoozestani
•Myanmar
Swap Type
3. Kerabao
4. Tedang
5. Brazil
6. Kalaban
7. Tamaro
8. Thailand

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Murrah
Breed local names
Dharwari in Karnataka, Kali,Kundi
in Delhi
Location Haryana and Delhi
Uses Milk
Breed colour
 Jet black with markings on tail,
face & extremities ,massive body,
 Long tail with white switch
Short and tightly coiled and spiral
in form
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Murrah
PERFORMANCE CHARECTERS
•Parturition interval (days) 400
•Age at first parturition (month) 40
•Age of breeding animals (M) 32.6
•Birth weight 29.4
•Age of maturity (avg, month) 50
•Calving interval (days) 453
Breed milk information
•Milk yield per lactation (kg) 1828Milk yield per lactation (kg) 1828
•Lactation length (day) 300Lactation length (day) 300
•Milk fat (%) 7.2Milk fat (%) 7.2

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Godavari
Evolved by crossing Native
buffalo x Murrah
Location : Godavari & Krishna
delta of AP
Breed Characters
Colour is black
Coarse sparse brown hair
Horns are short, flat, curved,
Slightly downward ,backwards
forward with loose ring at the top
Lactation length 1200-1500Lts
Calving interval 380 Days

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Nili-Ravi
Breed local names NiliRavi
Pancha Kalyani
Location
 Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur and
Amritsar districts of Punjab
Uses MILK
Physical characters
Usually black, occasionally brown,
wall eyes and white marks on head, legs
tail,&muzzle
 Horns are small and tightly curled but
slightly open as compared to that of
Murrah
Tail switch is white

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Productive traits
Parturition interval (day, avg) 440
Age at first parturition (month) 40
Seasonality (no,avg) 140
Age of breeding animals (month) 37
Birth weight at birth male 34
Age of maturity (month) 51
Birth weight Female 27.5
Milk information
 Milk yield per lactation (kg) 1850
 Lactation length (day 298
 Milk fat (%) 7.6

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Jaffarabadi
Breed local names
Gir ,Jaffri & Bhavanagri
Location Kathiawar, Gujarat
Uses MILK
Physical Characters
colour Black
Long body, massive head
Large horns going downward
sideways compressing the head
Fore head is prominent

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Performance information
• Parturition interval (day, avg) 440
• Age at first parturition (month)51
• Seasonality (no,avg) 150
• Age of breeding animals (M) 30
• Birth weight (Kg) 27.5
Milk information
Milk yield per lactation (kg) 2336
Lactation length (day) 289
Milk fat (%) 8.5

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Surti
Breed local names
 Deccani,Gujarati, Nadiadi, Surati
Location
Anand, Kaira and Baroda
districts of Gujarat
Uses Milk .
Physical Character
 Colour rusty brown sometimes silver
grey
 Massive body
Long tail
Horns are medium sized, sickle
shaped curving downward, backward
and upward
Two white collars one around the jaw
&other at brisket

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Performance information
1.Parturition interval (day, avg) 430
2.Age at first parturition (month) 35
3.Seasonality (no,avg) 130
4.Age of breeding animals (M) 26
5.Birth weight (Kg) 24
Milk information
* Milk yield per lactation (kg) 1400
* Lactation length (day) 340
* Milk fat (%) 7.9

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Mehsana
Breed local names
Mahesani (Surti x Murrah)
Location
 Mehsana,Banaskantha,
Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar and
Ahmedabad districts of Gujarat
Uses Milk
Physical Characters
• Black, grey, brown long body
• Horns are Sickle shaped &
less curved

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Production performance
 Parturition interval (days) 315
 Age at first parturition (M) 23
 Seasonality (no,avg) 134
 Age of breeding animals (M) 30
 Birth weight (Kg) 29
Milk information
 Milk yield per lactation (kg) 2000
 Lactation length (day) 315
 Milk fat (%) 7.2

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Bhadawari
Breed local names
 Etawah
Location within country
Agra and Etawah districts of Uttar
Pradesh, and Bhind Morena districts of
Madhya Pradesh
Uses Milk and This breed is famous
for high butter fat
Breed colour
 Rusty brown sometimes silver grey&
copper-colored with pale legs
Horns are curve outward, downward,
backward parallel and close to neck
and finally upwards
Thick & long with brown tail switch.
Hind quarter higher than the fore
quarter

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Productive traits
 Parturition interval (day, avg) 390
 Age at first parturition (month) 45
 Seasonality (no,avg) 128
 Age of breeding animals (M) 27
 Birth weight 25
Breed milk information
 Milk yield per lactation (kg) 900
 Lactation length (day) 280
 Milk fat (%) 7.5
Bhadawari

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Nagpuri
Breed local names
Berar Ellichpuri Gaulani &
Gauli
Location
• Nagpur, Wardha and Berar
districts of Maharashtra
Uses Milk &draught power .
Breed colour
Usually black, sometimes black
with white patch on the face and legs
 Relatively short tail
Horns are long, flat, curved and
carried back on either side of neck
Tail is comparatively short reaching
below hock

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Productive Traits
Parturition interval (day, avg) 350
Age at first parturition (month) 56
Seasonality (no,avg) 140
Age of breeding animals (M) 29
Birth weight male ( Kg) 32
Age of maturity (avg, month) 51
Birth weightFemale(Kg) 28
Milk information
Milk yield per lactation (kg) 1050
Lactation length (day) 285
Milk fat (%) 7

