Jafarabadi buffalo

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A Jafarabadi buffalo

Jafarabadi buffalo is a riverine buffalo that originated in Gujarat, India.^[1] It is estimated that there are about 25,000 Jafarabadi buffaloes in the world.^[2] It is one of the important buffalo breeds of India and Pakistan.^[3] The Jafarabadi buffalo is also the first buffalo breed exported to Brazil,^[4] and is also one of the four buffalo breeds raised in Brazil as of 2017, the others being Mediterranean, Murrah and swamp buffalo.^[5]

The Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre states that the Jafarabadi buffalo is a hybrid of the African cape buffalo and the Indian water buffalo, the former originally been brought to British India for slaughtering.^[6] The Centre notes this to be one of the major reasons for the buffalo's poor semen quality.^[6] The hybrid buffalos were widely present in Jafarabad, and were hence named as Jafarabadi buffalo.^[6] Jafarabadi buffaloes have heavy heads with fairly large, thick, flat horns, which drop on the sides of the neck and go on upwards till the ears.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ Presicce, Giorgio A. (31 March 2017). The Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Production and Research. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 9781681084176 – via Google Books.
↑ Rife, David Cecil (1959). The water buffalo of India and Pakistan. International Cooperation Administration. p. 31.
↑ Falvey, Lindsay; Hanthalakkhan, Haran (1 January 1999). Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics. ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). ISBN 9780734014320 – via Google Books.
↑ Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen J. G.; Sponenberg, D. Phillip (9 March 2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack. CABI. ISBN 9781845934668 – via Google Books.
↑ Pylro, Victor; Roesch, Luiz (21 September 2017). The Brazilian Microbiome: Current Status and Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 9783319599977 – via Google Books.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 "Indian Science Abstracts". Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 2006. p. 156.
↑ Hill, Desmond (1988). Cattle and Buffalo Meat Production in the Tropics. Longman Scientific & Technical. p. 41-44. ISBN 9780582608955.

[presicce-1] Presicce, Giorgio A. (31 March 2017). The Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Production and Research. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 9781681084176 – via Google Books.

[2] Rife, David Cecil (1959). The water buffalo of India and Pakistan. International Cooperation Administration. p. 31.

[3] Falvey, Lindsay; Hanthalakkhan, Haran (1 January 1999). Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics. ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). ISBN 9780734014320 – via Google Books.

[4] Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen J. G.; Sponenberg, D. Phillip (9 March 2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack. CABI. ISBN 9781845934668 – via Google Books.

[5] Pylro, Victor; Roesch, Luiz (21 September 2017). The Brazilian Microbiome: Current Status and Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 9783319599977 – via Google Books.

[INSDC-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 "Indian Science Abstracts". Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 2006. p. 156.

[7] Hill, Desmond (1988). Cattle and Buffalo Meat Production in the Tropics. Longman Scientific & Technical. p. 41-44. ISBN 9780582608955.

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