BUFFALO BREEDS

• Anatolian Buffalo (Turkish)

  • dual purpose: Dairy and Draft
  • usually DAIRY to BLACK
  • often have markings in HEAD and TAIL
  • SICKLE or CRESCENT shaped horns

  
• Australian Buffalo

  • feedlots (or for human consumption)
  • young male buffalo (approx. 180 kilograms dressing weight [400 pounds])
  • grow rates similar to Brahman cross cattle.
  • Fertility is excellent

  
• Egyptian Buffalo

  • kept as a DRAFT animal and for MILK production
  • grey-black in color
  • short curved horns
  • varieties include: BALADI (lower Egypt) & Saidi (upper Egypt)

  
• KUNDI

  • milk type
  • solid black in color
  • avg. matured male weight: 600kg
  • avg. matured female weight: 375kg
  • MASSIVE animals
  • small horns and SPIRALLY TWISTED, hence called "kundi"
  • udder (breast for primates) is large and strong
  • longevity of production is "good"

  
• MALAYSIAN BUFFALO

  • swamp type buffalo found in western malasyia
  • primarily used as draft animal
  • usually dark grey and occasionally white
  • CRESCENT horns
  • orginated from and similar to Bubalus arnee

  
• MURRAH BUFFALO

  • jet-black
  • white markings on face and legs, but not generally preferred
  • eyes/cornea should not be walled or have no whiteness
  • long tail
  • HORN: short, tight, turning backward and upward and spirally curving inward
  • avg. male weight: 550kg
  • avg. female weight: 450kg
  • LACTATION: 14 to 15 litter but up to 31.5 Kg milk production had also been recorded

  
• NILI-RAVI

  • popularly called "Panj Kalian"
  • milk type
  • black in color
  • avg. male weight: 800kg
  • avg. female weight: 525kg
  • wedged shape, massive frame, SMALL CURLY HORNS, wall eyes
  • often have WHITE markings in head, face, muzzle, and tail

  
• PANDHARPURI

  • HORNS: long, sword shaped, sometimes twisted. 45/50 cm to 1/1.5m in length
  • majority BLACK colored, sometimes has white markings in forehead, legs, and tail
  • medium sized, avg weight: 450-470kg
  • cylindrical teats
  • long head, prominent nasal bone and horizontal ears
  • FAMOUS for high reproductive ability (producing calf every 12 months)
  • 6-7 litters of milk per day (up to 15 litters if managed properly)

  
• AZERI or CAUCASIAN

  • originated from Indo valley (Indian buffalo)
  • Black in color
  • Short horns growing backwards
  • HEIGHT: 133 cm
  • WEIGHT: 400-600 kg
  • lactation duration: 200-220 days
  • milk yield: 1200- 1300 kg
  • milk fat: 6.6%

  
• Mediterranean Buffalo

  • originated from the Indian buffalo
  • Black, black and brown, dark grey coat
  • HORNS: flat at the bottom, BACKWARDS and slightly outwards pointed, and backwards straightened; the top is pointed inwards
  • adult female weight: 450-650 kg
  • LACTATION DURATION: 270 days
  • MILK YIELD: 900-400kg with 8% fat

  
• Jaffarabadi

  • HEAVIEST in Indian breeds of buffalo
  • also called: Bhavnagri, Gir or Jaffari
  • usual color is BLACK,
  • horns are inclined to droop on each side of the neck
  • LACTATION: 305 days
  • MILK YIELD: 2238.7kg WITH 7.68% FAT

  
• Surti

  • COAT COLOR: rusty brown to silvery grey
  • COLOR: black or brown
  • long head with prominent eyes
  • MILK YIELD: 900-1300kg fat 8-12%

  
• Philippine Carabao

  • domestic swamp type
  • light grey to slate grey
  • HORNS: sickle shape or curved backward towards neck
  • USED: for draft and meat
  • male carabao weight: 500kg
  • female carabao weight: 450kg
  • daily milk prodution: 1.45-2.64 kg, fat: 8-10%