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PANDARIPURI
Habitat Southern Maharashtra
Average Production Traits Phenotypic Traits
305 days Milk
Yield
1400 Kg Horns Long touching hock bone
Age at First
Calving
44.8 months Colour Blackish with grey
Lactation
Length
350 days Size Medium
Calving
Interval
465 days Forehead
Long narrow face, Prominent
thick neck
Tail Short, White switch common

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Habitat Marathwada region of Maharashtra
Average Production Traits Phenotypic Traits
305 days Milk
Yield
1000 Kg Horns
Medium length, parallel to neck
reaching shoulder
Age at First
Calving
55.7 months Colour Grayish black to jet black
Lactation
Length
300 days Size Light to medium, Compact stature
Calving Interval 435 days Forehead
Long narrow face, White mark on
head common
Tail Short, White switch common
MARTHWADA

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Toda
Breed local names Deccani
Gujarati Nadiadi Surati
Location within country
• Nilgiri, North-western Tamil Nadu
Uses Milk
Breed colour
• Grey, light or dark, calf is fawn
colored at birth
•Horns are long, wide apart curving
outward, slightly downward, upward
and inward at points
•Thick hair coat is found all over the
body

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PRODUCTION TRAITS
Age at first parturition (month) 47
Seasonality (no,avg) 160
Age of breeding animals (avg, month) 24
Birth weight 23
Calving interval 480
Breed milk information
Milk yield per lactation (kg) 700
Lactation length (day) 250

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Egyptian buffalo
Local names : Menufi/Behari,
Location :Lower Egypt (northern Egypt)
& delta and mid Egypt
Physical Characters
• Black& Grey
•Long curved Horns tips bending
slightly upwards
Performance Characters
•Parturition Interval : 525 Days
•Age at first calving : 40 M
•Age at breeding : 36 M
•Milk Yield /Lacta. : 1500 Kg
•Lactation Length : 250 Days
•Milk Fat (%) : 7.7

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Jimes
Location :South-eastern and northern
Iraq .High resistance to different
endemic diseases
Uses : Milk
Colour :
•Black or dark grey, often with white
on head, feet and tail
•Horns are sickle shaped
Production Performance
•Age at First calving : 48 M
•Age of maturity : 40 M
•Birth weight : 39 Kg
•Milk tield /Lacta. :1550 Kg
•Lactation lenth : 240 Days
•Fat (%) : 6.75

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Khoozestani
•Location :Khuzestan
province of Iran
•Uses : Milk
•Breed characters
•Black with markings on the
forehead & feet
•Horns are flat &curved upward

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Local : Bama Kywe
Location : Wet zone of Lower
Myanmar, northern wet zone
and coastal area
Physical Characters
•Wither height (avg, cm) 115
•Weight (avg, kg)300
Production characters
•Milk yield per lactation (kg) 404
•Lactation length (day) 298
•Milk fat (%) 7
MYNMAR SWAMPBUFFALO

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SWAMP BUFFALOES

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Indonesian Kerabao
Local names
Javanese,Karabou
Location
Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan,
Sulawesi, Nusatenggara
Uses : Draugt
Physical characters
Colour : Grayish black
swamp type, massive
muscles covering the
skeleton,
strong, short legs and neck
Curved horns

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Kerabao
•Productive Traits
•Age at first calving : 40 M
•Age Breeding animals : 18 M
•Age of Maturity : 30 M
(Male)
•Milk Yield/Lacta. : 600
Kg
•Lactation length : 130
Days
•No. Of Lactations : 12

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Indonesian Tedong
Location : South Sulawesi
Uses : Meat
Physical characters
•Grayish to black
Or White with black spots
•Horns are that point
horizontally backwards

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Tedong
Productive Traits
Age at first calving : 40 M
Age of breeding : 18 M
Age at maturity : 30 M
Lactation length : 130
(days)
Milk Fat (%) : 10

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Brazil Tipo Baio
•Local name: Vermelho
•B. bubalis fulvus
•Location: Amazan area
•Physical characters
•The breed is well adapted to the locally
adverse conditions
•Black ,& Horns are curved
•Productive characters
•Age of breeding : 36 M
•Birth weight : 34 kg
•Milk yield : 1200 kg
•Lactation length : 200 Days
•Milk Fat (%) : 7.0

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Brazil Kalaban
•Swamp type buffalo.
Colour : Black
Productive Traits
•Age of breeding : 32 M
•Birth weight : 31 Kg
•Milk yield : 600 Kg
•Lactation length: 300 Days
•Milk Fat (%) : 7.4

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Philippine Tamarao
B. mindorensis
Location : Mindoro
Uses : Meat
Physical Traits
Colour is Black, grey,
brown
This breed is very hardy,
it can exist on poor
quality forage.

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Thailand Buffalo
Local name:
Kra boo,Siamesee,Kwai
Uses :Draught power
Physical characters
Grey or black with white chevron
below neck and white stocking on
feet
Horns are back swept horns
Productive characters
Age of breeding : 30 M
Birth weight : 30kg
Milk yield : 447kg
Lactation length : 315 Days
Milk Fat (%) : 9.3

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Bublis deprissicorn(Anoa)
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African Buffalo
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Syncerus caffer

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American bison & Yak
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